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Sit soft

Sofas & Stuff offers an impressive range of fabrics for its sofas, chairs and footstools, including its own exclusive woven and printed linens, as well as designs produced in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and V&A Museum. The Orford three-seater sofa in RHS Large Knot Garden Gold linen, £4,634, a design drawn from a garden and orchard plan printed by Adam Islip in 1602 and held in the RHS Lindley Library (0808 178 3211; www.sofasandstuff.com)

Light touch

The Pagoda hanging lantern was inspired by an 1840s English antique. It is handmade in brass and finished with red, £7,212, from Charles Edwards (020–7736 8490; www.charlesedwards.com)

Green and pleasant

Interior designer Georgie Wykeham offers a small range of handmade furniture available in a jaunty selection of matt or gloss finishes, including the Turkish console table in Feld, £1,900 (07795 810539; www.georgiewykehamdesigns.com)

Top table

Ready the table with cork placemats by interior designer Flora)

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