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It sometimes feels like summer will never get here but when it does, you need to take full advantage. Now is the time to lighten the feel of your home décor. Dress your home in a cool and chic way by using our market stripe and parchment stripe table runners.

Table runners are a really great way to dress your kitchen or dining room table. The main advantage of a runner over a tablecloth at this time of year is that you aren’t covering the whole surface which looks lean and clean. It leaves the surface uncluttered. Table runners on a bare table provide some extra color while coordinating placemats protect the table at each place setting. You can also use smaller table runners on coffee tables and dressers, and placemats on small side tables.

A nice idea for when it’s hot outside is to choose a market stripe or parchment stripe table runners to create a cool fresh feeling in your home. Using bold and bright colors when the temperature is rising may be fine, but natural and earthen colors are much better when you’re looking to relax and chill out.

The parchment stripe table runners have an alternating band of color in light and dark “truffle” shades which lends them visibility and contrast. Market Stripe Table Runners borrow the look of antique grain-market sacks in tasteful neutral shades, adding soft, pleasing color to your home. Similarly the Sampler table runners and matching placemats  offer you a natural and sumptuous palette of muted-stripes.

Don’t forget that these table runners and place mats can form the basis of a fabulous summer look. Capitalize on the earthen tones by adding terracotta pots filled with fresh  potpourri or plants. Alternatively display fruit and flowers in basket wear. The colors of the reddish terracotta and darker brown basket weave will complement the tones of the table runners beautifully, and the items that you choose to decorate with will lend color to your display. Remember however, to keep the overall look quite simple and fresh.

In fact, why not spoil your picnic table with a whole farmer’s market look? Choose from either the Parchment Stripe, Market Stripe or Sampler table runners and matching place-mats as the basis of this look. Again, decorate with pots, baskets, wooden bread boards, plates and bowls, and display fine and wholesome seasonal produce in as much abundance as you can afford. Hard-boil some free range eggs, leave them in their shells and add to a bowl. Fill a basket with salad and tomatoes.

Freshly bake some bread (or buy fresh) and display on your breadboard with real butter and an assortment of good cheeses. Create a meat platter of thinly sliced meats, and set it next to some bowls of pickles and relishes. Finish the whole look off with wild summer flowers arranged in empty aluminium cans.

Once the season is over you can employ table runners and place mats by placing them over a coordinating tablecloth. This can add an extra layer to your look and means that you aren’t restricted by the season. For now though, enjoy the weather and enjoy the cool and muted fresh summer look.