3 design trends for your best summer table

Please, take a seat.

For the Naturalist …
Black-and-White Whimsy

Charcoal and ivory Alvaro dinner plates, set of 4, $35.96, and salad plates, set of 4, $31.96; cool marbled batik handmade napkins, set of 4, $17.96; buffalo bone napkin rings, set of 4, $11.96; treble clef flatware, set of 4, $15.96. Cost Plus World Market, worldmarket.com.

Faux dark wood base charger, $4.95 each. Pier 1, pier1.com. Flowers from Trader Joe’s.

For the Bohemian …
Desert Dreaming

Indoor/outdoor geometric woven throw pillow, $29.99; cactus melamine plates, set of 4, $13.96; Sawyer flatware, set of 4, $11.96. Cost Plus World Market, worldmarket.com.

DIY burlap and succulent napkin rings (made from fabric scrap bin for under $5), JOANN Fabrics, joann.com.

Stoneware floral container, flowers and succulents from Boulevard Florist Wholesale Market.

For the Beachy Keen …
Paradise Perfect

White thatched charger, $12.95 each; natural carved wood charger, $19.95 each.
Pier 1, pier1.com.

Banana palm print melamine dinner plates, set of 4, $24.99; white blossom melamine dinner plate, $10.50 each; gold pineapple place card holders, set of 4, $10.99. Pottery Barn, potterybarn.com.

Wood handle flatware collection, $15.96. Cost Plus World Market, worldmarket.com.

Unglazed ceramic floral container, JOANN Fabrics, joann.com.

Tropical floral from Boulevard Florist Wholesale Market.

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