It’s the season for picking mushrooms, and the fungi form and its soft neutral colours are fashionable as well as seasonal.
Mushroom colours from chanterelle to shitake form the base notes of a new form of warm minimalism.
But there’s also a place at the table for maximalists.
Every variety on the menu
Having first collaborated last year, tableware and kitchenware concept shop Summerill & Bishop has reunited with New York decoupage artist John Derian to create a range of linens that will have mycophiles salivating.
The Fungi collection showcases Derian’s distinctive style and will inject colour into winter tables.
Made from 100 per cent pure French linen, John’s exploration of nature through his collages brings a fresh, artistic feel to the table, explains CEO Seb Bishop.
“It offers an aesthetic that suits both casual and formal settings.”
The company also sells hand-painted Astier de Villatte dessert and dinner plates featuring a range of mushroom motifs.
Prices start from €131.95 for a 19cm plate.
The tablecloth, which is 165 cm wide, comes in three different lengths, ranging from 250 cm to 380cm and in prices from about €337 to €451.
The matching 50 cm square napkins cost €39.99 each, all ex delivery, from Summerill & Bishop.
A deadly shade of pale
If soft minimalism is more your mood, consider the colour mushroom as the base to build the room or scheme around.
It can be as soft as oatmeal and spans the palette to the dark mouse-like tones of its gills.
With its woven seat, the Ekko chair is stackable and delivers a balance of practicality, comfort, and style.
It comes in oiled oak or fumed oak options and costs from €1.132 each from Blackrock-based Nordic Elements.
Mood lighting
These enchanting toadstool-shaped porcelain LED lights cost €3.96 each and come in two cap colours, rose pink or red.
The paper fungi forms, also seen, range in height from 8cm to 13.5 cm high and in price from €2.66 to €3.94 each.
The Danish chain is also selling glass decorative mushrooms in green or pink.
These are 9cm tall and cost €2.96 each. All from the branches of Sostrene Grene.
Class act
With fungi fruiting all over the place this season, it is no surprise to see the whimsical buying team at Anthropologie find uses for decorative toadstools as curtain holdbacks.
This 11 by 15 cm with a projection of 12 cm brass holdback costs €45, so €90 for a set of curtains, from Anthropologie, ex delivery.
Pucker up
Tactile to the touch, the smocked surface of these Falda cushions emulates the ribs of portobello mushrooms.
Made of undyed, organic cotton and come with feather and down fillers.
The 50cm square costs €75, while the 60cm by 20 cm bolster costs €99, ex delivery from Ferm Living.
Wash well
This oyster mushroom coloured bathmat in soft, fast-drying cotton terry with a high absorption rate.
With anti-slip protectors on the back, it costs €12.99 from H&M Home.
The range includes matching and contrasting-coloured towels in several different sizes.
Foraging before bedtime
Made by Lorena Canals, this mushroom forest play rug is washable and a gorgeous gift to give parents of small children.
The handwoven cotton design features a textured forest floor design in muted shades of green, brown, and beige, and is sold with a set of foraging-inspired fabric toys to bring in an element of play.
The 120 by 160 size costs €269, including delivery, from Cork-based Rugs.ie.
