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How to create a Christmas table
We teamed up with Pandora Maxton to create a Christmas table packed with ideas to make the day even more special
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Festive Tablescapes With Willow Crossley
Last week some of the team travelled up to Banbury for a festive tablescaping workshop. As the festive period is upon us we thought this would be a great way to hone some new skills, tips and trick...
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How To Make Your Own Eco Christmas Decorations
There’s something about this time of year that inspires doing things by hand; whether that's baking festive treats, brewing up some mulled wine, or in this case, making some of your own decorations...
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Feel The Love This Thanksgiving
This month festivities truly start with Thanksgiving. We loved hearing what celebrations mean to our US team members - not just the treats and drinks. It's all about the people and bringing friends...
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How to: Spooky Halloween Tablescape
I was inspired by our new Halloween range to invite family for a small soiree which handily fell on a Sunday evening. Here are some simple steps taken to create a bright and spooky Halloween sett...
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Happy Diwali From Talking Tables
Diwali is known as the festival of lights and is a 5 day long celebration where we celebrate the “victory of good over evil” and the lights represent the light after darkness. These days includes p...
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Mentoring Matters: Meet Amber
As we continue our drive to mentor and inspire the younger generation we have been joined by Amber for a few months, who is interning with the marketing team. After a month of getting stuck in (and...
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How to: Decorate Your Home With String Lights
Light up your home this autumn with our selection of string lights. Here are some unique and beautiful ways to make the most of our portable lights and create a cosy home this winter.
1. Around a ...
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Culture Club: Korean Cooking Class
Last Thursday we enjoyed a Korean cooking class in the office and made some Kimchi and Bibimbap (Korean cabbage pickle and Rice) that we then enjoyed as a meal!
A big thank you to Will & Clare ...
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Chelsea Flower Show 2021 - 5 trends I expect to filter through to tables and gatherings by Dan Cooper
The Chelsea Flower Show is where horticultural trends have been set since 1913. It’s the gardening equivalent of London Fashion Week and the most prestigious flower show in the world. Big-budget sh...
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Chelsea Flower Show - September 2021
Blessed with a sunny, warm, September day, my annual pilgrimage to Chelsea Flower Show was very enjoyable. I treated myself to a full day ticket (as opposed to my 15:30 run around) and with the ext...
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Go Go TT - Race for Life
Recently some of the Talking Tables team took part in Race For Life - raising awareness and donations for cancer charities. With some avid runners in the team, as well as some who just wanted to gi...
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Talking Culture - September
A trip to Wonderland
Most people may associate Lewis Carroll with the city of Oxford, where he studied and lived for many years. After all, it was there that he conceived and wrote his most famous ...
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A Trip To The Recycling Centre
Last week some of the Talking Tables team visited Western Riverside Waste Authority. Director Of Supply Chain Dan details the visit and what they learned:
'It was a very insightful visit and a star...
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Talking Topic: A Discussion With Our John Lewis Buyer
John Lewis has long been a customer to Talking Tables and was kind enough to support me in the early days. Sara Allbright has been particularly supportive in encouraging and guiding us within the g...
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Talking Culture - August
Edinburgh Festival
This week we travelled back up to Edinburgh, and went to see the famous festival. It was definitely less busy than normal – I did not see buskers or leaflet distributors, so it h...
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Talking Tables Talks Books #4
The book club at Talking Tables is a tradition that has been running for several years now and it’s always been a great opportunity for the booklovers among us to get together, get reading and ce...
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How To Lay a Cakestand
“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” - Henry James
Did you know that the concept of tea parties and afternoon tea only came ...
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Talking Tables' Summer Days Away
Talking Tables has teams across the world, with offices in London, Shanghai and New York. This summer each team enjoyed team days out as a celebration of summer and the successes of the year so far...
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How To Create Colourful Balloon Arch
It’s easy to make someone feel special on their birthday with one of our fantastic new balloon arches! Available in bright or pastel rainbow colours.
Where to get the balloon kit for m...
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Staying Sustainable With The TT Swap Shop
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now we are on our journey to becoming B-Corp certified, via a multitude of avenues, both within our product offering and also our internal processes as an office. This m...
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Talking Culture: Wilderness Festival!
After 18 months of no events, no crowds, no live music this summer life has felt like a burst of normality. As soon as we saw a glimmer of hope that large scale events could be back on my friends ...
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