How to Style a Linen Serviette

Today I’m sharing how to style a linen serviette (with an added extra handy tip for you).

For me, one of the most challenging props to style is a simple piece of fabric, as in the humble serviette/napkin. I’ve found I use linen as opposed to cotton as linen drapes and flows in a much more interesting way.

The strange thing is, even though I find it the most challenging thing ever, some of my favourite flat lays have a serviette in it. Go figure!

How to Style a Linen Serviette

• One of the easiest ways to tame a serviette is to tie it around a handle. Tie the serviette around a cast iron pan handle, a breadboard, or a spoon, basically anything that has a handle.
• Arrange the serviette under a bowl or plate. Not only does this method make the serviette less conspicuous, it adds layering, depth, and movement to a composition.
• The following images were taken on “Desert Plum” which can be found in the Shop.

I quite often use a round cutting board as I’m kinda obsessed with circles. This cutting board has a convenient handle that seems to be made for tying a serviette around it. I captured this delicious bowl of pumpkin soup on “Workbench”, one of my favourite vinyl backgrounds.

Workbench, with its one charming “patched-together” edge, comes from a time when things were fixed, not thrown out or replaced. The wood is a scratched and aged brown colour with hints of blue. I dream of using it as a tabletop that might be found in an old country home .. with a bowl of soup and perhaps a crunchy loaf of bread.