Colourful Tableware Inspired by Fruits and Vegetables

Enrich your dining table setting with the vibrant colour combinations and charming forms of fruit and vegetable-themed tableware. Have a look at these plates, platters, and bowls – shaped and coloured to look like watermelon, melon, pineapple, artichoke, and cabbage. Discover a few of the interior designer’s tips on combining these tableware pieces with other decorative elements of the tablescape.

Nature is an inspiration in interior design and decorating as well as product design. The richness of natural colours and shapes is welcome in every indoor space, whether we are talking about designing residential or commercial interiors. Plants and flowers beautify the walls, furniture, and decorative accessories of homes, hotels, restaurants, bars, and offices.

In this article, we will show you vibrantly coloured tableware pieces that look like fruits and vegetables – watermelon, melon, pineapple, artichoke, aubergine and cabbage. These beautiful plates, platters, and bowls can be the stars of your everyday tablescapes or seasonal table decorating themes. The hand-crafted and hand-painted earthenware pieces from Bordallo Pinheiro and Micucci Interiors add a creative touch to every lunch and dinner occasion. Our colourful tableware is designed by renowned Portuguese artist Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro and made in Portugal – a country with a long tradition of creating artistic earthenware.

Fruit and Vegetable-Themed Tableware as a Focal Point of a Tablescape

Whether you wish to set your dining table with the theme of one fruit or vegetable, or you’ll mix and match all of their colour combinations and shapes to create a garden-themed tablescape – you can pose these nature-inspired plates, platters, and bowls as a focal point of the table by placing them on a neutrally-coloured or complementary-coloured background.

For instance, a white (neutral) or red (complementary) tablecloth or placemats will highlight the greenery of cabbage or artichoke-inspired plates, platters, and bowls. The same applies to a beige (neutral palette), blue, or purple (complementary combo) tablecloth or placemats – when placed as a design base for pineapple or melon-themed tableware. The complementary colour pairs create energetic table-setting ideas. The cutlery should be of simplistic design, the same as glassware.

3 Table Decorating Themes

Fruit and vegetable-inspired earthenware can be an essential ingredient in many table decorating themes.

• Refreshing Summer. Since watermelon is a summer fruit, design a watermelon-themed summer tablescape by combining the tableware with a blue tablecloth and glassware, silver-tone cutlery, and maritime style decorations.
• Tropical Vibes. A pineapple-inspired salad/fruit bowl gives a tropical touch to your table setting. Place it as a centerpiece on a wooden dining table and surround it with green, yellow, and orange decorative elements.
• Green Breakfast. Create a greenery-themed breakfast tablescape. Set the table with cabbage-style plates, platters, and bowls on a rustic wooden table or a green tablecloth. Add silver-tone cutlery, a glass filled with the vegan green smoothie; lots of fruits in the bowls, and vegan cupcakes on a platter.

Danica Maričić
Editor-in-Chief, Archi-Living