Moroccan style entertaining

Hold a drinks party with an exotic theme.

Host your own Arabian night with a mix of deep blues and rusty red.

Get the look

Create the atmosphere by hanging lanterns from parasols. Keep comfortable with lots of patterned cushions and place dark blue runners across the table.

Serve exotic snacks and nibbles. Place pistachios in a large bowl and place a smaller bowl in the centre for the shells. Samosas are ideal – serve them on Moroccan-style plates with red napkins

Fragrant ice is perfect for Pimms. Pop fresh mint leaves into an ice-cube tray before you add the water and freeze it.

Thread coloured beads onto wire and fix around the stems of wine glasses so everyone can find their own drink.

Where to buy

Blue wine glasses, £3.99 each; blue glass
beads; blue wire, from a selection; all John Lewis

Parasol, find similar a. Marks & Spencer

Table and chairs, find similar at Fermob

Blue denim runner, from a selection, John Lewis John Lewis

Pale blue bowls, £2.99 each; blue wine glasses, £3.99 each; all Cargo HomeShop

Moroccan style cushions, £6 each, Woolworths

Silver lantern, £21; Melon tealight holders, £27 for five; all RK Alliston

Glass and wire lantern, £19.95,The Pier

Fez dinner plate, £13; blue bowl, £15; tagine, £15.50; silver-effect lanterns (on parasol), £50 for two, all Maroque

Blue plastic jug, £10, Guzzini

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