SHORTLIST - TEA TOWELS

Painterly designs and graphic motifs that will add decorative notes to your kitchen. Menagerie 100% linen tea towel, exclusive design by Michael Angove for Avenida Home.  Linen tea towel available at SCP, London www.scp.com 

What's hot in kitchens by Nathalie Wilson

No surface escapes French artist Nathalie Lete distinctive hand, linen tea towels included. 

I love the intro words by Rupert Thomas in this month's The World of Interiors special kitchen and bathroom supplement issue. "Domestic life's little luxuries also make an appearance, from shiny new cooking appliances to traditionally hand-printed tea towels and table linens.... Not only fit for purpose, all are good looking enough to enjoy living for decades, if not quite for centuries"