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Souk chic: Moroccan style made easy

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Lanterns and candles
No Moroccan-style home is complete without a fairy-tale scattering of candles and lanterns. Again, The Pier have found the best with their white Moroccan lanterns (right), £10 and £15 (0845 609 1234, www.pier.co.uk).


Pick up a beautiful bargain with this etched block candle, £2.99, from Sainsbury's (0800 636 262, www.sainsburys.co.uk).


For a more delicate approach, these Moroccan resin tea light holders, £17.90 for a pair of small holders or £18.95 for the large by Graham & Green (0845 130 6622, www.grahamandgreen.co.uk) are perfect.



For a delicately tinted glass glow, try these lanterns, £8 and £12 each, from Plumo (0870 2413590, www.plumo.com)




Leather pouffes and slippers
Despite the hard flooring, the Moroccan way is all about comfort, so you must add a leather pouffe to the mix. Linda Barker's own collection, Really Linda Barker features delicate embroidered traditional pouffes, such as this one; red leather pouffe, £69.96, (0870 242 0651, www.reallylindabarker.co.uk).


Padding around in these stunning Moroccan leather slippers (available in white or pastel pink with silver sequin embroidery, £19.99 each, Fuchsia Fuchsia, 023 9229 5191, www.fuchsiafuchsia.co.uk), will make you feel like an Arabian princess.


Serve ware and accessories
Moroccan culture is well known for its exotic dishes full of spice and of course traditional mint tea. Serving up such culinary delights, require equally exotic serve ware. Habitat has a surprising collection of authentic baskets, lanterns, beaten metal bowls and traditional tagines.


The real gems however are ceramics of origin, such as the North African platter and individual bowl serving set (above), £25, The Pier (0845 609 1234, www.pier.co.uk), and Soukh's traditional engraved Safi platter (left), (£44.99 www.soukh.co.uk).


Serving mint tea to your guests will become a stunning cultural display with Graham & Green's authentic Moroccan tea tray, £32.95, tea glasses, £16.50 for a set of six and beautiful tea pot, £21, all Graham & Green (0845 130 6622, www.grahamandgreen.co.uk).

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