The studio
A small studio with a long table
MISE began in 2019 with one wedding, forty borrowed plates and a van hired for the afternoon. Since then we have set something like a hundred and forty tables a year across London & the South East, and the method has not really changed: look at the room, work out how the light falls, then put as little on the table as it will forgive.
We keep our own shelves of ceramics, linen and glass, most of it made by potters and weavers we know by name. That means a table can be dressed in a week rather than a season, and nothing has to be bought to be borrowed.
Between commissions the studio sets its own table on the first Thursday of the month, for whoever is around. It is the only way we know to keep testing what actually works once the candles are lit.
How we work
Borrowed, not bought
Half of what lands on your table already lives on our shelves — ceramics from small British potters, linen washed soft, glasses in twos and threes rather than dozens.
The room comes first
We style to the light and the architecture you already have. If the ceiling is low, the table stays low and warm. If the windows are wide, we get out of their way.
One pair of hands
The person who draws your table is the person who sets it. Nothing is handed to a crew you have not met.
Come and see a table before you book one
We are happy to send photographs of past commissions, or to set a mock table for you to look at first.