{"product_id":"stitching-tassel-diamond-table-runner","title":"Stitching Tassel Diamond Table Runner","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"background:#faf8f5;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;border-radius:8px;padding:20px 22px;margin:0 0 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:0;\"\u003e180 cm or 240 cm — which one actually fits my table?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasure the tabletop, not the room, and this is a two-second decision.\u003c\/strong\u003e A runner is supposed to overhang the ends. The only way to get it wrong is to buy a length that stops short of the edge and sits there looking like an offcut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:14px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background:#f0ede8;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eChoose\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eIf this sounds like you\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e36 × 180 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eA four- to six-seat table, or a kitchen island you want to break up. Weeknight dinners with a fruit bowl parked in the middle and homework happening at one end.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e36 × 240 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eA long table that hosts. Eight chairs, a roast in the middle, in-laws at both ends — and tassels still hanging over the edge instead of giving up two feet early.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRule of thumb: aim for roughly a hand's width of overhang at each end. If your table lands between the two, size up — a runner can drape, it can't grow.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#faf8f5;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;border-radius:8px;padding:20px 22px;margin:0 0 28px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:0;\"\u003eWill the tassels survive an actual dinner?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey will, as long as you don't let them dangle into anything.\u003c\/strong\u003e The fringe is the nicest part of this runner and the part most likely to end up in a gravy boat, so give it somewhere to hang free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:14px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"background:#f0ede8;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eWorks on\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eAvoid\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eBare timber dining tables, kitchen islands, sideboards, hall consoles, a long buffet table you've set up for a party.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #d4cfc8;\"\u003eUsing it as a trivet under a dish straight off the heat. Tables with a rough or splintered edge that will snag the fringe. Leaving it half-hanging where a chair back can drag it off.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003eLay it down the centre line, tug it square at both ends, then run your fingers through the tassels so they hang in one direction. \u003cstrong\u003eThat last step is the one everybody skips\u003c\/strong\u003e — the runner arrives folded, and folded tassels look like bedhead until you comb them out once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: centre;\"\u003eA bare dining table reads as furniture. A runner down the middle reads as a set table.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost dining tables spend six days a week holding car keys, a laptop charger and a stack of post. The surface is fine, it's just blank, so everything that lands on it looks like clutter by default. A runner draws one line down the centre of the table and suddenly there's a middle and there are two sides — the fruit bowl belongs in the middle, and the mail obviously doesn't. It's a small piece of fabric doing a surprising amount of organising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Stitching Tassel Diamond Table Runner styled down the centre of a dining table\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6433\/1932\/files\/StitchingTassleDiamondTableRunner_2.jpg?v=4503764560%20cm%20style=\" display: block margin-left: auto margin-right:\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe diamond stitching is what stops it going limp\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlenty of runners are a single flat panel that ripples the moment you put a plate on one corner. This one is worked with a raised diamond pattern stitched across the width, and that stitching does structural work: it holds the weave in shape so the runner lies flat instead of rucking up when someone slides a serving dish across it. Run a hand over it and you can feel the diamonds standing slightly proud of the ground weave — that texture is why it still looks like something on an otherwise empty table, with no styling required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hand-knotted tassels at each end are the other half of the job. They give the runner weight at exactly the two points where it would otherwise curl, so the ends hang straight down over the table edge instead of flicking up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich colour goes where\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCharcoal Cream\u003c\/strong\u003e — the higher-contrast one. Dark diamonds on a pale ground, so the pattern reads from across the room. Picks a fight with nothing, but it's the choice if your table is light oak or white and you want the runner to actually be visible rather than politely disappear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSand Weave\u003c\/strong\u003e — tonal and quiet, warm neutral on warm neutral. The pattern shows up as texture rather than as a graphic. This is the one for a dark walnut table, or for anyone who wants the runner to be the calm thing in a kitchen that already has a lot going on.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Stitching Tassel Diamond Table Runner close-up of the diamond stitching and knotted tassel fringe\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6433\/1932\/files\/StitchingTassleDiamondTableRunner_9.jpg?v=4503764560%20cm%20style=\" display: block margin-left: auto margin-right:\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat You're Getting\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne Stitching Tassel Diamond Table Runner\u003c\/strong\u003e in your chosen Colour and Size, with knotted tassel fringe finished at both ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRaised diamond stitching\u003c\/strong\u003e across the full width, so the runner holds its shape rather than rippling under a serving dish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo lengths\u003c\/strong\u003e — 36 × 180 cm for everyday tables and islands, 36 × 240 cm for long tables that seat a crowd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo colourways\u003c\/strong\u003e — Charcoal Cream for contrast, Sand Weave for a tonal, low-key finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e36 cm wide\u003c\/strong\u003e either way, which leaves clear room for place settings on both sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWorks past the dining room\u003c\/strong\u003e — sideboards, hall consoles and kitchen islands all take it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e cold gentle wash, wash separately the first time, and don't wring the tassel ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrying:\u003c\/strong\u003e line dry in shade and smooth it flat while damp; skip the tumble dryer so the fringe stays straight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStorage:\u003c\/strong\u003e roll rather than fold, and the crease lines never turn up in the first place\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: centre;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFree tracked shipping to your door. 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