Tablemats and the flipping cost of them!

Vaila

i get mine from ikea, cheap and cheerful and suprisingly good quality

aliasojo

Oh my. Found these from the JL link above.



Not everyone's cup of tea I daresay but they appeal to me. £15 for 2 though! So £45 for 6 and then coasters on top! _pale_ Will go look at Ikea's website.

ailuro2

We bought our round black plastic ones from Gillies in Broughty Ferry a few years back - they do sound a bit naff, but trust me they are nice, they wash well, don't mark like wood does.
They cost around £25 for 4 plates and 4 smaller coasters.

We had hardwood ones before that, but found with constant cleaning they lost their sheen ( they were varnished Cherrywood) quite quickly, that's why I didn't get wood again.

onlyroz

Try Wilkos or Tesco.

meritaten

Slate floor tiles make gorgeous place mats! so do large mirror tiles!

charity shops are also a good source of nice place mats - unwanted wedding gifts perhaps?

or as an alternative use the large charger plates - no placemat needed!

jackieb

I don't use my placemats. I have a heatproof mat under my oilcloth. Very easy to clean. I have a lovely solid oak table but forget what it looks like though.

aliasojo

jackieb wrote: »

I don't use my placemats. I have a heatproof mat under my oilcloth. Very easy to clean. I have a lovely solid oak table but forget what it looks like though.

I've always used a tablecloth and a protector mat thing previously but wanted to see my new table now, which is why I just want good mats.

aliasojo

ailuro2 wrote: »

.........don't mark like wood does.

We had hardwood ones before that, but found with constant cleaning they lost their sheen ( they were varnished Cherrywood) quite quickly, that's why I didn't get wood again.

I did wonder how practical wood would be. Maybe not the best choice then.

Nenen

Agree with a pp that leather (or faux leather) in daily use are not very practical as cups and glasses stick to them and, when we had these, several glasses got broken that way. Wet glasses also left ring marks which I couldn't remove (and my faux leather mats were quite expensive from JL). They did look nice when new though!

When we got married (many moons ago) we did have an expensive melamine felt-backed set as a present which lasted ages and looked lovely for many years. However, when we bought a set of cheaper (but not cheap) melamine cork backed mats last year they chipped really quickly.

IMHO material mats are a pain, unless you really like washing and ironing!

The best mats we've had are a set of wooden mats from Tesco bought a year ago and still looking lovely.

How about these wooden Denby ones, that are a lovely but unusual shape, inj the Debenhams sale (search for chalk coasters to see the matching coasters):
http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10001_10001_332005927134TBMT_-1?breadcrumb=Home~txtplacemats

Nenen

aliasojo wrote: »

I did wonder how practical wood would be. Maybe not the best choice then.

ooohhh, sorry, I cross-posted re wooden ones. Perhaps it depends on the wood used as ours still look great, but they do have a design etched in so maybe that makes a difference too.