Animal placemat designs
Finding the right design of animal placemats can depend on the type of decorative style used in the rest of your dining room or kitchen. The choice will also depend on the occasion, although a set of animal placemats would normally not be appropriate for formal dining occasions there are exceptions to this. For example, the classic Pimpernel Tally Ho place mats with assorted British fox hunting scenes is a design that would definitely work great in a variety of events.
For a formal dinner the traditional look and feel of the Tally Ho images makes for a great talking point. The same design can also be used for relaxed informal mealtimes with friends and family without seeming to be too serious.
The British made Lady Clare African Animals placemats are another great choice for those special formal occasions. The set contains four vintage reproductions of exotic animals from Africa, including a zebra, leopard, elephant and a giraffe. The Lady Clare designs are amongst the best quality placemats available and look great on your dining table.
Fun, colorful animal table mats
The popular Pimpernel Dans le Jardin placemats are also a multi-image design, this set contains four different farm yard animals and is a completely informal type of design compared to the Tally Ho set. The fun stylized image of each animal placemat along with the description of the animal in French makes for an interesting choice and is sure to generate comments from your family and friends.
Dans le Jardin is one of the bolder animal table mats designs currently available, although the Sara Miller Flamingo also has a stylish and bold pink image of repeating flamingos. This set of pink stylish animal table mats by Sara Miller would be the ideal choice when you need to bring a splash of color to your dining room. The pink stands out, but without being too overbearing or clashing with an otherwise neutral color scheme.
Either of these animal place mats will be a popular choice with the children around your dinner table and make mealtimes more fun. Particularly if it is not always easy to get children to stay and eat at the dinner table, these fun types of design can help to make dinner time more enjoyable for all the family.
Traditional animal placemats and coasters
Protecting your dining table from stains, scratches or spills is the primary goal of your placemats and coasters. One of the more traditional animal placemats designs that achieves the objective of keeping your furniture safe is the Spode Woodland pattern by Pimpernel.
This classic design is part of the Spode Woodland dinnerware range, but you don’t need to have all the plates and serving bowls to have this attractive place mat set protecting your dining table.
The Spode Woodland placemats feature four different game birds that spend a lot of their time at ground level and are depicted on these tablemats in a British countryside setting. The matching Spode drinks coasters are a set of six and combine perfectly with the animal table mats.