For a long time my dinnerware has been plain white. I even replaced my very first cheap-as-chips white dinner service with a slightly more expensive but just as plain white set by Jamie Oliver. But right now I’m obsessed with prettily patterned bowls. I’m blaming Instagram, my feed is constantly full of pictures of perfectly styled porridge in covetable crockery. These are five of my favourite designs.

Astrid, from £4.50, Oliver Bonas

I’ve been in love with this range ever since I received an email about it back in July, so I’m very happy that it’s finally available to buy. The bowls come in a selection of sizes, prints and colours, plus there’s cups, jugs, storage jars, trays and an adorable owl vase. Friends and family, you know what to buy me for my birthday…
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Da Terra Tribal Dark Blue Dinnerware, from £15, Heals

Each piece of this mix and match geometric design dinnerware in an inky blue so dark its almost black is individually hand painted so no two pieces are exactly the same. The range includes cereal bowls, pasta bowls and a salad bowl, as well as plates and mugs.
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Black Wallpaper French Bowl, £19.95, Emma Bridgewater

A bold black and white floral pattern, that also adorns jugs, mugs, a tea towel, a notebook, a pen, a magazine rack and even a lamp, so you could have a little bit of a black wallpaper in every room in your home.
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Valencia Bowl, £7.95, DotcomGiftShop

There are six mix and match bowls in two different sizes in this range, all of which are decorated with hand painted floral and geometric designs.
You can buy them here

Raised Border Design, from £4.99, Zara Home

Another mix and match set in a bold blue and white design. The range includes two different sized bowls, as well as a bread plate, dessert plate, dinner plate and a charger plate.
You can buy it here