Is there anything that can’t be improved by the addition of a stripe?

This hammock is £55 from Deckchair Stripes, a company with an exceptional dedication to the stripe. Everything they produce from aprons to beach tents is striped in a fantastic range of colourways.

The limited edition Kenwood Mixer, £469.99 from Amazon – why can’t all kitchen apppliances be this bright and beautiful?

For wall to wall stripieness: this carpet is called Mississipi and is available from Crucial Trading at £55 a square metre. For a great selection of striped stair runners, try Roger Oates.

Beep Mug, £12.50 from Colin O’Dowd.

A cushion stripe fest from Danish designer Lisbet Friis.

Vintage style striped paper straws are back in production and look so festive. They’re available in a range of colours from Bake it Pretty.

Fantastic colour combination on this Whitbread Wittington tea set, £130, from Touches of Class.

And once your floor, your soft furnishings, your dishes and your appliances are all striped you  might as well go the whole hog and paint your house in nice vertical lines. Check out this amazing house by LA architects Aleks Istanbullu.