25 best glassware and crockery buys under £50

Forget the cool new cupboards. Forget the fancy floors and wooden worktops. An easier (and cheaper) way to update your kitchen is with some stylish serveware — a statement salad bowl to brighten up a counter or a rustic jug left on a shelf or sill. Villa Bologna is a 100-year-old Maltese pottery company that has been reworked for a modern crowd. They have beautifully handpainted bowls and plates at affordable price points. For colourful glazed crockery, nobody does it better than cool Dutch homeware brand HK Living. For glass, it's Belgian design house Serax, whose bubbled wine glasses are the look du jour. Winning the high street ceramics prize is H&M, whose zingy yellow ceramic jug and bowl and lime green mug with