Sitting pretty
Kristalia's BCN plastic stools can be used indoors and outside. Available in two sizes – medium, 44cm by 45cm by 78cm, and high, 44cm by 45cm by 88cm – they come in four colours: white, black, coral and fluro green as seen above. Priced €398 and exclusive to Lomi Design (01-8397001, lomi.ie) Unit 124, Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Dublin 13, Irish Times readers can buy it for €338 with today's column. Offer ends July 25th.
Look the part
Rejuvenate kitchen cupboards with a half-day Annie Sloan upcycling furniture workshop, at Dalkey-based Upside Design (01-5575894). Owner Al Birbeck is offering it and a Revamp Your Room course aimed at teenagers, at a discount, making it €50 instead of €75 to Irish Times readers. The courses run throughout July and August.
Think inside the box
This red metal handle vintage-style box, 36cm by 23cm by 17cm, is perfect for storing magazines, newspaper supplements you haven’t yet read or kitchen condiments. Normally €45, Irish Times readers can buy it for a special introductory offer price of €40 from April and the Bear (01-5156224,
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) run by April Lam, a former assistant fashion buyer who learned the buying ropes while working at Arnotts. Delivery within Ireland costs an additional €8. Offer ends July 24th.
Love your larder
This solid oak Hampshire larder unit, 136cm by 62cm by 190cm, has a wine rack, spice racks, shelving, two drawers and pop-up cupboards on top for lesser-used crockery. Normally €1,195, Co Leitrim-based Vobe Interiors (071-9650957, vobe
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), 2 Shannonside Retail Park, Carrick-on-Shannon, is offering Irish Times readers who present today’s column the chance to buy it for €999. Delivery nationwide is free. Offer ends June 30th.
Open and shutter case
Shutter blinds frame a window and offer homes an additional layer of security. At Shutterblinds (01-8723155/1890-929270, shutterblinds.ie) in Apollo Blinds, 135 Capel Street, Dublin 1, there is 20 per cent off all styles. This fold-back French door painted timber design, seen here in classic black but available in 18 colours and finishes, is normally priced €3.59 per square metre. The shutters can be purchased for €2.79psm on orders placed before end of July 31st. The dimensions are approximately 2m by 2.40m.
Trunk call
This leather student storage trunk, 308cm by 38cm by 50cm, will also work really well as a coffee table. As part of its summer sale, it is reduced from €1,355 to €799 at Caseys (
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), 65
Oliver Plunkett
Street (021-4270393) and Raheen roundabout, Limerick (061-307070).
Three of the best ... 20th century greats
Open your eyes to lesser-known 20th century designers such as Mathieu Matégot, a Hungarian textile artist who became a set designer for the Folies Bergère, was conscripted into the French army and became a German prisoner of war before creating these designs that have been reissued by Gubi (
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). They include the Nagasaki chair (top left), €399, and stool, €329, the Dedal shelf, €259, coat hook, €129 and Kangourou table, €339. These pieces will be available at Lost Weekend (01-2140711,
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), 2 St Helen’s Court, Dún Laoghaire, from next month. Buy Swedish furniture designer Greta Grossman’s aluminium Grässhoppa floor lamp (top right) at the Cross Gallery (01-4738978,
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), 59 Francis Street, Dublin 8, which is running a pop-up sale of mid-century pieces. Made circa 1950, it is priced at €1,500. Co Dublin-based online shop Mid-Century Online (086-2577232, mid-century
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) stocks a mix of European and US designers including Danish designer Niels O Møller, whose rosewood high back Model 82 dining chairs (bottom), circa 1960, cost €3,743 for a set of six.
Trending... garden sheds
Every garden needs a shed, a place to go to escape the house and to store tools, the lawn mower and excess detritus that you can’t bear to throw out. Hoard is the big kahuna of garden sheds. The cedar shingled designs are by Formality at The Cowshed (01-2808071, formality
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), Glasthule, Co Dublin. Prices are not for the faint-hearted. The Newport shed and log store, 2.4m by 1.8m, seen here starts from €5,500 for a design built with marine ply. To finish, the sheds are painted inside and out in the colour of your choice.
