Add a pop of colour to conservatories and living rooms with these lacquered metal tray tables from Bushell Interiors (01-6710044 bushellinteriors.com). They are available in six rainbow-bright colours: cerise pink, bright red, royal purple, glossy black, fresh white and citrus orange. The square tables cost €69 each and measure 46 sq cm and are 47cm high. See them at its showroom at 12 Heaney Avenue, Park West, Dublin 12.

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This postal desk, purchased in Paris, is a vintage industrial piece from the 1930s. Made of steel, it started life as a sorting desk. Nowadays, it would work as a desk – you can store all your files above it – or as a kitchen storage unit.

Price €1,550 at Industry (01-6139111 industrydesign.ie), 5 Smock Alley, Essex St West, Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8.

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This aluminium Etang lamp, €90, by Shane Holland (041-9882220) is inspired by the shape of a numbered waiting-room ticket. It is available in black, white, gold and silver and uses a seven-watt energy-saving candle-style bulb. The piece features in the National Museum of Ireland’s permanent collection at Collins Barracks and can be bought at The Malthouse (01-8558070 themalthousedesigncentre.com) at Distillery Court, 537 NCR, Dublin 1 and at Shanehollanddesign.com