Make light of decorating
Gráinne Lyons (086-1995257 grainnelyons.wix.com/grainnelyonsdesign) is a designer whose work has been picked up by the National Museums of Ireland. Her collection of postable, flatpack Christmas decorations is on sale in Irish Museum shops on Kildare Street and Collins Barracks in Dublin and in the Museum of Country Life in Castlebar, Co Mayo. Glow (above) is a flatpack pendant light made of polypropylene that comes in three shapes: a 40cm small sphere, €79.95; a peanut shape, 40cm by 90cm, and a large sphere, 90cm in diameter, €239.95.
Irish Times readers can buy the light online less 10 per cent using code TIMES10. Offer ends December 11th.
Set the scene with napkins with lace contrast detail
AU Maison (aumaison.dk) is a smart Danish label that includes swish cotton polyester mix table linen. Rosalins (01-4972330), 42 Dunville Avenue, Ranelagh, D ublin 6, is one of its stockists in the capital. To celebrate the start of the festive season the shop is offering 10 per cent off these napkins with lace contrast detail, normally €7.50 each, and matching table runners, 140cm by 40cm, normally €19.95.
Present today’s column and you can buy them for €6.75 and €17.95 respectively. The linen is available in gold, mushroom and midnight blue. The silver (pictured) is sold out. Offer ends December 11th.
Tune into your music collection on the radio
The View Quest Hepburn digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio and bluetooth speaker combines modern functionality with vintage style. It has a padded faux leather exterior and lets you listen to digital stations and access your music library from a smart device via bluetooth or its 3.5mm aux input. If you use with the custom developed downloadable View Quest App on Android or IOS you can control everything from the palm of your hand. The radio comes in three colours: black, white or red.
It is normally €179.99 at Harvey Norman (harveynorman.ie) but Irish Times readers who present today's column can buy it for 10 per cent less (€161.99). Offer ends December 11th.
Cosy seat to rock your winter
CA Design (01-5143540, cadesign.ie) has teamed up with Dust (086-3976058, dust.ie) for a smart pop-up shop at 4 Camden Market, Grantham Street, Dublin 8. CA Design's Eames-style rocker, €395, has been given a cosy winter sheepskin coat, €280, by Dust.
To celebrate the launch of the pop-up the two top interior independents are both offering 10 per cent off the items pictured, respectively €356 and €252.
Trending . . . festive prints
Print maker Fán Regan's (085-2360146, fawn.ie) latest design, That Magic Night, captures the night before Christmas spirit. She makes her editions using lino-cuts, a medium used by Picasso and Matisse, cutting out the design, then rolling the plate with ink, covering that with fine art printmaking paper and running it through a printing press, using old editions of The Irish Times as press "blankets" to protect the work.
The print is in four colours: midnight blue, sky blue, gold star and berry red, with contrasting ribbons and is surrounded by an ash frame, 16cm square. Each costs €32.
Three of the best . . . Dressing the table
The dressed table by the White Company (0044 2037589222, thewhitecompany.com) is an OTT all-white affair to wow guests. It includes snowflake paper decorations, €15 for a set of three; silver concertina balls, €19 for a set of three; bell paper decorations set of three, €18; large pillar candle holder, €57; bell dinner candle holder, €38; bell pillar candle holder, €38; wine glass, €38 for a set of two.
Steal the look of Kelly Hoppen (0044 2037019333, kellyhoppen.com) and keep the table looking chic and simple. The British designer is a fan of pared-back simplicity. It works because of the tonal dinnerware, the table linen, about €31.50 for a set of four, and the three-wick gold candles that bring sparkle, about €44, and red tea lights adding a warming glow, about €25 for a set of three, ex delivery.
Is Christmas day going to be a small affair? Then add a bit of ring a ding ding to the decor with a Dingdong gold vinyl wall sticker from UK-based Vinyl Impression (0044 1342311858 vinylimpression.co.uk). Simple red taper candles, a gilded candlestick and some claret tableware will delight the eye of your guests. The sticker comes in many colours and costs €34.40 including delivery.
