Bench beauty in a range of styles and shades
Le Bench (01-5582186 lebench.com), The Garden Suite, 31 Morehampton Road, is launching a selection of swish-looking teak garden seats, hand made in Indonesia using traditional joinery methods and painted in any Farrow and Ball exterior eggshell in the workshop at Kiltimon Farm, Newtonmountkennedy, Co Wicklow. Available in seven different designs: the Ava, Majestic, Pembroke, Eglinton, Argyle, Hampton and the Harry, pictured in F&B Pitch Blue, in a four-seat option.
To celebrate the launch, there is 25 per cent off, reducing it from €1,350 to €1,012. There are three different sizes to choose from.
Irish Times readers who present this column get a free cushion with each bench. The seats can be viewed at the open day in Co Wicklow on Saturday, June 6th from midday to 4pm. Offer ends June 21st. Use code ITMidsummer to avail of the discount online.
Sunroom solution
The marshmallow soft Gladstone four-seat sofa is hand-crafted here in Ireland and is perfect for conservatories and sunrooms. Upholstered in one of a selection of fabric options, it is reduced by 16 per cent from €2,499 to €2,099 at Tallaght- based Kingsbury Furniture (01-6579508 kingsburyfurniture.ie).
The store suggests laying a soft vintage-style rug underfoot to make the sunroom a space to use all year round. Available in various colours and sizes. The one pictured, 230cm by 160cm, is reduced by 33 per cent from €449 to €299.
Button up with a bone china mug
Why does tea taste better in a mug? This fine bone design, 8.5cm by 7.5cm, features a classic Avoca print that is inspired by the hoard of buttons and trimmings the design team had accumulated. It's normally €9.95 but Avoca (01 2746900 avoca.ie) is offering Irish Times readers who present today's column the chance to buy it less 10 per cent at all their stores. Offer ends Saturday, June 20th.
Console yourself with a chic table
Kenneth Hodgins Interiors (01-2938898 kennethhodgins.ie) Unit 1b, Birch Avenue, Stillorgan Industrial Park is offering Irish Times readers who present today's column 15 per cent off its entire range of Willis and Gambier (willisgambier.co.uk) furniture. This Coast Cameo console table, 84cm by 120cm by 40cm, normally €845, can be yours for €720. Offer ends Tuesday, June 30th.
Trending . . . must-see Irish design
Lift Off, the graduate show of visual merchandising, furniture, interior and product design opens tomorrow at 6pm at the DIT's new campus in Grangegorman (dit.ie). It is a very fertile hunting ground for decorative ideas and new talent.
Pictured is a large light fixture, 2.2m by 1.2m, €3,500, in laminated bent white oak by Gildas Ó Laoire.
You could also catch French-based Nest Design's (00-33-562677903 nest-design.com) show at the Oliver Sears Gallery (01-644 9459 oliversearsgallery.com) 2, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, ending June 25th.
Or if you are in Co Leitrim visit Leo Scarff Design (087-2725811 leoscarffdesign.com) in Mullies, outside Manorhamilton, which is celebrating 21 years of Lightweave, a lighting collection design classic that showcases the flexibility and light-filtering properties of different wood types.
Three of the best . . . outdoor ideas
This Natal Alu modular outdoor sofa from Belgian outdoor furniture firm Tribu, pictured in white Quadrata linen, costs about €7,743 (from €2,684). The poufs – small from €629, extra-large from €912 – are by UK-based Go Modern (0044-207 7319540 gomodern.co.uk)
Carraig Donn (098-50329 carraigdonn.com) has this four-person picnic basket, normally €59.95, with plates, cutlery, glasses, and more. Irish Times readers who present today's column at any store can buy it less 10 per cent. Use code IrishTimes15 to avail of the discount online.
This Tico dining table (about €918) and matching bench (about €494), from Habitat (habitat.co.uk), is available online through Argos (argos.ie) in Ireland. On the tabletop is a selection of vases, planters and bowls that range in price from €14 to €92.
