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Stack coat hooks, from Finnish company Hem (0044-8000 488423, hem.com) can also be used as door knobs and to create decorative and open wardrobe areas. Measuring 14cm by 11.8cm by 9.8cm each, they are too big to use on kitchen cabinetry. A pack of three costs €35 ex-delivery.
Construct Me by Amsterdam- based Studio Droog (0031- 20523 5050 droog.com) in Milan feat- ures hardware to have on show. There are flat cross screws, wing nuts, double tie-wraps, hinges with patterns, nail holders, patterned brackets and nails with an emojii motif. Prices and production have yet to be determined.
Stockholm-based Superfront (0046-868 441814, superfront.com) creates accessories to customise Ikea furniture. Door handles include natural leather pulls with brass or copper studs, €16; round balls in a rainbow of colours and a design called Holy Wafer, €16, a metal disc in brass, copper or silver.
Fashion for the floor
A warm raspberry ombre pattern adds a fashion element to this hand-tufted Acacia rug. The 100 per cent wool design is available in three sizes: 140cm by 200cm, normally €445; 170cm by 240cm, normally €650, and 200cm by 300cm, normally €950. Bushell Interiors (01-671 0044, bushellinteriors.com), 12 Heaney Avenue, Park West, Dublin 12, is offering Irish Times readers who present today's column the chance to buy any size less 20 per cent, on orders placed before June 25th, reducing the prices to €356, €520 and €760.
German take on a painted timber kitchen
This solid ash Bristol design from the Hacker range at Arena Kitchens (arenakitchens.com), Cardiff Lane, Dublin 2, is a German take on the traditional painted timber style. It features agate blue lacquered units with solid beech countertops, oval brushed steel handles, open display areas and three-quarter glass-fronted dresser cabinets. The 5mx5m sq show unit, pictured, normally costs about €22,000. Irish Times readers who present today's column can buy it, or any of the designs within the Hacker range, less 10 per cent. Offer ends May 4th.
Throw some (LED) light on the subject
If you like the idea of simple central lights that sit flush with the ceiling and can be painted any colour to match, then this Atelier Sedap design from Dublin 12-based Lamps and Lighting (01-620 5752, lampsandlighting.ie), Canal Walk, Kavanagh Avenue, Park West, could be just the illumination your room needs.
The dimmable design comes in two sizes; the smaller is 92cm in diameter and normally costs €1,035 and the larger is 112cm in diameter, €1,245, two of which are pictured. It uses LED lights and comes in a warm white, pictured, or in any other colour you choose. Irish Times readers who present today’s column can get 10 per cent off either size. Offer ends Friday, June 26th.
Starck style for great outdoors
Ready your outdoors for summer with some whimsical weather resistant Bubble Club pieces by Philippe Starck for Kartell (kartell.com). The collection includes an armchair, 105cm x 77cm x 80cm, €535; sofa, 195cm x 77cm x 80cm, €799, and side table, 51.5cm x 51.5cm x 41.5cm, €147, and is available in six colours: zinc white; light grey; lemon yellow; pale green; earth red and black. It is made of smooth batch-dyed polyethylene. Inreda (01-906 5661, inreda.ie), in the RHA building, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2, is offering Irish Times readers who present today's column 10 per cent off any order placed before Tuesday, June 2nd.
Trending . . . Portfolio
Portfolio is a new exhibition of Irish-designed furniture curated by interior designer Eoin Lyons and architect John Kelly, showing at both Solomon Galleries (solomonfineart.ie) – the main gallery on Balfe Street and the newer satellite space that has popped up at Unit 2 in the Westbury Mall. Many of the pieces have already graced these pages, but of the new works stand-outs include the copper frame tables by Shane Holland (shanehollanddesign.com)with yew wood tops that feature bronze and resin inserts and cost €800 each. The highly collectible Zelouf and Bell's (zeloufandbell.com) latest confection is Gimlet, a cocktail cabinet made of blue ripple sycamore inlaid with polished aluminium. The top and doors fold back to reveal a leather-lined interior set on a stainless steel frame with sterling silver pulls and sapphire-coloured quartz shelves. One of an edition of six, it costs €26,875.
