FURNITURE DESIGNER James Carroll (james@stickman.ie) has a cool stool that will strike a stylish note in any home. His “Office Block” seat is a one-off piece. Made of found pitch pine and a recovered office chair base, it retails at €150.

To celebrate the fact that James is now doing a collection of these stools using Co Wicklow-sourced windblown sycamore, and former office chair bases, he is offering the original to one lucky reader (first in wins) at a specially discounted price of €90, a reduction of 40 per cent. View his designs at Designer Mart on Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, D2, every Saturday, 10am-5pm.