Shamrock chic, designer shelves and status ceilings

Talking points

To celebrate what Bargain Hunter hopes is our final release from winter's cold snap Bray-based Flanagan Kerins (01-2813338, flanagankerins.ie) wants you to clock a spring-time style statement.

Their train station size wrought-iron clock, 122cm in diameter, will turn a bare wall into a talking point. The battery-operated timepiece is available in black, and also to order in an off-white painted finish and is reduced 24 per cent from €195 to €149. The Moyvore solid oak coffee table, 130cm by 70cm, has been reduced 30 per cent, from €895 to €625. Offers available while stocks last at the Southern Cross Retail Park showroom, Bray, Co Wicklow.

House of monochrome

Add some monochrome chic to your home with this Mono Mark collection from House of Fraser’s own Linea label. A lozenge-shaped chevron print cushion, €33, will add pep to sofas while wire lanterns, suitable for table tops and halls, large €46, medium, €33, are all reduced by 20 per cent, making them respectively, €36.80 and €26.40, at the Dublin department store’s home event which ends this Sunday, March 15th.

Pretty pickle

Prestigious Textiles' Pickle, €25.16 per metre, is a botanical print in easy-to-clean PVC and cotton. It will make a smart table-runner and napkins if you can bribe a relative to stitch them for you or do it yourself. The Drapery Shop (tel: 021-4271877, thedraperyshop.ie), 2 Emmet Place, Cork is offering Irish Times readers 10 per cent off this range. The offer, on minimum orders of one metre, ends March 19th and includes free delivery nationwide.

Designer shelves

CA Design (tel: 01-5143540, cadesign.ie) has just launched Universo Positivo, a collection by designers Hertel and Klarhoefer, who have also collaborated with Ligne Roset, David Caspar Schäfer, Thomas Merlin and Jonas Wahlström and includes a smart and space-saving hat and coat rack, €454; a series of shelving that range in price from €103 to €142, a Totem floor lamp, €1313 and the very simple but gorgeous metal base Moon coffee table that comes in two sizes, €345 for the small and €680 for the large. The company, located at 44 South Dock Road, Dublin 4, is offering Irish Times readers 10 per cent off all orders from the collection. This offer ends March 28th.

Three of the best . . . shamrock chic

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day in style by greening your home through the addition of accent pieces. Kelly Hoppen’s lacquer drawer cube comes in seven vibrant colours, including this emerald shade. The high-shine lacquer piece is good as a sofa- or bedside table. Delivery is eight to 10 weeks and costs about €767, ex-delivery.

Fly the flag at home by serving up a fine Irish stew in any of these casserole dishes from Marks & Spencer (marksandspencer.ie). The shamrock-green design comes in three designs, two measuring 30cm in diameter, a shallow or deep option in either off-white or shamrock green, €88, and the 20cm diameter casserole in green only, €67.

Another simple way to green your home for St Patrick's Day is to add one of the 40 shades to your tabletop. These tiny tourmaline coloured glass vases come in a trio and cost about €54 from Design House Stockholm will add a festive touch to any bite to eat. Buy from UK-based online site Amara Living amara.com.

Trending . . . status ceilings

Do you live in a period house that is missing its original ceiling rose? Instead of installing a faux replacement why not embrace modernity and decorate it using Rhombus ceiling tiles, a set of polystyrene geometric shapes that can be used to create radial patterns or irregular shapes. A pack of 72 tiles costs €165. These can then be painted using emulsion either the same colour as the ceiling or in contrasting colours to create a pattern. Buy online at Portobello-based April and the Bear (aprilandthebear.com)