KITCHEN DESIGNS WITH LEGS
Zinzan (1800 989 550
.ie) is an Irish online site selling affordable replica high fashion designs. These Elise stools (above) will add a pop of colour to kitchens. They come in two heights, €75 for the 65cm bar height and €49.95 for the 45cm table height seat. Zinzan are offering Irish Times readers 10 per cent off these two styles and off an armchair design, €69.95, respectively €67.50, €45 and €63. Input the voucher code itelise10 to avail of these offers. Ends May 29th.
HERITAGE BRAND HAS MOHAIR TO GO
Irish heritage brand Foxford Woollen Mills new capsule duvet collection includes 300 thread count combed cotton, lambswool throws and mohair blankets and range in price from €59 for a single to €139 for a super king-size. Ice House is the style pictured. Upon presentation of today’s column at Arnotts, (01-8050400,
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.ie) Henry Street, D1, Irish Times readers can buy any item from the collection less 10 per cent, respectively €53 to €125. This offer ends May 31st. Arnotts also hosts another warehouse sale this weekend, Saturday 24th and Sunday, May 25th, at their premises in Furry Park, Santry, where there will be up to 70 per cent off furniture, home and electrical goods.
LIGHT DESIGNS
This evening, National Lighting (01-709 9070,
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.ie), Western Retail Park, Knockmitten Lane, D12, is hosting a customer event that offers an hands-on, jargon-free approach to lighting your home. The set-up will show how different ways of lighting a space completely change its ambiance. Paul Donegan, the store’s in-house lighting designer, will demonstrate some of the techniques used by professional lighting designers that can be used in the home. The event runs from 7pm to 9pm. Irish Times readers who attend can get 10 per cent off their punchy pastel Laughton pendants, which come in primrose yellow, sky blue, soft grey and sage green. Normally €94 Irish Times readers can buy it for €85.
SOFA, SO GOOD . . .
Kenneth Hodgins Interiors (01-2938898,
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.ie) Birch Avenue, Stillorgan Industrial Estate Stillorgan, Co Dublin, have this Colorado four-seat L-shaped sofa by Alstons. It comes in a range of cool neutrals and is reduced by 15 per cent from €2,015 to €1,695. The matching chair is reduced from €740 to €630. The sofa comes with four scatter cushions and a choice of light oak or ebony feet. Offer ends May 31st.
CLOCK THESE
It’s summer time (01-2301894
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.ie) at the Blue Door, the Crescent, Monkstown, Co. Dublin and they’ve reduced these decorative wall clocks by 35 per cent. Bargain Hunter readers who present today’s column can buy this feline-faced timepiece for €32, down from €49.50. This offer ends May 29th.
SEE YOURSELF
Add a little mystique to your decor with this distressed wood finish mirror that has an acanthus leaf motif, 66cm by 3cm by 99.50cm, by Belgian brand Chehoma. It is reduced 55 per cent from €329 to €149 and comes in the slate blue colour pictured only. Buy at M. Kelly Interiors (
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.ie), at 61a Sallynoggin Rd (01-2851444), Sallynoggin and Unit C (01-493 6355), Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.
TRENDING . . . DESIGNER DRAINS
London-based Lateral Design Studio Ltd formerly Aqua Innovations (00442084502244
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.co.uk) 91b Mora Road, Cricklewood, is run by Irishman John Harte. He’s designed a series of drains and drain covers for wet rooms and showers.
Aqualevel, a swish looking exterior drain system for glazed doors, is the latest addition to his product range. It turns unsightly drains into something aesthetically and architecturally pleasing. The range comes in stylish stainless steel, smart Jonite stone composite, and classic cast iron options. The modular drain system is designed on a project-by-project basis and can be installed in any location . The Geo Square stainless steel drain cover pictured costs about €228 per metre (sterling £186). This price does not include the drain underneath. Harte is offering Irish Times readers 10 per cent off his entire range on orders placed before June 22nd. Use the discount code LDSAQ10.
3 OF A KIND . . . FINE ART FRAMING
Enda Cavanagh (01-2845430/ 087-6501537,
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.com) is one of Ireland’s leading photographers. He won Best Architectural image at the National IPPA Photographic Awards 2014 and was a finalist in the 2014 World Photographic Cup. Large format shots of his Blackrock Baths series mounted on swish acrylic with diamond polished edges, hang in the Marker Hotel. You can buy his work online (prices from €1,300 for an 87cm by 65cm acrylic framed print) and at TileStyle’s (01-855 5200
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.ie) exhibition space, at exit 10 off the M50, Ballymount Retail Centre, Ballymount Road Upper, D24. Ends May 28th.
Kansas-based Bria Hammel Interiors (001-651- 2301624
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.com) symmetrical solution for prints features 1.2 cm (half inch) wide dark wood square frames ordered in two sizes. By placing the smaller squares on top of the larger one and adding texture through the use of chain to hang them from sizeable knobs she found at Pottery Barn (
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.com) she’s created a point of interest in a room. When framing, consider using Clarity glass which has only one per cent reflection and offers the works 70 per cent UV protection. It costs €350 for a sheet, 110cm by 160cm and is available at Blackrock-based In The Frame (01-278 0659) a framing service whose clients include the Kerlin Gallery and Whytes.
Or you could add a fashion element to found objects, placing them in on-trend 3D copper glass boxes that can sit on surfaces like side tables and mantelpieces rather than walls. These boxes, from Article Dublin (01-679- 9268,
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.com) come in three sizes – 9cm sq (€20), 12cm sq ( €26) and 15 cm sq (€35). They also sell copper photo frames, approximately 15cm by 10cm, for miniature works. Price €9.95 each.
