The summer sale at Italian Tile and Stone Studio (01-9052335, tiles.ie), 56 Terenure Road North is now on. Everything in the store is reduced by 20 per cent including this Blendart Mix porcelain internal tile, 15cm by 120cm, reduced from €98 per sq metre to €78.40. Available to order, it also comes in an anti-slip exterior version that is laid like paving slab and is reduced from €115 to €92. Fans of tactile bathroom tiles should check out the Flow in ivory, a smart porcelain tile, 60cm by 30cm, with a brush-hammered finish that looks like striated marble. It is reduced from €68 psm to €54.40. The sale ends on August 31st.
This slightly textured mirrored glass encrusted sideboard, 154cm by 48.5cm by 78.5cm, is colour blocking on a large scale and will make a strong style statement in any living room or open plan kitchen. Normally €1,230 Irish Times readers who present today's column at Kian Furniture (01 6434831 kian.ie), Unit B, Kylemore Factory, Kylemore Road, Ballyfermot can buy it less 15 per cent, €1046. This offer ends September 3rd.
Ambiance Interiors, at Unit 6, Blacklion Retail Centre, Greystones (01 201 6669 ambianceinteriors.ie) is offering Irish Times readers 30 per cent off this Lexus swivel and reclining chair and matching footstool set. Normally €399 readers who present today's column can buy it for €279. Available in a linen mix fabric option in aubergine, green, pictured or natural and in faux leather in brown, black or antique brown. This offer ends September 3rd.
The Adelaide is a dining range made using American black walnut veneers, available to order less 20 per cent in the summer sale at Hanley's Furniture (01-6203719, hanleysfurniture.ie), 10, Liffey Valley Retail Park, Coldcut Road, Dublin 22. The six-seat panel table, 180cm by 90cm by 75cm, is reduced from €749 to €599. The dining chair, 51cm by 60cm by 89cm, comes in three colours and is down from €209 to €165. The are two matching sideboards. The large, 150cm by 44cm by 80cm, is down from €939 to €749; the small, 111cm long, was €749 and is now €599. A console table is reduced from €749 to €599 and a mirror was €215 and is now €169. Delivery takes four to six weeks. The sale ends Sunday, August 30th
Pool party playthings have been this summer’s must-have accessory. Enormous inflatable flamingoes and swans, specifically those made by fashion and interiors company Oliver Bonas (00-44-208 974 0110, oliverbonas.com), have become the accessory du jour for the social media mad celebrity set, and the company is now completely sold out of them. New into its stores and online are these vintage-styled ice-cream coloured storage trunks to help you declutter, or even take on your weekends away. They range in price from about €43 to €108. Expect to soon see them featuring in all manner of at-home stories with your favourite celebrity.
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Even Ikea (ikea.ie) is mining this trend for tiny but covetable items of furniture. This range of doll-sized furniture replicates the Swedish behemoth's most popular designs. It would make the perfect housewarming present. The set costs €14.
This Mint Rhapsody attic house is made of acrylic and looks beautiful when left bare. The house has been used as a prop to decorate the windows of Apassionata Flowers and is available in white, black and lime. From Sandymount-based Mira Mira (01-2196668, miramira.ie). Price €295
Explore your inner interior designer on a miniature scale by investing in cool and collectible dolls' house furniture. This Bam designer stove has been made to order by Canary Islands-based Macarena Bilbao (00-34-606 452 571 macarenabilbao.com) run by a computer science graduate. It costs €295.
