Trending . . . oriental style
East Meets West at Ginger Brown Design (gingerbrowndesign.com), a home accessories and gift boutique recently opened at 39 Clarendon Street, Dublin 2. The stock features one-off pieces, vibrant colour schemes, varied patterns and textures as well as intricate hand-made craftsmanship. It is run by Virendra Rana, from Nepal, who has lived here for 12 years and says he hopes to bring a sense of summer to Dublin, all year round. Armchair travel with this chair, €480, mirror-top embossed side table €610 and milk urn vases from €80.
Totally tropical taste
Who says blue and green should never be seen together? Bring the totally tropical outdoors inside with Amazilia, an extravagant series of tropical motifs in exotic colourways from paper and fabric design house Harlequin (harlequin.uk.com).
Treetop Interiors (067-34453/ 087-9345738), 53 Kenyon St, Nenagh, Co Tipperary is offering 10 per cent off the entire collection to Irish Times readers. Kabala, a viscose linen mix in lagoon blue, €60 per metre, covers the couch. On the wall is the same style in gooseberry green with a roll of lagoon blue laid on top to add even more interest to a vibrant scene. The paper is €60 per roll. Present today’s paper and fabrics or papers can be purchased for €54. This offer ends Saturday, March 14th.
Slimline style, slimmer price
This slimline white gloss console table, 90cm by 30cm by 75cm, is perfect for small spaces. It's a flat-pack design and has a glass shelf. It's available at Waterford-based Greenmount Furniture (051-354941 greenwoodfurniture.ie), Unit 1c, Esker Business Park, Six Cross Roads Roundabout. The Atlantis Clarus table will work well in a hall or livingroom. It's normally €139, but Irish Times readers can buy it less 10 per cent, at €125, upon presentation of today's paper.
Birdies going cheap
Bring some birdlife into your abode. This sparrow hook by Qualy (qualydesign.com) comes in a pack of two and three colour options; white on white; black birds, white hooks or chartreuse green birds, white hooks. Normally €16, Liberties, (098-50273 liberties.ie), Apartment 7, Sea Wharf, Westport, Co Mayo, is offering them less 20 per cent, at €12.80, to Irish Times readers. The offer includes free postage within Ireland and ends Thursday, March 12th.
Ultra-modern vanity is fair
This Evora vanity unit, 50cm by 80cm by 45cm, features an ultra-modern slim basin and comes in three neutral finishes; soft white; sienna ash and nogal walnut. The two-drawer design is reduced 29 per cent, from €699 to €499 at all branches of BTW (btw.ie); Sandyford; Drogheda; Kilkenny; Naas; Sligo; Waterford; and Wexford. Present today's Irish Times and you get an additional 10 per cent off.
Three of the best . . . Bunnies
Anyone lucky enough to witness the spring antics of Lepus timidus hibernicus, the Irish hare, will enjoy having this interlocking birch plywood wall trophy, 42cm by 22cm by 18cm, by Clive Roddy on your wall. Buy on Etsy (etsy.com) for about €65, ex delivery.
Mr Hare can reach speeds of 40mph, has 360 degree vision and is said to be an earthly form of the banshee: facts you can share over a few balls of malt diluted with water from this jug, 17cm by 6cm, and about €81, excluding delivery, from UK-based At Home In The Country (00-44-1484-865 359) athomeinthecountry.co.uk
This pen and ink illustration of a hare surrounded by hedgerow blackberries and oak leaves has been printed onto a linen-mix lampshade that comes in three sizes: 20 cm by 20cm, about €65; 30cm by 25cm, about €98; and 45cm by 30cm, about €131, ex delivery, from London-based Oscar and Eve (oscarandeve.co.uk)
