Stripes with any element of the colour blue are by their nature pretty nautical but at The Blue Door, striped bed linen by Linum has a fresh clean look that bares little immediate relation to yachting stripes.

The range pictured here, incorporating grey and green as well as pale blue, is called Macao and is priced as follows: duvet covers start at €78.50 for a single, €120 for a double and €135 for a king size.

The Blue Door, 21 Poplar Avenue, Naas, Co Kildare, tel 045 901573