Butterfly box art trio

Add a little flutter to your walls with the butterfly box art trio, €23.50 from Littlewoods.

Make your own ice lollies this summer - there is a recession on you know. Ice pop moulds €2 from Penneys.

Look the part even if you can't boil an egg, with a pretty striped apron, €7, and matching single oven glove, €2.50, in store now at Penneys.

Feast your eyes on the gorgeous armchair in baroque style made of carved hardwood lacquered to a black mirror shine and covered with denim fabric. Available from Aoki Interiors for €999.

The right rug can pull a whole room together. The M& S Chalk Town rug could be just the thing for your space. €92 from stores nationwide.

Posh Pegs are a solid one piece design with no moving parts and completely UV protected. There are 3 different size holes for a variety of washing line thicknesses and washing type. The pegs are child friendly, easy to store, environmentally friendly with a lifetime guarantee. 30 pegs for €12 from www.bunkerbound.com.

Lime green set of four place mats, funky and fun from Heatons €10.

Nothing like a fresh crusty loaf on a fine summer morn. Complete the fantasy with the Meadows & Byrne bread board for €29.95.

Irish owned Max Benjamin boast excellent green credentials as they are made from natural soy wax - a renewable resource - rather than parafin. The wick is an Italian cotton wick which is lead free and the packaging can all be recycled. Stockists include Brown Thomas, Meadows & Byrne and Avoca or online at www.maxbenjamin.ie. Try the Cloves and Cinnamon large 3 wick candle for €39.

Check out the Starley dressing table and matching stool. Available from M&S for €750.

The new Luminescence Lighting Collection from Waterford features the Persia Pendant, a ‘glittering teardrop-shaped groupings of crystals...reminiscent of Imperial Russia’s fabled Fabergé eggs’.

Yours for €13,5000 - well, this is called the wish list.