Stripy console table and eye-catching piece

1. Half way between mod and antique French styles, this stripy console table will both brighten your room, and add elegance with its shapely legs.

The lacquered finish and sharp stripes make it an eye-catching piece that is sizeable enough to be used as a desk or in a hallway as a fabulous telephone table. And all for a mere €1,465 from www.frenchbedroomcompany.co.uk.

2 and 3. Who hasn't an old piece of forlorn furniture in their house, like this chest of drawers? Check it out after being upcycled using Annie Sloan Provence chalk paint. This paint is rather fab, it's eco-friendly with no odour, and is touch dry in 40 minutes. You can use it on any surface indoors or out without primer or preparation and it comes in a large range of unique colours from The Paint Pot. The paint costs €24 a litre. They offer upcycling furniture workshops too at their store in Anglesea Street, Cork.