Wish List: Carolyn Donnelly’s Sunbeam Mirror

Each week, Esther N McCarthy scouts around for interesting bits for your home. This week, she finds fabulous fabric and gets hot under the collar over a fire extinguisher.

* Looking for an engagement or wedding gift with a difference? Babycraft by Karin has branched into the adult world and is celebrating couples in general. Hurray! Get in early for a Valentine’s commission, or let Karin make your bridal shoes into a piece of art in her inimitable style. A mounted painting costs €130 and framed is €170. See Babycraftbykarin.com, or find her on Facebook.

* If you can’t wait for spring to get a move on, have a look at the very simple yet effortlessly elegant Swedish blue fabric from the Kate Forman Collection at Boulevard Interiors in Douglas, Cork. They’ve got an impressive collection of products from across Europe and beyond. The fabric starts at €90pm. www.boulevard.ie.

* This floral cushion cover is cheerful, not chintzy, and is perfect as a decorative bed cushion or scatter cushion. Featuring a simple design of large multicoloured flowers on a cream background, it is available as a 45cm square cushion cover only. The good news is there’s a matching rug available too. €36, from www.fairwindonline.com.

* Wrap your eyeballs around this vintage beauty. A Scandinavian Bentwood chair by top designer Yngve Ekstrom, it was priced at €450 now reduced to €200. A classic, comfortable chair, it can be viewed at The Vintage Furniture Warehouse in Kilkenny City. www.originalcompulsivedesign.com.

* I love this oriental geometric design for wallpaper gurus Graham & Brown. Designed by Steve Leung, this trellis effect wallpaper has a mix of textures and heights and the metallic highlights add a touch of decadence. It costs €36 a roll from www.grahambrown.com.

* Beam some sunshine indoors with Carolyn Donnelly’s Sunbeam Mirror from her 2013 eclectic collection for Dunnes Stores. It costs €195 but you’ll have to wait until February to get your mitts on it.

* Reinventing the fire extinguisher is DNC TAG with its SAFE-T, an extinguisher that has been remodelled into a design object. The red extinguisher has been revamped in different colours, motifs and designs so that this traditional object, which, let’s face it, has a negative connotation. Now it adds a touch of colour and fun. Oh, and it still has all the safety stuff and puts out fires. Phew. Starting at €89, see www.dnctag.com for stockists.