Wishlist: Gigantosaurus dino bed

Each week, Esther N McCarthy scouts around for interesting bits for your home.

This week, she discovers a frighteningly cool bed and a divine dinner plate

* If you build it, they will come. Have faith that a summer garden picnic is possible this year. Garden furniture, accessories and table ware available from the Pavilion Garden Centre, Ballygarvan, Co Cork. 021-4888134, www.thepavilion.ie

* The Fuchsia pattern was introduced into the Nicholas Mosse collection in 2012 and is now the number two seller in the range behind Old Rose. This pasta serving bowl is a lovely example at €63.20. Available in the Irish Country Shop in Bennettsbridge, online at www.nicholasmosse.com or at other retailers around Ireland.

* Get your java fix with the Nespresso recycled Pixie coffee machine. Pixie, is the smart model in the range, condensing a wide range of features in a surprisingly small machine, and it won a Red Dot design award for 2013. It retails at €149 from stockists that include Brown Thomas. For more information go to www.nespresso.com

* How’s this for a bright idea? Oxfam Home shops located on Francis Street and Kings’s Inn street in Dublin are stocking this gorgeous handcrafted, fibreglass shade for €115. And it’s for a good cause. Win, win.

* Pretend you’re in paradise with this colourful Paradise Bird dinner plate, €3.50 from M&S.

* Subtle statement wallpaper doesn’t get much better that this classic striped wallpaper with metallic elements. The Mai collection costs €30 a roll from Graham and Brown wallpaper. www.grahambrown.com

* The Natural History Museum Dinosaur single bed will get your little explorer excited. This jaw-dropping giant is heat transferred on the head and footboard of the bed, so when looking from the front gives a 3D effect. It comes in an orange and white painted finish and the bed simply slots together and will take you, literally, five minutes to assemble. You do need screws in the headboard though to put the two pieces together. €303 from www.kidsaw.co.uk