Wish list: Bite Cuddler Chair

This week, Esther N McCarthy gets her heart in a flutter for fabulous Valentine’s Day gift ideas.

Pic 1: Bring out the animal in you with this Bite Cuddler Chair. Made up of a patchwork combination of leopard and zebra patterns, this sofa makes a roaring style statement and will bring untamed attitude to your living room. Snuggle up in style, €799, from DFS, Mahon.

Pic 2: M&S has this cute butterfly heart cushion in stores now for €19. The oatmeal backing will blend in with any colour scheme.

Pic 3: A thoughtful idea for Valentine’s that won’t break the bank is compiling your favourite moments together in this pretty heart picture frame, €22 from littlewoods.ie

Pic 4: Make your true love think of you every time s/he has a nice cup of tea with this heart Stanley mug by Cath Kidston, €8 from www.cathkidston.com.

Pic 5: If you’re feeling generous and your lady loves her handbags, you can’t go far wrong with this Orla Keily love heart Jeanie bag, I love the emerald touches. €275 from Kilkenny stores nationwide.

Pic 6: Max Benjamin has a limited edition gift set that both partners can enjoy. All’s equal in love, after all. Try to avoid the war, at least next Friday, anyway. The His & Hers fragrance blend is a set of candles which are designed to be lit at the same time creating a harmonising blend. His has manly cardamom, black pepper and patchouli mixed with musks and hers delivers soft feminine notes of mandarin and bergamot blended with jasmine and lily. €29.95 from Brown Thomas, Arnotts, House of Fraser, Avoca, Kilkenny, Meadows & Byrne, Carraig Donn and gift shops nationwide.

Pic 7: I love Jane’s Walsh take on the heart motif. A NCAD graduate, she started making jewellery while she was still a craft-gallery owner. “I could not find the type of jewellery I wanted to stock in the gallery at a reasonable price point so I started making pieces for sale,” she say. This heart necklace is €17.50, for a full list of stockists and online retailers visit www.giveirishcraft.com

Pic 8: Imagine sewing these on to you sweetheart’s shirt — sounds too much like hard work to me, but there may be crafty lovebirds out there who will make the most of our this pack of six red heart buttons, €4 from www.dotcomgiftshop.com.

Pic 9: If all else fails, you can’t go wrong with good old fashioned chocolates. And FYI this Butler’s chocolates heart tin assortment is preferable to a multipack of Kitkats, althought I’d take them too, to be fair. €13.50 from stores nationwide.

Pic 10: With the weather being what it is, I don’t know if an umbrella is enough protection to venture out, but you gotta be impressed if your beau produces this Lots of Love super slim umbrella. € 15 from Accessorize.