Wish List: shopping for bargain style

Faith Ryan finds bargain style, ancient wall maps, cute bud vases and more.

NCBI (National Council for the Blind of Ireland) has opened its first NCBI Home store at 37 Francis Street, Dublin, offering high quality donated furniture and beautiful up-cycled pieces, restored by craftsmen at The Rediscovery Centre in Ballymun.

Handmade pouffes, €75. Keep up to the minute with their Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/ncbihome

Perfect for a study or bookish teenager’s bedroom, this ancient map goes up in one lick, and can be peeled off when they want to travel elsewhere, Meridien De Paris Mural, €108.80, digitex home.co.uk. Irish sticker specialists include www.wallstickers.ie

Benches are versatile choices with a campaign atmosphere for family dining outdoors. Wood, when well cared for, will last season after season.

Keep the textiles under wraps and indoors when not in use. Seville table €224 Seville chairs set of two €149 Seville bench €90 Seat pads from €27 Accessories from €22. Next.

Cheer up old clay pots with a lick of left over paint. These little beauties have been finished in Farrow & Ball colours, but any water-based paint will work perfectly, allowing the clay to breathe. A perfect project for a young crafter in the family with a steady hand and a little masking tape.

Geometric forms and honeycombs are everywhere in smalls. This new vase by Jenny Walsh says it all and was inspired by the energising shape of water droplets spreading on a surface.

A delicate glass vial is held in place by a mesmerising interlocking frame. Pinch €14, €17 and €22, in a laser cut gift box. www.Jennywalshdesign.com

This Bittergurka plant pot system can link together and is suitable inside or out. Ideal for a vertical arrangement of herbs to snatch up for cooking. €10 each, IKEA

British-Japanese designer Reiko Kaneko has been influenced by her years growing up in Japan, and this emerges in her English bone china from the heart of the industry in Stoke-on-Trent.

Take the train to work with her Breakfast Express range of cups and toast racks that hitch together with tiny magnets. €24.50 each. www.Reikokaneko.co.uk