Interior design: Karen Hughes, Director of Emerald Interior

Design in Dublin (www.emeraldinteriordesign.ie) answers your questions.

Q. I’m a bit of a make-up junkie and my dressing table is always a mess with powders and creams — do you have any design solutions?

A. If you’re fed up of rooting through makeup bags trying to find your favourite lippy, here’s a handy tip for storing all your cosmetics I got from Laura’s Thoughts (www.laurasthoughts81.blogspot.com). All you need is a magnetic board, some small magnets and a glue gun. Frame or paint the board anyway you like, then just glue a magnet to the back of each container and attach to the board — et voilà! You can do something similar to create a pretty jewellery holder — cover a small board in fabric, screw in some small hooks.