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Esther N McCarthy goes hunting for some extra-special products this week, from an over-sized homage to 1950s pop culture to a fun way to keep the children’s toys tidy.

Check out the over-sized styling of this range by Sagaform. Big is beautiful, baby! Drawing inspiration from both seventies product design and American1950s pop culture, designer Ann-Carin Wiktorsson, has created a rather eye-catching look — and we just adore the colour. €18.50 available from designist.ie

This new helper around the laundry room from Whirlpool sounds like a Star Wars extra - the WWDC 9444. But, intergalactic missions aside, it has an energy rating of ‘A+++-30’, offering 60% energy savings over an ‘A’ rated machine. Plus, there’s a nifty ultra-soft drum pattern to decrease the surface friction on clothes by 70%. Both the WWDC 9444 washing machine and AZA 9791 tumble dryer will retail at around €699.99, available at Harvey Norman nationwide, Murphy’s Electrical, Cork, Sean Hennessy Sound and Vision, Limerick, Tom Curran, Dungarvan, Waterford.

We’re loving these bright and bold colour pop porcelain T-light holders, €19.95, from Dotcomgiftshop Ireland, go to www.dotcomgiftshop.com for delivery details.

April and the Bear — how cool is that for an on-line interiors store? They’re based in Dublin and have all sorts of eclectic products, hand-picked for your delight. Case in point, this glorious copper stool, which they declare to be that perfect in-between height of 45 cms — not too high, not too low. It measures 36 cms in diameter making it the ideal size for an array of multiple sized bottoms or for whatever else you might wish to place upon it. Available at April and the Bear, www.aprilandthebear.com, €135

Isn’t this cute? A great way to keep the kids’ toys out of sight, and they might even enjoy tidy-up time, with this raffia house toy basket. It’s available in 3 sizes: large:€73, medium: €57 and small: €48, from The Pavilion Garden Centre in Cork, www.thepavilion.ie