Wish List: Brighten up your home with the best of this week’s furnishings

Esther N McCarthy feels wistful for wallpaper and grows animated about mindful gardening this week.

Give your favourite furniture a little burst of colour with these gorgeous luxury cushions. You will find them online at www.thepavilion.ie for €43, or visit The Pavilion Garden Centre in Ballygarvan, Co Cork.

Get an Indian vibe in your home with this beautifully embroidered foot stool from TK Maxx, it’s €36.99. See more on www.tkmaxx.ie.

Looking to update your bathroom? Look no further than H&M’s on-trend colour block shower curtain. We’re talking powdery pinks mixed with terracotta tones. Uber modern and easy on the pocket too, it’s €19.99, and the full homeware range is available to shop at www.hm.com.

Light up your interiors with this cool candle holder from April and The Bear. Geometrical design? Check. Brushed brass? Check. Centrepiece potential? Check and check. It measures 21 x 22cm and we are assured that standard candles will fit, no problem. €24 from www.aprilandthebear.com.

Orla Kiely is one of our very favourites here on Wishlist. We spotted this linear stem wall clock in dark grey online at www.cotswoldtrading.com for €66. Instantly recognisable, as all Kiely’s work is, this retro look with raised silver markers and a domed lens is pretty timeless. We love the slash of orange too. \More of her designs at www.orlakiely. com, Kilkenny Shop nationwide, Kildare Village and ie.amara.com.

This beauty is the Grace rocking chair, by designer Victoria Breathnach. It’s made from smooth grey sycamore and blends traditional techniques with contemporary aesthetics. Breathnach says that each of her designs encapsulates versatility in form and function, both large and small — making it easily adaptable to any environment. “My love and passion for designing and making furniture fuels my desire to create pieces that last a lifetime.” See www.victoriabreathnach.ie.

If you love gardening or have a green-fingered friend, you might dig this lovely book for the coffee table. It’s called Mindful Thoughts for Gardeners by Clea Danaan, and blooming in between the pages are 25 beautifullyillustrated insights on mindful growing, with topics including: Weeds, Compost, Community Gardening, Scents, Pollination and more. It’s published by Leaping Hare Press, keep an eye out for it when it hits the shelves in March. It will be available to buy in Waterstones, at any good independent bookshop, and online.