Guide to buying home interior gifts from Irish companies 

Source presents that give recipients something they can use all year round and support local businesses too

For a spirit aficionado, Eamonn Terry's Criostal na Rinne glass company in Waterford produces the Dursey Waves glasses and decanter based on the lino prints of Dursey Island by Cork artist Mary Callaghan (decanter €280, tumblers €70 each at www.irishdesignshop.ie).

It's the year when cooking and DIY became less a chore and more of a hobby, with some of us locating our inner interior designer.

But like anything we love to indulge in, we become discerning about the purchases we make around it, even a bit fussy about what we receive, knowing what works best so the item isn’t consigned to the charity shop in January.