The Irish designer behind the Penneys homeware collections

Sinead McDonagh, Primark's global head of design, has an eye for style, sustainability, comfort, budget and Zoom-friendly decor

Sinead McDonagh, Primark's global head of design, home and lifestyle.

Remember the Beast from the East four years ago? As the country ground to a halt didn’t it give us a taste of lockdowns to come?

That’s the thing about February — it has mood swings: Bitter weather one year, to being spring-like the next. This year we’ve had some pretty mild days with mixed with storms (not least over the past week), making the nesting instinct surge early and with it a yen to freshen up our interiors.