Wish List: Measuring sets, library ladders and roses on cushions 

Rita de Brún sings out for summer as she eyes her top eight choices to brighten up our lives and living spaces this week 

Sass & Belle measuring set,  €17.99 from Unbound.

While she never actually sang it, I suspect that given half a chance, Julie Andrews — when listing a few of her favourite things as Maria in The Sound of Music — would almost certainly include “roses on cushions”. 

Particularly if she glimpsed this one.