Wish List: Eight cool finds to boost our lives and living spaces

Eve Kelliher seeks out pooch-pleasing seating, thinks pink with paint, and opens a new chapter thanks to a banker-turned-bard

The Orson collection at EZ Living comes in resilient, wipe-clean fabric, and includes a swivel chair, €799. 

Since our pint-sized pom burst through our doors and into our lives, she’s stolen our hearts — and a sizeable slice of the sofa. She may be the tiniest family member, but this diva is determined never to be a lapdog so insists on claiming more than her fair share of all available relaxation territory. 

A consultation this week with EZ Living Interiors (on, appropriately, national Love Your Pet Day) demonstrates that space-hogging by hounds is also now key consideration for design pros. Many of EZ Living team have four-legged friends and gave the floor to canine catwalk stars to show off the company’s Orson range, above, the ultimate pet-friendly sofa collection that’s as chic as it is practical.