Wish List: Eight top-class buys to tickle our fancy
Clockwise, from left, Oliver Bonas Yara peach bubble wine glasses, Muuto Arrange desktop organiser, Kona Cave faux-fur travel buddy.
Picture this: the kids are with Auntie Monica and Fun Bobby. No kids? The partner or housemate is with Auntie Monica and Fun Bobby. Your grown-up friends are round for dinner.
There are no bedtime stories to be read, no rants about Barry in accounts — just good food and even better company. The ubiquitous kitchen paper is playing Tetris in your cupboard. It's time to debut The Cloth Napkins. This is your chance to shine.
Cue these Marks & Spencer beauties, approximately €16, sure to earn plaudits for your star turn in the kitchen. Shop in-store at M&S.
Pledging sustainability is one thing, but harnessing post-industrial waste from some of the world’s largest corporations is a game-changer. Copenhagen furniture design atelier Mater combines waste materials like coffee beans, sawdust, and fibre to create an entirely new eco-ethical material called Matek.
With a biodegradable furniture line and a return process for items at the end of their lives, Mater marries ethics and aesthetics. How chic is the brand's signature bowl table, €451, at Lampmasters.ie?
Harvested from leftover mango wood and detachable steel legs, it's portable and oh-so-versatile. She's beauty and she’s grace.
Have I attempted to paint the house in the last three years? Not a hope. However, should my cousin-twice-removed announce her impending arrival, I’m painting the house, doing up the bathroom, and dusting off the good glasses. She must not see how I really live.
So, here’s a life hack of mine: pop your favourite handwash into the ocean-inspired Arura dispenser, €70, from Aytm and assume the semblance of a normal human being. You might just get away with it. No, Mildred, that isn’t an invitation.
Shop online at Aytmdesign.com, By Flou and Nordic Nest.
I like to cosplay as a tradwife from time to time, and Studio Wald’s dried flower shelf, approximately €22.58, imbues my urban dwelling with countrycore sensibilities. Flat-packed in two pieces, this nifty accessory comes with tying twine and is super-easy to put together.
As a dried flower aficionado (no, really), allow me to put forth my floral commandments. Start with a scene-stealing flower as a focal point and build around it. Play with height and stick to a complementary colour palette, or rip up the rulebook and clash hues.
Zhuzh it up with a bunch from Cork's own Flowersmith Studio. Available at Studiowald.co.uk.
Recently, I had guests over, two of whom were under 10. Thinking Miwadi wouldn't quite cut it for the adults, I made a simple mocktail with mint and lime and strawberries on top. For a lazy girl's guide to canapes, buy a big bag of jellies from your local corner shop and pretend it's an ode to nostalgia.
Adulting is hard, but just how hard would I be adulting, pouring my Nojitos into these cutesy glasses? Always on point with whimsical pieces at affordable prices, Oliver Bonas is my go-to for smaller home accessories.
The Yara bubble wine glasses are €24 for a set of two in-store or online at Oliverbonas.com.
A childhood of ugly decor, from dado rails to pine cabinets, has given me an appreciation of design that combines form and function. Creator of the Cabbage, Ant, and Bachelor chair, Vernon Panton pioneered innovative ways of furniture making; he was the first person to make an all-plastic chair in one piece. Bet he never made the dinner, though.
Panton’s brand Verpan carries on his tradition of bold, sculptural pieces. Case in point: the Wire Table Lamp Ø30, €569.
Made without welding seams, it emits ambient light from two sources and lends an industrial feel to your living space. Shop at Verpan.com and selected stockists online.
My mind may be cluttered, but my desk doesn't have to be. I refuse to root through the cradle of chaos that is my backpack every time I need a pen and paper. From now on, my stationery odds and ends are all going in my pretty little stacking system.
If my boss is reading this, just you wait — a tsar of productivity I shall be with my new Muuto Arrange desktop organiser, €95, at Designville.eu. Just call me Mary Cate Kondo. Oh, and don't leave a voicemail.
The landscape of dog accessories can be confusing to navigate at the best of times. Does my chihuahua need cowboy boots to impress the other boys and girls? Will all the other pugs show up in an Ibiza Final Boss wig? How about a comfy carrier?
Nailed it. The Kona Cave® Folded Luxury faux-fur travel dog bed is much more like it.
Easy to transport and comfy to boot, your best friend can easily go on his holidays without his mates questioning his sartorial choices. Available at Konacave.com.
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