BARGAIN HUNTER:Christy Bird (01-475 4049 Christybird.com) at 32 Richmond Street South in Dublin 2 has a six-foot wide traditional-style spice drawer solid pine kitchen dresser with a painted French white finish reduced 25 per cent from €1,950 to €1,495. Paint it yourself and it can be yours for €1,250, a saving of 35 per cent. This dresser can be made to any spec and is also available in wax or lacquered finishes.

Also reduced is a classic ram’s head cast iron garden seat made using traditional methods. It was €775 and is now €545. Buy it in black or green.