Get that fabulous ’50s feeling

Fabulous 50s

Dominic Smith Expert Electrical (

[ dominicsmithelectrical.ie ]

) at Dundrum Village Centre (01-2965511), D14, and Knockmullen Retail Park (053-948 4444), Gorey is offering Irish Times readers the chance to add colour to countertops with this new small appliance range from Smeg.

It features two- and four-slice toasters, €129.95 and €149.95 respectively; a kettle, €129.95; and a stand mixer, €449.

It boasts lush 1950s curves and comes in pastel blue, green, pink, cream and hot red – and less 10 per cent. Offer ends April 30th.

Trending . . . steampunk lighting

Bray-based Quirki Stuff (086-6537448 quirkistuff.com) has moved the business of upcycling on from reimagining vintage forms to breaking down their finds to create unique lighting for the home inspired by steampunk – a science fiction subgenre that was originally inspired by 19th-century industrial machinery, especially steam-powered pieces. This table- or bedside lamp, €135, 23cm by 9cm by 21.5cm, has made a feature of the innards of a clock, housing them in an acrylic box. Quirki Stuff is offering 15 per cent off the lamp – and its entire range of one-off pieces – to Irish Times readers who present today's column. Use code Q123 online.

Sleek sofas have big bison style

The Syllabe sofa by one of Roche Bobois’s top designers, Philippe Bouix, is a sleek piece of buffalo leather clad engineering that comes with adjustable backs to suit short and tall people. The sofa, with its 1950s foam-filled silhouette, starts from 230cm long and normally costs from €5,160. Available in any colour, this new design is being offered less 15 per cent, from €4,386 on orders made before April 30th. You can really splash out and invest  in remote-controlled electronically-adjustable backs.

3 of the best Irish in Milan 

These tumblers are by Kilkenny-based ceramicist Andrew Ruddick, one of several Irish designers that showed at Liminal, a flagship exhibition of Irish design now on in Milan. The hand-made pieces are for sale, €50 each, at his wife’s pottery studio, Rosemarie Durr (056- 4440007

[ rosedurr.com ]

) in Castlecomer Estate Yard.

Irishman Ray Power’s New Wave S formed part of one of the new lighting ranges on display at Spanish boutique lighting business LZF (00-34- 962-524-780,

[  www.lzf-lamps.com ]

.), a Valencia-based brand, at  the exhibition. The pendant light, in red or turquoise, costs €545 from Willy Duggan Lighting (056-7764308,

[ williedugganlighting.com ]

Frame is an ash chair, approximately €3,000 and upholstery collaboration between Notion (087-957 3574

[ designbynotion.com ]

) and Mourne Textiles (00-44- 207-2745664

[ mournetextiles.com ]

), also at Liminal. The handwoven fabrics were originally designed in 1952.

Get lucky with a cuddly cushion

These Lucky Boy Sunday cushions are seriously cuddly. Designed in Copenhagen and hand made in Bolivia, the baby alpaca pillows, 50 cm square, and normally €129 each, are feather and down filled. Sandymount-based Mira Mira (01-2196668 miramira.ie), 3 Sandymount Green, is offering Irish Times readers who present today's column 10 per cent off, €116. This offer ends April 30th.

The grass really is greener here

Synthetic grass will keep your garden looking pristine whatever the weather. One of the new breed of hyper realistic styles, aptly named Real, comes from Naas-based Sanctuary Synthetics (045- 901970

[ sanctuarysynthetics.ie ]

) whose clients include Kelly’s Hotel, Ikea and Innocent Smoothies. The authentic-looking lawn style normally costs €32 per square metre. The company would like to offer 10 per  cent off to Irish Times readers who present today’s column. This price excludes installation which costs a further €40psm nationwide. Offer ends April 30th