BAG the last of the sales bargains at Arnotts (01-8050405) which has been bedding down prices on both linen and beds. Its Rest Assured Silver Moon 5ft plain divan bed is down 56 per cent from €1,599 to €699. The bed also comes as a 4ft6in option.
Theres also super-chic French bed linen, above: the Milano range, available in navy and grey, is a 300 thread count Egyptian cotton bed linen range reduced by 50 per cent . A king-size duvet was €125 and is now €62.50; a matching bedspread is down from €250 to €125.
Play it again, Flanagans
There's nothing like tinkling the ivories for gathering a crowd around a piano and kickstarting a sing-song. An upright 108 piano by Waldstein is available in mahogany or ebony and is reduced 33 per cent from €2,995 down to €1,995 at all Flanagan's stores (flanagans.ie).