Chic fairy lights, colourful stools and groovy shag piles

Pull up a bar stool

Casey's (caseys.ie) at 65 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork (021-4270 3930 and Raheen Roundabout, Limerick (061-307070) is offering 15 per cent off these bar stools with backs, 91cm by 57cm by 55cm. Reduced from €279 to €239, they come in four colours: white (pictured), black, taupe and coffee and are available to buy in both stores and online. Delivery nationwide is free while stocks last.

Kitchen confidential – any colour

This solid ash-grained, shaker- styled painted Monet kitchen, comes with a solid oak counter, extractor, induction hob and range cooker and costs €12,750 at Kitchenworld (kitchenworld.ie). The price includes delivery and installation. There is 10 per cent off for Irish Times readers who present today's column at any of their seven showrooms: Bray (01-2863591); Finglas (01- 8568543); Longmile Road (01-4658777); Cork (021-4322953); Drogheda (041- 9878027); Newbridge (045-409020) and Waterford (051-334860). This means you pay €11,475. Pictured is an ivory and duck- egg blue – you can choose any colour including Farrow and Ball's range. Offer ends March 31st.

Colours galore in groovy shag piles

Looking for a very specific coloured carpet? Rylux Ultimate Living collection is a range of carpets that includes 19 different qualities of flooring from a basic twist to a deep groovy shag pile. Available in 250 standard colours, what makes this flooring stand out is that it also offers a special dye service, where customers can match the carpet to a pair of expensive curtains or sofa they already have. There is no extra cost for this service but the minimum order is 10 metres. Carpet and Flooring Concepts (carpetandflooringconcepts.ie 01- 9033613), 95 Lower Georges Street, Dún Laoghaire, is offering Bargain Hunter readers who present today's column the chance to buy any carpet, from the entry level twists costing €81psm to its top of the range shag pile costing €143psm less 10 per cent, respectively €73 and €129. Offer ends March 5th.

Chic take on fairy lights

Light up your life with these strings of lights by Cable and Cotton – a chic take on fairy lights and great for adding interest to surfaces. Drape down the balustrade, sit over the mantle, warm up the bedrooms, position under kitchen cabinetry or use to add ambiance to a DIY wedding. Present today's column at Dundrum-based Moss Cottage (01-2157696 mosscottage.ie) and you can buy a string of 20 bulbs, each about 7cm in diameter, less 25 per cent, for €25 instead of €32.95.

Three of the best . . . stools

These cool Tabouret Meduse stool by French brand BBYNC can be used indoors and outside. The seat comes in eight colour options and has stainless hairpin legs that have been given a vintage distressed finish. It costs €112, ex delivery from KSL Living website (ksl-living.fr).

Mattress ticking is now adorning accent pieces and soft furnishings. This stool from UK-based Little Furniture Shop (littlefurnitureshop. co.uk) costs about €398, ex-delivery. Finline Furniture's (01-4901122/ 057-8626219 finline furniture.ie) Ottolong is similar in style and costs €433 (€633 with storage).

This Bocca stool by Fornasetti is too good-looking to put your feet on. Hand painted, signed, and dated, each lacquered wood seat is a piece of art that can be ordered through Grand Canal Dock-based Minima (01-633 7716 minima.ie). It costs about €990.

Trending . . . the Eden collection

This new Eden collection by Roberto Cavalli Home is extravagant to look at and to invest in. Madly beautiful, the charger costs about €216, desert plate, €97, bread plate, €79, a coffee cup and saucer, €96, from swish, UK-based online home shop Amara (0044-1376 321 100 (amara.com).

If you love OTT dinnerware you could also head to Lily Fine Art (087-6664846 lilyfineart.com) in Powerscourt Townhouse Centre where a rare 120- piece dinner set by Italian brand Dulex, dating from the 1860s and reputed to be the inspiration for some of Gianni Versace's designs, costs €290 – that's just €2.41 per piece. A Royal Doulton 120-piece service dating from the 1920s costs €275.