Colourful lanterns, the best plant pots and Meccano for adults

Check out these tables

Game on. Yours Personally (01-230 1260, yourspersonally.ie), 15-16 Lower George's Street, Dún Laoghaire, has a selection of very cool games tables, including this aptly named Casino Royale solid mahogany design which normally costs €1,914. The cherry-finish 83cm square topped table is 74cm high and features two leaves, that can fold and flip to reveal four top options; one has a leather finish for card playing, another a black-and- white painted checkerboard for draughts or chess, another a painted backgammon board and the final option is a plain cherry-stained top for drinks before or after you've lost your shirt. Irish Times readers can buy this brass-detailed design or any other games table, less 15 per cent. The table pictured will cost €1,626, a saving of €287. Offer ends Thursday, July 16th.

78 shades of garden furniture

Cuprinol Garden Shades is the perfect way to lift the look of your garden, from refreshing weathered furniture to painting timber sheds and walls. With 78 fashion colours to choose from, you can play with colour options by investing in some sample pots, normally €1.49 each, while the colour confident might prefer a one-litre tin option, normally €12.99.

Present today’s column at any Cuprinol (cuprinol.ie) paint stockist or DIY shop nationwide and Irish Times readers can buy any shade less 10 per cent. The size mentioned will respectively cost €1.34 and €11.69. Offer ends on Sunday, July 12th.

Light up your lanterns

These LED Chinese-style outdoor lanterns come in white, blue, pink or green.

When charged, the solar-powered lanterns can run for up to six weeks. Normally €12.99 each at Plantagen Garden Centre (01-691 0000, plantagengardencentre.ie) at Piercetown, Dunboyne, Co Meath, present today's column and buy at the reduced price of €9.99.

California screening

UK-based online shop California Shutters (021-202 8010, californiashutters.ie) has just launched online in Ireland and to celebrate, is offering Irish Times readers who use the discount code, ITREADER10, 15 per cent off all ranges which include café style, full height, solid and tier-on-tier types. Prices range from €199-€229 per square metre. Delivery nationwide will be nine to 10 weeks and will range in price from €15 to €50. Offer ends August 31st.

Trending . . . Meccano for adults

Much-loved toymaker Meccano has moved its brand into homewares with a collection of cool pieces that will add a playhouse feel to any interior.

Meccano Home, designed by co-founder Vincent Boutillier and engineer Christophe Piquemal, features fully modular pieces that are made to the scale of the toy sets. Available on UK-based Amara Living (0044-137 632 1100, amara.com), the chairs cost €259, the stools from €228 to €350; the high table, €553 and the coffee tables from €323.

Self-assembly is required – but then that’s all part of the fun.

Three of the best . . . plant pots

Planters are a smart way to add low-maintenance greenery to an outdoor space. These wall-hung waterspout designs have an antiqued iron finish and come in two sizes; the small, about 16cm by 17cm by 46cm, cost about €28.50, excluding delivery, from UK-based In-Spaces (0044 8501990. in-spaces.com).

These giant-sized plant pot styles will suit contemporary gardens, patios and balconies. They come in sun-drenched fuchsia and lime colours as well as a black shade, for the more pared-back scheme and cost from €349 at Arboretum (059-972 1558, arboretum.ie), based in Leighlinbridge, Co Carlow.

This fibreglass design comes in two sizes; 600cm cubed and 500cm cubed and several finishes; the antique faux lead (above), verdigris, old penny bronze or a high-gloss black and cost from €490 and from €380 at Monkstown-based Formality (01-280 8071, formalityonline.com). The planters can be ordered but will take 12 weeks to deliver.