VIOLETTE INTERIORS in Greystones (01 2016875) has a selection of special offers on hand-painted dressers, bookshelves and antiqued leather chairs. For Francophiles the best value in store is a solid mahogany, lacquered finish armoire.
This bow-fronted cabinet is "greige" in colour - the hot new grey/beige neutral and is popular with homeowners as a TV cabinet, if you drill cable holes in the back of the cabinet. It is reduced by 40 per cent from €4,200 down to €2,520.