Bargain hunter

Coat rack reflects homespun trend

This coat rack offers a fun take on the homespun trend. Present today’s column and Irish Times readers can buy the lacquered iron design, (44cm x 1m x 66cm), in the colourway pictured only, for €56 instead of its recommended retail price of €70, a saving of 20 per cent. It can be bought at Kian Furniture, Unit B, Kylemore Factory Estate, Kylemore Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, (01-6434831 kian.ie).

A bright talking point

Hang this pendant light low over your kitchen table and turn it into a talking point with this dramatic chrome finish Kline-3CH (60cm by 1.25m). The three-ring ceiling light features strips of warm white LEDs that cast an arc wide enough to illuminate all diners at the table. New to National Lighting (01-7099070 nationallighting.ie), Western Retail Park, Dublin 12, it is available at a special price of €450, instead of its usual price of €510, a saving of 12 per cent. Offer ends October 31st.

Sleep easy having donated

For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Harvey Norman is supporting the Marie Keating Foundation with its Sleep Pink promotion, a campaign that will donate a percentage of the profit on selected bedding products to the foundation during October. The fabulously feminine Elinore double bed frame, 4ft 6in in size, is reduced from €799 to €699, a reduction of almost 13 per cent. Present today's column and Irish Times readers get an additional 10 per cent off, reducing the price to €629. Five per cent of the profits go to the Marie Keating Foundation. Offer ends Friday, October 31st.

Price reductions at Arnotts

Mica nesting tables from Content by Conran, pictured in chartreuse and grey, are available at Arnotts, Henry Street, Dublin 1 (01-8050400, arnotts.ie) in a grey and red colour combination. The set of three square tables is reduced from €369 to €289. Also reduced is the Editions Fabio sofa, by Italian outfit Natuzzi, a sleek contemporary design featuring butter-soft leather in a nude, putty colour. It comes in two sizes; a loveseat, down from €1,399 to €899 and a large three-seat sofa, down from €1,599 to €1,099.

Trending . . . blue and white tableware

Blue and white patterned tableware is making a comeback. This Tulpan blue and white vase is a reproduction of one of many blue and white designs originally imported by the Swedish East India Company during the 18th century. It was a company set up in Gothenburg with the aim of importing goods from east Asia, mainly China. These various blue and white designs have since become a trademark of the classic Swedish style, which is more decorative than the pared back Scandi chic beloved by design bibles. This porcelain vase, 27cm by 30cm, is impressive on its own. Add fresh flowers and it falls into the more is more school of decor. It is reduced from about €216 to €151, ex- delivery, on UK-based skandihome.com and would make a wonderful wedding or birthday gift.

Three of the best . . . National History interiors

Natural bone trophies and fabulous fossils are trending this winter. For large-scale works of organic art, London-based Dale Rogers Ammonite (0044-2078810592, dalerogersammonite.com) has an unparalleled collection that is loved by scientists and pop stars. Large-scale wall pieces like that pictured are eyewateringly expensive, costing upwards of €110,000; smaller pieces start from about €1,920.

Chloe Alberry was one of the big hits at last month’s Decorex trade fair. Specialising in door and cabinet fittings, her collection features handles and pulls made from fossilised wood, pictured. The square pulls cost about €23; bar handles, €56; turning handles, €153 per pair; globe knobs, €31 each. Her semi-precious stone collection has druzy and agate pulls that cost about €45. (0044-2077270707, chloealberry.com)

Whale bones have always had a magical quality. They demonstrate the scale of the planet’s largest mammal and can imbue a home with sculptural accents. O’Sullivan Antiques (01-454 1143, osullivanantiques.com) has a collection of seven blue whale vertebrae, circa 1700, from one of the Polynesian islands. They were discovered in the 1950s above sea level and have been set on black iron stands. Each costs about €950. The set costs €6,650.