Bargain hunter: split shelving, workable wardrobes and the perfect pantry

Logs go to new lengths for a better shelf life

This 13cm deep Split shelving by Peter Marigold is made using logs split lengthways and comes in a pack of three varying sizes; 19.5cm by 18.5cm; 28.9cm by 25.8cm and 37.5cm by 42.7cm.

It is reduced by 35 per cent from €180 to €117 in the Makers and Brothers (01-6638080 makersandbrothers.com) online shop sale which ends on Sunday, January 25th.

Light up your room for less

Rowell Design (01-5516912 rowelldesign.ie) is offering Irish Times readers 15 per cent off this warming copper floor light, 150cm tall.

Readers can buy the arc light, normally €225, for €195 upon presentation of today’s column.

Offer ends January 31st.

Can’t believe it’s not brick

Chicago Southside, an Italian glazed porcelain tile, 10cm by 20cm, has a textured feel to it and it will work in bathrooms, kitchens and on dividing walls as a sleeker alternative to bare red brick.

Normally €69.74per square metre, it is reduced 30 per cent to €48.82 psm at the Tilestyle showrooms (01-8555200 tilestyle.ie), at Ballymount Retail Centre, D24 until January 30th.

Classic String section

Lost Weekend (01-214 0711 lostweekend.ie), 2 St Helen's Court, George's Street Lower, Dún Laoghaire is offering 20 per cent off its String shelving, a bookcase by Nile Strinning that helped herald in the mid-20th- century concept of Swedish Design.

It was first exhibited in 1949 and was installed the following year in the then newly built UN building in New York. Now of pensionable age, it looks as contemporary now as it did when it launched 66 years ago.

The shelving, pictured, 200cm by 240cm, available in walnut and black, normally costs about €2,200. Irish Times readers who present today’s column can buy it for €1,760 but prices for a very simple set-up start from about €400. This offer ends February 14th.

Trending . . . pantry perfection

The sales of food storage containers increase by about five per cent in January says Olive Donovan, managing director of Howards Storage World (01-2948968 hsw.ie), Unit 215, The Park, Carrickmines, Dublin 18.

She explains that this is the time of year her customers rethink food storage after Christmas and invest in an oft-overlooked part of the house: the pantry. This customisable, easy build set-up, 66cm by 36cm by 180cm, costs €207.

The stackable, airtight containers with handles cost from €14.95 each and the wall utility caddy is €11.99.

Three of the best . . . workable wardrobes

A smart working wardrobe will help declutter your bedroom and give you the minimalistic Zen-style space seen in glossy magazines. This Pax series by Ikea (ikea.ie) features carcasses from €249 for a standard double. The clever addition here is the Komplement glass fronted drawers – from €28 each and available in white oak and limed oak finishes – so you can see what’s in each without having to rummage.

Get organised with this cedar- lined bedroom cupboard by Suffolk-based Plain English Design (00-44-144-9774028 plainenglishdesign.co.uk). The freestanding wardrobes are styled on antique furniture with open, closed and glass-fronted internal drawers. This one is painted in Pavilion Grey by Farrow and Ball. Prices are steep, starting from about €6,462 (Sterling £5,000) ex delivery, per wardrobe.

This colourful 3D folding door system is about 2.5 metres high by 4 metres long. It has a full carcass, oak wood-type, eight bi-fold doors with aluminium frames, hanging systems, eight drawers, baskets, shelving and a shoe shelf and will store a multitude. It costs €5,113 from Komandor (045-409 431 komandor.ie). This new design will shortly be on view at their Newbridge showroom within Timbercraft.