Hot cookers, tropical patterns and cool new designs

Colourful cover-ups for the garden

Is your garden furniture in need of some TLC? Cover with a Frieda Kah- lo-inspired range of Mexican oilcloth prints stocked by The Old Mill Stores 028-34917 (theoldmillstores.ie), Millside, Gortro, Leap, Co Cork. Available in 18 patterns in hot tropical colours, it is 120cm and normally sells for €16 a metre. Irish Times readers who present today's column can buy it for €12 a metre, down 25 per cent. The shop also carries a couple of extra wide designs, 140cm wide, for bigger tables. Normally €20 a metre, you can buy them for €15.

Cooking up something good

The summer sale at InHouse Sallynoggin (01-236 8400, in-house.ie) covers its full range of Ilve range cookers (Ilveappliances.co.uk), a precision cooking instrument that can accurately control oven temperatures from 30 degrees to 300 degrees. Made near Venice, the ovens range in size from 6cm to 150cm wide. Each cooker comes with two ovens, one which has a rotisserie function, six burners and a chef top. The basic 120cm model, available in stainless steel only, is reduced 24 per cent €2,499 to €1,899. Pictured, is the top of the range model with splashback and extractor hood and normally costs €7,098. Available in eight colours, it is reduced by 15 per cent to €6,200 in the sale which ends Saturday, August 1st.

Removable and washable

Shotime (01-816 2101, sho.ie) 51 Boeing Road, Airways Industrial Estate, Swords Road, Dublin 17, is offering Irish Times readers 10 per cent off the Marilyn E.ion extractor, 57.5cm by 67cm by 37cm, by Falmac (falmac.ie), inspired by the movie star's memorable publicity shot for the film, The Seven Year Itch. The pleated ceramic design kills bac- teria, dust mites and any airborne fungus spores. Perfect for passive houses, it ionises the air as it goes back into kitchen. It has perimeter suction, tempered glass, LED lighting and a removable and washable top filter. Working well on an island with a hob, it normally costs €2,295. Present today's column and you can buy it for €2,066, until Thursday, August 6th.

Lean back and relax

Ambiance Interiors, at Unit 6, Blacklion Retail Centre, Greystones,Co Wicklow (01-201 6669, ambianceinteriors.ie) is offering Irish Times readers 30 per cent off this Lexus swivel and reclining chair and matching footstool set. Normally €399, readers who present today's column can buy it for €279.

Available in a linen mix fabric option in aubergine, green, pictured or natural and in faux leather in brown, black or antique brown.

Trending . . . pop goes the table

This is a lightweight talking point side table that you can bring outside on those rare sunny days. This giant Champagne wire cork-topped table, 55cm by 55cm, is a fun addition to a living room or patio. The sturdy design, about €241 (£170) is designed to fit over a giant Champagne cork stool, also about €241 (£170) for easy storage. Both are available to buy online from the SW3-based The Chelsea Gardener (0044-207 352 5656, chelseagardener.com) at 125 Sydney Street.

Three of the best . . . new designs

Create at Brown Thomas showcases some seriously inspiring work by up and coming designers. The work of textile artist Aoife Mullane (086-267 1334, aoife. mullane. tumblr.com) will work in any home. This upholstered chair covered in a hand-dyed velvet with a metallic foil screen print costs €1,300. The fabric pictured costs €230 a metre. Feather-filled cushions from €140.

The modular screens of Chikere Ohoka (086-308 3211, studiochyk.blogspot.com) use simple flat-pack construction kit methodology and can be built in numerous configurations. His Living Wall at Brown Thomas is made using a variety of high quality recycled card- board but plans to work in plywood, sheet metal, recycled plastic and stainless steel. Prices for commissions start at €600.

Another NCAD textile student Naomi Cassidy-Nagle focuses on using recycled materials, in this instance cardboard, in an untypical way to make a statement chair that is a homage to origami techniques.

Part of her Reuse, Recycle, Reclaim, Repurpose graduate collection, the piece, which uses no gluing techniques, costs €2,500.