Nest-building materials

CREATE A womb-like sense of hibernation in your living room this winter with the help of extra surfaces to place night caps and other midnight snacks on. There is a Dorset nest of tables offering plenty of surfaces on which to place everything from the remote control to your stockinged feet. Originally priced €180 it’s been reduced by 30 per cent to €126 to clear at Vobe Interiors (071 9650957, vobeinteriors.com) at 2 Shannonside Retail Park in Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim.

The shop has a limited stock of some other lovely accent pieces including a bowed Henley bookcase, reduced from €285 to €199, and a valet – an essential piece of bedroom kit – down from €263 to €185.

For eat-in kitchens there’s a number of elm wood dining sets that come with an extendable table measuring 150cm and extendible to 190 cm and six chairs. Normally priced €1,265 they’re now available at €885.