Helen James
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New hues for kitchens: five colours to try on your cupboards
- Interiors
- October 19, 2019, 06:00
Colour can bring personality and depth to a room, especially in a kitchen were too many built-in units can make the space look like a thousand others.(...)

Faux ferns, a dash of mustard and a Wicklow warehouse sale: what’s new in interiors
- Interiors
- August 24, 2019, 06:00
Green scene House plants really add atmosphere to a home but if you want to be able to lock up your place and not have to curry favour with a friend o(...)

Blooming lovely: florals go up the walls and where to find bargain plants in Dublin 6
- Interiors
- May 18, 2019, 00:00
MAKING A SPLASH As minimalism gives way to a more exuberant approach in interiors, furniture-makers are following suit with splashier patterns that c(...)

A grand design in Dublin 9 is the work of a sister act
- Interiors
- March 30, 2019, 00:00
Husband and wife design team Genevieve McGill and Phil McMahon run Foreign Bear, a design studio in Hackney, London that focuses on contemporary inter(...)

Diarmuid Gavin to help Dunnes Stores grow its garden range
- Retail & Services
- May 18, 2018, 05:15
Dunnes Stores is preparing to launch a new range of garden products in partnership with celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin. It is understood that Mr G(...)

The best of interior design on Instagram and who to follow in 2018
- Interiors
- January 6, 2018, 06:00
@ritakonig While the pendulum is swinging towards a more decorative and extravagant style of décor, Rita Konig’s low-key luxe remains rooted in real (...)

‘One bite of that pizza, the like of which you could never get in Ireland, and a slurp of Irish tea'
- Food & Drink
- November 3, 2017, 12:30
Throughout Food Month people will share with us their most treasured food memory. You can share yours at magazine@irishtimes.com In 20(...)

Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017
- Books
- November 2, 2017, 12:42
Here are the shortlisted entries for this year’s Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017. TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year The(...)

Helen James’s recipes and tips on making a house a home
- Food & Drink
- October 7, 2017, 08:00
“I have a mantra that every room should have a plant, a book and at least one natural object.” Helen James, designer, cook, mother of three and now au(...)

Ballymaloe’s LitFest will not be back in 2018
- Food & Drink
- May 22, 2017, 16:00
The shop closed signs went up on the Food and Drinks Literacy Festival at Ballymaloe in Co Cork on Sunday night. Festival director, Rory O’Connell exp(...)