Must haves

NIGHT ON THE TILES

Vintage tiling can be expensive. Paper over the gaps in your budget with this Tile Pattern wallpaper by the Transylvanian designers at Mind the Gap. A set of three rolls (each 52cm wide by 300cm long) costs €175 from aprilandthebear.com

THROWING SHAPES

The Clay table (€6,620) by Desalto looks as though the 160cm table top is balancing on the point of the conical base. Its finishes range from ceramic, matt or toughened glass, to MDF covered with dark grey lava stone, lostweekend.ie.

TURN ON

Can’t resist the trend for gold-coloured taps? This one’s robust and resistant to cleaning agents. It’s called Axor tap (€640 from tilestyle.ie) and comes in a choice of 15 brushed or polished finishes, ranging from glitzy polished bronze to subdued steel.

SKULDUGGERY

There’s a Mexican Day of the Dead vibe to the Dark Glam Black and Gold Cushion. The pattern is embroidered in gold on off-black cotton and comes with gold-rope edging. It’s 45 x 45cm, featherfilled, and costs €25 from home-lust.com.

BRASS NECK

Ashoka was an Indian emperor who gave it all up to become a monk. You wouldn’t want to be renouncing all worldly goods, though, if you fancy the Ashoka Hanging Light, a gently glamorous pendant in plated brass. It costs €776 from hedgeroe.com.