A mild, wet climate, cold external walls and washing drying on every radiator: Irish winters are hard on furniture. The first sign is usually a musty smell from a wardrobe, a white bloom on the back of a chest of drawers, or black spots on a sofa that sits against an outside wall. Here is…
Sources reviewed 10 November 2026 | Approximately 12-minute read | Human written and fact checked against each named source. Ireland’s design economy includes far more than one occupation or type of studio. Eurostat counted 3,411 specialised-design enterprises in Ireland in 2024, while a nationwide survey by the Institute of Designers in Ireland received responses from…
Is expensive furniture worth it for Irish homes? When furnishing a home, many Irish homeowners ask the same question: is expensive furniture really worth the investment? At first glance, the difference between budget furniture and luxury furniture can seem difficult to justify. A sofa priced at €700 may not look dramatically different online compared to…
Most people measure the wall where the sofa will go. Far fewer measure the route it has to take to get there: the front door, the hall, the turn into the living room, and in an apartment, the lift. In Irish homes with narrow terraced halls or tight stairs, that route is where deliveries go…
Irish dining-at-home statistics covering household food spending, shared meals, devices at dinner, cooking habits, food waste and EU context.
Bedside lockers are bought last and measured least, which is why so many end up 15cm below the mattress or so wide the bedroom door clips them. This guide gives the three measurements that matter, the sizes of the lockers in our own range, and the choices between drawers, open shelves and lockers with built-in…
Two sofas can look identical and feel completely different, and the reason is almost always the cushion filling. It decides whether you sink in or sit up, whether the sofa still looks neat in five years, and how much plumping you will be doing on a Sunday morning. Here is how the main fillings compare….
A source-led guide to TV viewing in Ireland, covering daily viewing time, live and catch-up television, streaming subscriptions, programme audiences and EU context.
A headboard is the one piece of bedroom furniture you see from the door, and its height, width and style do more for the room than the bed frame under it. This guide explains the headboard styles sold in Ireland, how tall a headboard should be for your ceiling and bed size, and how to…
Ask about a sofa fabric and sooner or later you will hear a number like 40,000 rubs. That is the Martindale rating, the most widely used measure of how well an upholstery fabric stands up to wear. Here is what it means, the number to look for on each piece of furniture, and the things…
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