From serpentine sofas to spring green ceramic glazes, Yves Klein blue bathrooms, and the Ozempic treatment for a kitchen classic, here are ideas to try that have staying power.
Welcome the new season with novel shapes and colour schemes to help refresh your home.
Serpentine sofas
Curved sofas have been trending for a few seasons. Verpan’s Cloverleaf model may be the one with the most movement. Designed by Verner Panton in 1969, it remains one of his signature works. Sculptural in shape, the modular design comes in a myriad of forms and is available to order from Blackrock-based Nordic Elements. Prices start from €8,708.
Shaker doors get the Ozempic treatment
The classic shaker door is now a size zero. For a more modern take on the traditional aesthetic, check out Kitchen World’s Dakota, which nails this look with its micro shaker profile door. Shown here in a soft painted Lava finish, it offers a lot of flexibility in terms of how you put your cabinetry together. Prices start from about €10.000, as pictured, it will cost about €14,000, excluding worktops and appliances.
Freshly picked greens
Steamed greens are trending. Carolyn Donnolly’s new green glazed serveware brings a vibrancy to tabletops that will instantly refresh mealtimes. Shaped like a flower, the serving bowl costs €22, while the dipping dishes cost €5 each. The dappled glass water pitcher costs €20, all from Dunnes Stores.
Mellow yellow
Available in 12 different cool colours, the Lowdown metal locker has a myriad of uses. The mustard colourway, pictured, works really as a bedside locker, but you could also use it in the hall for outdoor shows, as a side table in a sitting room or as small toy storage. It measures 100 cm long, is 70 cm high and just 40 cm deep and comes with an internal shelf. It costs €349 from April and the Bear.
Dive bar vibes
Ennismore’s interiors teams at Aime Studios have developed some smart ideas at The Hoxton, Dublin, including this adjunct of the Library bar, which features a panel of dive bar glass in various tones of brown and amber. This was a feature of much of the 1970s lounge bar in both rural Ireland and New York’s Lower East Side, before either became bougie. It’s a way to break up a large open plan space and carve out a cosy nook within it. The glass will allow some light to play through, but really, its role is decorative. It’s also an option for those living in homes where an external window is now an internal feature. Capital Glass in Dublin 8 can do something similar – expect to pay from about €1,000 for the glass. The frame will cost extra.
Manor house mood
Classic decorative elements are finding favour and welcome the return of plinths, a place to position a piece of sculpture, a plant or a bunch of freshly picked foliage from the garden. It will make as much of a statement in a minimalist setting as it does on the stairwell of this period property. This mappa burl wood veneer plinth, which stands 94 cm high and has a 25 cm diameter, costs €295, excluding delivery, from Anthropologie.
Yves Klein blue in the bathroom
Yves Klein blue is having a moment. When the artist was looking for a deeply saturated matte ultramarine, he collaborated with colour merchant Edouard Adam to design a brand new colour. Rock the look in your bathing space by setting Laufen’s new Rivo basin, made of brushed stainless steel with a PVD coating in brushed copper, about €2,353, atop its Arun vanity unit, in one of the brand’s special multicolour finishes, which would be priced, as seen for the 1605mm unit, around €3,289.
