Colourful coffee machines and other must haves for your home

​Orange pop

Nespresso, makers of coffee pods and coffee pod machines, has teamed up with the colour experts at Pantone Colour Institute to make coffee machines in bright summer colours. The Nespresso Vertuo Pop and Essenza Mini (each €109) now come in Habanero Gold, Muskmelon, Aquarelle, and Blue Iolite, as well as this punchy Mandarin Orange (see nespresso.com/ie).

Cinderella

Would you pay €1,170 for an ironing board? What if it could also become a side table, a home office desk, and a coffee table? Design House Stockholm’s multi-functional Cinderella ironing board is made in oak and is available from nordicelements.com.

​Say cheese

Each of these mouse-shaped cheese knives is designed for a different type of cheese. They’re made in rubberwood and stainless steel and come with a rubberwood cheeseboard (€37 from designist.ie).

Shaker style

The Sunbury occasional sideboard (81cm high) is solid and super simple in design. Use it for the crockery or as a linen cupboard (from €1,750 — see neptune.com/en-ie).

Twinkle twinkle

Light up the night with a ceramic lantern (25cm high). The multiple cut-outs cast lovely shadows with a tea light inside (€20 from dunnesstores.com).