From colourful home office solutions to basket weaving workshops, see what’s on Ruth O’Connor‘s radar this September.

Dopamine desks by Bisley 

Whether you’re working from home or the young person in your life is getting stuck into their studies, the colourful home office range by Bisley is sure to brighten up the process. Colour-lovers will delight in the latest collection which is bursting with personality and designed to bring joy to any home office or bedroom study area. Fuchsia and Bisley Green are two fresh new shades that are guaranteed to keep you energised and to boost your dopamine while at work. From their iconic MultiDesk to the best-selling Fern range, this colourful home office collection proves that functional workspaces (check out their desk organisers, storage drawers and filing cabinets too) can be practical but also fun, stylish and a million miles from boring. bisleyshop.ie

Ethical homewares from Tomorrows                      

Tomorrows founder Heather Barnes launched her brand last year after working in the UN where her work involved supporting small-scale producers and designers to achieve success. She has gone on to create Tomorrows – a platform selling beautiful homewares while partnering directly with makers to ensure fair wages and support for traditional craftsmanship. Heather has just announced her new tabletop collection for Autumn. The range includes handspun, naturally-dyed indigo napkins from Tensira in Guinea, cool handmade ceramics by Ugandan studio Byentaro Ceramics and hand-dipped beeswax candles from Kenya. Find out more at tomorrows.store or at @wearetomorrows on Instagram. 

Colourful prints by Carolyn Walsh 

Carolyn Walsh is a Dublin-based visual artist best known for her bright, bold and colourful style of paintings and her limited edition prints. Her works feature many favourite landmarks and much loved local pubs as well as special wedding venues and are a great choice whether you’re shopping for a one-of-a-kind, personal gift or looking to add a splash of colour to your home. Prints start at €45 and go up to €250 depending on size and you can shop her range of limited edition fine art prints at carolynwalshart.com.

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The new Considered collection at Dunnes Stores

We love designer Helen James’ Considered collection at Dunnes Stores for its understated elegance, tactility and practicality. This season’s collection is all about natural warmth and laid-back elegance and features pieces designed to elevate the everyday including honey-toned mango wood furniture. These pieces are complemented by textured jute rugs and woven footstools – perfect for adding character and comfort to your home.  Finishing touches come in the form of hand-glazed ceramics and striking LED lighting perfect for adding an ambient glow as autumn nights draw in. dunnesstores.com

Make a beautiful basket for your home 

Storm Eowyn badly damaged the studio of basket maker and willow grower Diane Southey, founder of Saille Baskets, and she has been working hard all year to rectify the damage to her workshop and polytunnel. Not only does Diane make fabulous handmade Moses baskets, classic market baskets and nifty ‘lunch pouches’ but she also runs basketry courses so people can learn how to make things themselves. Her upcoming courses take place at Ardfert Community Centre in Co. Kerry where participants can learn to make a ‘Honeypot’ or asymmetrical basket, a bread or fruit ‘ciseog’, a large Catalan platter or an obelisk and birdfeeder. She also offers private classes in her own home on request. To find out more and to make a booking go to saillebaskets.com.

Paintings by Dave West at the Doorway Gallery

From September 6th to September 2oth artist Dave West will be in residency at the Dublin gallery and will also paint live during Art Source later in the year. The artist’s work focuses on still life and landscape mainly through the medium of oil but also working in watercolour, charcoal and soft pastel. Much of Dave’s landscape work is executed ‘en plein-air’ to really capture the mood of his subject. This highly accomplished artist recently won the Gold Mayoral award at ‘Art in the Open’, Europe’s largest plein air festival, and has featured in the prestigious Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London for the past three years. His oil paintings generally range in price from €600 to €4,200. thedoorwaygallery.com. Instagram: @thedoorwaygallery.