Home Front: Seasonal shade will brighten upyour garden when there is no sun in sight, say designers

Newly-opened hardware stores saw a rush on patio essentials with staycations in mind

Paint sales are spiking but if you want a perfect finish here are some tips to follow

Open your eyes, and kitchen units, to new colour combinations

Whether you’re doing a new build or a refurb, draw up plans to visit the RDS

Cowsheds, stables and other outhouses get a new lease of life in these barn conversions

Bring upstate New York summer to your garden with a homemade sun chair

The simplest way to update your home is with a fresh coat of paint

From roses to rose diamonds and serene shell shades: here’s a round-up of pinks

Locals have already said plan for canal build-to-rent scheme ‘entirely unacceptable’

Plans exist for 800-plus units as build-to-rent developments go after growing profit sector

Builder intends to rent out the apartments on the old Dulux Paints factory site in Drimnagh

Branded content but no ‘dad dance’ or silver bullets for upgraded on-demand service

The Fix: Those jobs you keep putting off? Here’s how to get them sorted

Throw away the paint charts. We’ve asked interior decorators to share their favourite shades for kitchens, living rooms, hallways and outdoors.

Cover your bases for every budget, skin tone and preference

Repainted kitchen units, revamped stairs and a double-function bedroom

The TV presenter loved her D8 "party house" but with a baby on the way it was time for a rethink

Hoteliers are lavishing millions on luxury upgrades adding four-poster beds, hand made carpets and chandeliers

Dutch firm in talks just months after it repeatedly rebuffed offer from US rival

Special ‘Irish Times’ evening event with architect Denise O’Connor

Best in Class: Tickled pink

Payout to investors for this year will include a €1 bn special dividend

Dutch Dulux parent prefers to ‘unlock value’ by spinning off chemicals business

The Paris design show was ablaze with bold colours including blush and green

New line of colour palettes will feature in workshops held by designer Suzie McAdam

Before you pick up a paintbrush or seek out a swatch, read what some of Ireland’s leading interior creatives are forecasting for the season ahead

Advertising agency part of Irish industry contingent on French ‘reconnaissance’

The annual Institute of Designers in Ireland awards celebrate the country’s finest creatives. This year’s residential interiors shortlist offers lots of inspiring ideas

Double-fronted Victorian family residence on Lennox Street, with a few unusual features including black-painted walls, has been sympathetically restored

Archivists have received funds to clean and digitise a long-held collection of vintage commercials

A few tips on how to find the right hue for your living spaces

Gavin Slark eschewed university to work his way to the top. Grafton, re-energised after the crash, is bearing the fruits of his labour

Paint is still the least expensive and most impressive way to transform a room

Airline running out of appeal options

Laura Slattery looks at the very first business page on May 20th, 1963 and gets behind some of the stories of that first day

Dutch paints and chemicals firm hit by fragile consumer demand and weak housing markets in the US and Europe