How to avoid food guilt this Christmas
How to avoid food guilt this Christmas

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‘For the first time, we weren’t alone… Somebody would listen to us’
‘For the first time, we weren’t alone… Somebody would listen to us’

Lia Hynes

This Christmas, hold space for those carrying the quiet burden of grief
This Christmas, hold space for those carrying the quiet burden of grief

Dominique McMullan

Inside the glittering Dublin home of jewellery designer, Chupi Sweetman-Durney
Inside the glittering Dublin home of jewellery designer, Chupi Sweetman-Durney

Megan Burns

‘For every festive freak, there are those who don’t consider this the most wonderful time of the year’
‘For every festive freak, there are those who don’t consider this the most wonderful time...

Suzie Coen

Five delicious vegetarian recipes to enjoy over the Christmas season
Five delicious vegetarian recipes to enjoy over the Christmas season

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This year, let’s shatter the illusion of a “perfect” Christmas
This year, let’s shatter the illusion of a “perfect” Christmas

Amanda Cassidy

‘I was a child who received a Christmas shoebox. This is what it meant to me’
‘I was a child who received a Christmas shoebox. This is what it meant to...

Amanda Cassidy

An ode to Christmas Eve mass, the festive season’s greatest social occasion
An ode to Christmas Eve mass, the festive season’s greatest social occasion

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How to host Christmas without breaking the bank
How to host Christmas without breaking the bank

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Sneak Peek! What’s Inside the Sparkling Fresh New Jan-Feb Issue


By IMAGE Interiors & Living
17th Dec 2015
Sneak Peek! What’s Inside the Sparkling Fresh New Jan-Feb Issue

The all-new, all-gorgeous January-February issue of Image Interiors & Living is out tomorrow! Here’s why you need a copy on your coffee table…

A child's bedroom in Ruth Forsyth's Ballsbridge home (image: Doreen Kilfeather); the kitchen of Jessica Gamsu's captivating Cape Town church conversion (image: Greg Cox).
A child’s bedroom in a?Ballsbridge home (image: Doreen Kilfeather); the kitchen of a?Cape Town church conversion (image: Greg Cox).

Forget all this new year ?let’s be good? business – let’s be bold. Let’s give the kids free rein to plunder the fleamarket for bits for their bedroom, as the brilliant Ruth Forsyth does in her audacious Ballsbridge home?? or?learn a new language just for fun, as our BoyChik baker boy does in our Galway food special.

Two of the stars of our Gourmet Galway food special: Eoin Coyle of Brother Rabbits Food and Daniel Rosen of BoyChik Doughnuts. Photography: Nathalie Marquez Courtney.
Two of our Gourmet Galway stars: Eoin Coyle,?Brother Rabbits Food, and Daniel Rosen, BoyChik Doughnuts. Photography: Nathalie Marquez Courtney.

Run away with the circus (well, in colour terms at least!) with our fairground-inspired featured?trend, and lose yourself in exotic India, as Irish entrepreneur Enda Noone did on his journey to set up online lifestyle store Ikka Dukka.

Colour pops at Roche Bobois; pretty purses and packaging at Ikka Dukka.
Colour pops at Roche Bobois; pretty purses and packaging at Ikka Dukka.

Be further emboldened?by the?effortless style of Jessica Gamsu’s gorgeous church conversion in Cape Town. Invigorate your life with Liz Costigan‘s achievable health gameplan for the new year. And mark Ireland’s ever-rising creavity in 2016?with our pick of the 16 Irish design investment pieces you need to know about.?Then there’s our eight-page extension special to inspire?budding builders.

A covetable table by Irish design superstars Superfolk; a delectable Dublin extension by Anima Architects (image: Alice Clancy).
A covetable table by Irish design superstars Superfolk; a delectable Dublin extension by Anima Architects (image: Alice Clancy).

Once you’ve finished that, beat a path around Brooklyn with Jo Linehan‘s?insider’s guide to the must-visit New York borough… the list goes on.

View from a guestroom in Brooklyn's Wythe Hotel (image: Matthew Williams).
View from a guestroom in Brooklyn’s Wythe Hotel (image: Matthew Williams).

And what could be a more appropriate reader giveaway for our ‘Clean Start’ issue than a?beautiful Brabantia kitchen bin bearing Orla Kiely‘s iconic Stem print? It’s worth €119, but free to the first 25 new subscribers this issue?? they won’t last long so you’d better pick up your copy fast to secure yours!

Our superb (but strictly limited!) subscription offer this issue: an Orla Kiely Brabantia bin worth €119, free for the first 25 to subscribe.
Our superb (but strictly limited!) subscription offer this issue: an Orla Kiely Brabantia bin worth €119, free for the first 25 to subscribe.

Finally, we’re thrilled to have teamed up with the lovely people at Marks & Spencer to offer our readers an amazing 20% off M&S Home purchases. Pick up the magazine for details!

The beyond beautiful new January-February 2016 issue of Image Interiors & Living hits shelves Friday, December 18, priced €3.99. Treat yourself…?

The fresh cover of the all-new January-February issue.