Balmain Ambre Gris eau de parfum, £69, at Selfridges.com Selfridges’ shiny new transactional website is just what we’ve all been waiting for. The ‘Only at Selfridges’ categories are a super little extra and first in our basket is Balmain’s opulent Ambre Gris eau de parfum – every chic dressing table should have one

The new Ghost lantern, £37 from Love Your Home For Less , is surprisingly made from porcelain, so it will easily doll up (see what we did there?) your home, garden or local mineshaft.

We’ve long since been fans of Pedlars , the online boutique which sells not only wonderfully designed interiors products , but also the hope of a lifestyle where you have a lot of space, and in it are items lovingly sourced from random little producers you bumped into on a windy-but-romantic walk somewhere near a beach. And now you can live the dream, as they’ve only gone and opened their own self-catering holiday home – sorry, castle – able to sleep up to thirteen on the eastern edge of Scotland .

Dog Raincoat Coated Canvas, £100, at Mulberry Posh pooches will be desperate to get their paws on Mulberry’s dog t-shirt and raincoat . The spring/summer 2010 collection will be available from the Bond Street store and online at www.mulberry.com from April. They’re the ultimate doggie fashion fantasy.

Check out these Swarovski crystal contact lenses … We’ve seen it all now, haven’t we? Though not actually for sale, it just goes to show those dainty little Swarovski crystals really do find their way onto everything from perfume bottles to bandages.

The Milan Furniture Fair is where all the biggest international hitters launch their products each April, and here’s the first look at BD Barcelona’s Lounger – which is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

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Start drawing up your wish list now – here’s a sneaky preview of Yasmin Le Bon’ s gorgeous new YLB For Wallis spring collection. The collection’s 15 stunning designs are available online at ylbwallis.com , and we’re loving pretty much every piece. Inspired by the model’s own timeless signature style, the emphasis is on a long silhouette with deluxe silk crepe and powered satin featuring heavily.

Sun not quite peering through the clouds? Cucumber sandwiches not quite cut into perfect rectangles? Hang out this English rose bunting, £9.99 from The Contemporary Home and make like you’re a fully paid up member of the WI, whether your sponge has perfectly risen or not

For some, Perspex will always conjure up the memory of secondary school CDT lessons, desperately trying to craft a halfway decent letter rack out of the stuff.