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Sat 03 Mar 2007Put a spring in your shopSpring cleaning often turns into redecoration. Glean inspiration from these new, or improved, shops.Interiors shops are opening around the country on a monthly basis. One of the loveliest is Lost Weekendon Trimmer's Lane in Wexford (053-9180090). The owner, Emily Maher, was a designer at Ceadogán Rugs for seven years before setting up on her own. She sells vintage furniture, fabrics, rugs and lighting. She also sells Danish pieces from the 1950s - for example, a fine rosewood sideboard for €3,800 - and furniture by Established & Sons, a London company that recruits star designers such as Jasper Morrison and Alexander Taylor to design relatively affordable pieces. Check out the latter's elegant, green pleated ceiling light shade.