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Dublin Office Christmas Decorations: Three Design Concepts, Explained
What Are Popular Dublin Office Christmas Decorations? Dublin office Christmas decorations have shifted considerably over the past several years, and the direction of travel is consistent: away from the generic and toward the considered, away from volume and toward restraint, and away from artificial toward real. What reads as current in a Dublin office in 2026 is less about trend and more about the application of the same standards companies already apply to their spaces throughout the rest of the year. What’s Replaced the Generic Office Tree The plastic tree assembled from a box, surrounded by a collection
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The Art of The Christmas Tree
Christmas Trees have captivated us for centuries with their distinctive shape, scent, and sense of perpetuity. Back in 2016 Iranian artist Shirazeh Houshiary was commissioned by Tate Britain to develop a piece which would aptly express what the humble Christmas tree meant to her. Her response was this wonderfully thought-provoking ‘upside-down’
The festive season has officially begun, have you got your Christmas tree ?
Yesterday marked the first day for our Christmas tree deliveries along with Dublin City lights were turned on as is tradition and hopefully marking a brighter future for Christmas 2021. The festive season has officially begun in Dublin with the Christmas lights switched on, on Grafton Street. Can you believe
Hark, the heating! How to care for your Christmas Tree
We enjoy chestnuts roasting on an open fire as much as the next Christmas connoisseur but when it comes to Christmas trees our advice is to keep them as far away from sources of heat as is practicable! At Pines & Co we only deal in one type
In Dublin’s Fairy Light City – Christmas In The Capital
The turning on of the Christmas lights in Dublin city is a hallowed and time honoured tradition. Earlier this week the switch was flicked on the multitude of festive decorations painstakingly erected across the capital’s main shopping streets. Of particular note was the return of the famous ‘Nollaig Shona Duit’
Twinkle Twinkle – Christmas Trees That Reach For The Stars
Every year, towards the end of November, there is great anticipation and fanfare as capital cities across the world get ready to reveal their showpiece Christmas tree for the upcoming festive season. These gigantic Christmas trees are typically placed in iconic locations such as New York’s Rockefeller Centre, London’s Trafalgar
The Importance of Being Eco. How Buying A Sustainably Grown Christmas Tree Might Just Help Save The Planet
Have you ever wondered if buying a fresh Christmas tree each year was the most eco-friendly thing to be doing? Well, you’re not alone, many well-meaning individuals have opted to get themselves a fake tree in recent times on the basis that they’re preventing yet another needless arboreal casualty and
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