This year's Irish Furniture & Homewares Show (IFHS), which concluded on 4th July, saw some of the exhibition's top exhibitors and people awarded the show's annual Furniture and Homeware Awards.
Architect, educator and broadcaster Amanda Bone led a judging panel that selected this year's winners: Best overall product display and exhibition stand – Dura Beds; Best mattress innovation – Homelee (Organic mattress); Best bedroom collection – Wiemann (Denver collection); Best upholstery product – Glamour Sofa (Shira sofa); Best cabinet colleciton – Annaghmore Agencies (Carrington range); Best Irish-manufactured product – Dura Beds (Talbot electric bed); Best new homeware product – Tara Lane (Ava table lamp); Best new furniture product – Global Home (Harvard collection); Best new decorative product – Think Rugs (Apollo range); and Best overall product of the show – Digio' Leather by Sofitalia.
In the Retailer's Choice Awards categories, voted for by the show's visitors, the winners were: Best sales rep – Harry Sweeney (Image Furnishings); and Best supplier – Dura Beds.
The show took place at the National Indoor Arena, Dublin. See next month's Furniture News for more.
Pictured: Amanda Bone, Dura Beds' Paul O'Dwyer, and show organiser Mark Gannon
