Alanna Gallagher - Home and Style

Lifestyle journalist, editor and content creator whose areas of expertise include property, interiors, fashion and travel. Founding editor of several magazine titles including bridal title Confetti.

Fancy being Vogue's neighbour in sci-fi splendour on the Hill of Howth?

A coastal architectural 'ring fort' set into the Hill of Howth and seeking a cool €4.95 million, offers room to breathe in the bracing sea air, watch the sun rise, and the ebb and flow of shipping channels. Celebrity neighbours include Vogue Williams, whose own Howth home is just down the hill.

Must-see: Diarmuid Gavin and David Keane’s maximalist home and garden sale

A bromance between Ireland’s top plantsman, Diarmuid Gavin, and leading vintage picker, The Store Yard's David Keane, delivers an Adams auction that has everything you never thought you needed, and more.

PS: We love Ikea’s new collection

An inflatable chair tested for durability by cats, a Memphis-inspired portable lamp, and an on-trend, basketweave cabinet are all part of Ikea’s 10th PS Collection, which launches today. Prices range from €3 to €450.Bag these affordable design classics while you can.

Two Irish homes named Toad Hall, but which one belongs in The Wind in the Willows?

Two storybook homes called Toad Hall have come to the market. If you had to choose, which of the two would you rather live in, and would you change its name? And what are the implications of making that change?

Riverside living with just a 20-minute commute to Dublin for just €445k

While just a 20-minute train time to Dublin from Hazelhatch-Celbridge, this three-bedroom end terrace house overlooks a mill race and has a south-facing garden. With otters and kingfishers on the doorstep, it feels far removed from the grind of daily commutes.

Make every room bloom with positively pretty florals

From sculptural shapes to painterly prints, channel the positivity of pretty florals by bringing them into every room in the house.

6 of the best houses for €300k or less across six counties in Ireland

A beach house in Wexford, a townhouse in Carlow, a mill house in Clare, a poet’s house in Cork, a semi-d in Tipperary, and a terraced house in Dublin, seeking from €270k to €300k.

Elegant Glasnevin house with a flexible layout near some of Dublin’s best amenities seeks €995k

Surrounded by green spaces with easy access to the city and the airport, Glasnevin is one of the most coveted parts of Dublin 11. Seeking €995k, this contemporarised Edwardian family home is a place to gather.

5 ways to improve your outdoor kitchen cook-up

What ingredients will give mealtimes a change of scene? Outdoor kitchens are trending and come in options that run from basic to super sleek. Which best suits your chef personality?

A first look at the luxurious €8m upgrade to five-star resort Mount Juliet

Aisling Healy of O’Donnell O’Neill serves up a slice of posh country life at five-star resort Mount Juliet, where the comforts have to be experienced to understand the nuanced difference. Here’s a first look.

Contemporary living is at the heart of architect designed Valhalla in Killiney

Don’t let its utilitarian exterior fool you. This is a very smartly designed modernist pavilion set on half an acre of grounds by black type architects Peter and Mary Doyle, which balances living and accommodation.

A seabreezy cottage seeking €425k - Would you drop anchor here?

You can jump in the water at the foot of the garden of this three-bed waterside cottage on 0.4 acres, seeking €425k, which is a quixotic mix of splendid isolation and yet is just 1.2 kilometres from the village, a car drive of 2 minutes. By boat, it's a little slower.

A two-bed in The Tenters, one of the most coveted corners of expansive Dublin 8

Seeking €595k, this architecturally reimagined, turnkey-condition terraced house is in one of Dublin 8’s quiet corners that feels far removed from the city centre, yet it is just a 20-minute walk.

Main street living in a Tudor-revival house with surprising courtyard garden, seeking €575k

A work cum living over the shop opportunity in Sophia’s Choice, Enniscorthy, gives you a five-bedroom townhouse, with a large courtyard back and views of battleground Vinegar Hill from its roof terrace.

A discreetly upgraded period house with architectural extension in chichi Clontarf, D3

Smart, classic contemporary interior with all the hard unseen work done, leaving you to soak up the sunlit garden or mooch around the neighbourhood.

Boyne Valley beauty on landscaped grounds, just outside Kells for €355k

If you love country life, surround yourself with landscaped heritage grounds in a big country house setting. This royal country property offers a compelling mix of rural and urban, with nature on all sides and amenities just two kilometres away.

Flipping the script on garden furnishings

Inspiring as they are easy to live with and designed to brighten up your home in the blink of an eye and at the best possible price, here are 7 ways to inject hot hues into your outdoor space.

Does a good garden actuallly add value to a home?

From the hanging gardens of Babylon to Monet’s water lilies at Giverny, gardens have always beguiled, but as a feature, does a good one actually add value to a home? Estate agents respond.

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