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An architect’s debut ‘that kind of winks at you’ from a Dundrum side garden

Don't let the modest front fool you. Buying into the talents of an up-and-coming architect can deliver a home that showcases real design thinking

Home stager Sarah Evers reveals the secrets to styling a home for sale

Sarah Evers has staged hundreds of homes for sale. It’s part psychology, part aspiration, and part removing excess.

Derelict shop rejuvenated into a family home with separate studio

Husband and wife demonstrate a masterclass in rejuvenation as a derelict shop becomes a family home and an interiors outfit, Town & Country

Has Dermot Bannon gone cold on his outdoor bath idea?

Five years on from Bathgate, is soaking under the stars still Dermot Bannon’s favourite way to relax?

Architect Fergus Flanagan turned a secret spot into a beacon of modernism

How setting out his stall at the Ideal Homes Show kickstarted architect Fergus Flanagan’s career

The fairytale forest home that sells electricity back to the grid in Donegal

Secreted in a fairytale forest setting, where it is warmed by the sun, this house has been built around the existing trees

A tiny extension turns a 1970s bungalow into sleek Shannonside pavilion

How a tiny extension reoriented a modest house to face a sylvan setting along the riverbank, immersing it in nature.

A charming cottage wooed serial renovator Carla Benedetti to the Wicklow hills

Drawn by a house that wasn’t all that it seemed, stylist Carla Benedetti has laid the foundations for a forever home

Open House festival is ideal to spark creative thinking or conversation on date night

Want to go out and get inside parts of Dublin unseen by the public? Open House is the perfect way to explore private spaces with talking point features.

Cool, calm and collected reno, complete with roof terrace, in D8

A Liberties reno with a roof terrace and a sleek layout in walk-in condition seeking €565,000

11 easy ways to winterise your home for as little as €14.99

There’s a chill in the air, and we’re going to be spending a lot more time indoors. It’s time to winterise your home

A manual for modern Irish family living, indoors and out

A book, Beyond the Back Garden, leads you through home extensions for all kinds of families.

From 1830s property to modern spacious Dublin 11 home thanks to creative thinking

A window onto a watch tower and a bathroom whose glass can be obscured at the flick of a switch create a talking point Dublin 11 home with space for all

His and hers hobby rooms is not such a trivial pursuit

Alice Ryan and Dave Keane said no to open plan living in a bid to find space for their hobby rooms. In the divvy up Alice won out.

Feel the fear and DIY it anyway, says expert Ash O’Buachalla

Doing jobs about the house, not having to wait for partners or tradespeople to fix it for you, may just be the best therapy there is

Quantity surveyor Keith Kelliher spills the beans on building and renovation costs

When it comes to instructing a builder, buyer beware is the counsel of quantity surveyor Keith Kelliher

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