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Keeping the faith: the appeal of the parochial house

Forget the Fr Ted script. The priest’s house can be a canny buy, if you put in the work. Saying no to a honeymoon to roll up sleeves and strip plaster and learn pointing shows the true belief David and Eleanor from The Great House Revival showed.

Clever architecture helps keep Home of the Year contestant's hair salon perfect

Urban rustic: A clever architectural addition means a rural Irish home has a stylish shelter to deal with everyday wind and rain through keeping hair salon perfect. Inside is calm and collected.

True Grit: How one family took on a late Georgian merchant house and lived to tell the tale

The latest episode of RTE’s Great House Revival was an example genuine real-life reality TV. It showed how a New Ross family took on an enormous project and, by doing a lot of the dirty work themselves, saved enough to make it habitable, but there is still work to do.

How 30-year-old first-time buyer brought a renovated derelict school in under budget

Jill Leavy, a first-time buyer and an accountant, bought a derelict national school, renovated and extended it, coming in under budget on the project, while delivering a top-class, A-rated refurbishment to RTE’s Great House Revival.

Golden Key: A contemporary layout concealed behind traditional red brick

An architect-designed and owned home, featuring Amanda Bone’s favourite pendant light, gets a golden key to go through to the next round of Home of the Year. Here’s why.

A date with the small screen: It’s the return of Home of the Year

Design fans, set your reminders to 7 pm. It's the return of the houseproud’s favourite TV show, and it promises a selection box of ideas for you to try at home.

An everyman and a showman, Wallace's design and architecture understanding was pure entertainment

In Hugh Wallace’s passing, Ireland’s small screen has lost its designer frontman.

Adieu Hugh Wallace - a maverick with a design talent that speaks for itself

Hugh Wallace was one of the key talents in designing contemporary Ireland Hugh Wallace was a maverick. For many, he has been the face of design TV in Ireland, entertaining and informing the nation in equal parts by bringing us into the homes of the houseproud for more than a decade. He was the fulcrum […]

Hugh Wallace’s Christmas decorating tips include an exuberant table and a tree topping surprise

At parties and festive gatherings, you’ll always find Hugh Wallace plumping for a little kitsch – it’s an essential counterpoint to all the good taste

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