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“A fresh take..”

This house in Dublin was looking a little tired. The family wanted to try and brighten up their living space but didn’t want to extend. With a few careful interventions – including removing the arch and opening up the rooms, a new larger roof light, new glazing and a consistency in the design approach the result is a bright, fresh new house! 

The open plan kitchen and dining area is now a lovely family hub. All the built in furniture was in collaboration with Agata Design Studio, with Agata providing hands on assistance all the way. The cosy sitting room can be closed off with the new pocket doors and allows for flexible family use of the house. With colours and furnishing advice from Nuala McCaughey Interiors.  

Beautiful hungarian point parquet flooring adds texture and warmth

No additional space but a larger rooflight and relocation of sink to allow doors to garden
has a huge impact

Using the same flooring throughout the space will create a clean, continuous appearance

This sink was relocated to allow a better connection with the garden

New built in units replaced these dated shelves and allows for concealing cables and not making the TV the focal point of the room

Replacing the dated double doors with new pocket doors allows better use of the space and we created alcoves for recessing the radiators on the far side

Simply opening up the spaces makes the room feel bigger and less cluttered

Clever storage solutions in the Agata Design Studio Kitchen

Brave, dark colours still feel cosy with clever lighting

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About Us

Claire Hyland B Sc Arch, B Arch, MRIAI, accredited in Conservation at Grade 3 Minnow Design was set up in 2011, a small practice with emphasis on thoughtful design, good client relationships and careful control of budget. We offer a complete service – from advising on the design potential of a property, brief development, design proposals, planning submissions, tendering procedures, on site management and right through to interior design advice should that be required.

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