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Set sail

Artist Ian Humphries’ Heir Island coastal home goes up for sale

Photo by Denis Scannell

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HOUSE WEEK OF THE

Tommy Barker reports

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Hillsboro site holds huge promise

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LTA Terrace has great houses, simple, period. original fireplaces galore, on several levels. There’s a run of 10 houses, five pairs of There’s some original and salvaged stained and large, strong, semi-detacheds here overlooking coloured glass inset windows and not a creak in the the waters of Cork harbour, in one of elegant carpeted staircase. Monkstown’s very best perches. Several rooms still have brass pulls or handles on And, while the houses here date back to Queen the walls, with a row of bells in the bright basement Victoria’s time and her early Cork visits, about the beneath. That basement’s a period piece, with huge 1840s, the views are ever-changing. Now, there’s the flagstones in its floors, and a good clutch of large Irish naval service over the way at Haulbowline, the rooms, with space aplenty for a private apartment, remnants of the games suite, visiting industrious snooker or tennis Location: Monkstown, Cork Dutch at Verolme table, media room €550,000 Dockyard, as well as Price: and more. Oh, and a plethora of small a wine cellar will Size: 418 sq m (4,500 sq ft) pleasure craft, fit nicely too. Bedrooms: 6 dinghy and yachts Estate agent bobbing afloat, Stephen Clarke of BER rating: Exempt while a justO’Donoghue Broadband: Yes completed marina Clarke is about to helps to fill out the viewings of Best asset: Great, intact, architectural integrity start water vista. No 10, the last in Only a few rethe line at the sales of these long-time family-held homes cropped up western end, with tall and old hardwood trees in the past decade, and there’s evidence of serious (especially an oak) shielding it from the west. Though money having been spent on them as they head in to it might seem a bit of heresy, a bit of judicious tree next generations of ownership: they’re for keeps. surgery would add to the available light, and enhance One of the most intact, and best-preserved, originals, the harbour views: right now, best viewing perch No 10, now comes to market as an executor sale, after could be simply by accessing the balcony/ parapet roof rearing the family of a female medic, and there’s of the main living room’s bay window. evidence of its continuous care all around, yet without Despite the house’s 4,500sq ft, it all feels usable, with serious money ever being spent on it. It shows the defined functions assignable to each level: formality value of care, and regular maintenance. on the ground, more kicked-back relaxing, and It’s all the better for that minding philosophy, its functionality in the basement (eg laundry) and three sash windows seem pretty robust, as do shutters, bedrooms apiece on the top two floors. For those who every room is square and without a crack in its don’t need all six, making ‘left-overs’ into dressing perfect coving and cornicing, and there’s attractive, rooms/en suites seems an obvious change of use.

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TRADING UP Views over a pitch and putt course come with a 1970s split-level offering.

STARTER HOMES An apartment next to an emerging 170 acre public park is selling for €140,000.

FEATURES Interior designer Carmel Downey is selling her home — full of style, naturally.

COVER STORY Isolation, but regular ferries, are the lures at an artist’s Heir Island home.

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No 10 is open and airy, bright and amenable on all its levels, and residents on the terrace are inclined to call the main entry point the back of the house, and the fairer aspect, facing the harbour, the front. There are good surrounding gardens, and as much intact architectural detailing and integrity outside as in, with carved fascias, wrought iron railings, ceramic basins. and an ancient outside privy by the basement’s coal bunker and flagged courtyard.

HEER rarity alone will bring the curious to 1 Hillsboro — houses here just don’t seem to come up for sale. There’s been one or two, in the decades since the dozen or so large, oneoff homes off Cork’s Model Farm Road were built initially, and the last sale was — “oh, about 20 years ago”, reckons one of the family of this new-to-market detached home. It holds huge promise once more, as there’s an outline grant of planning for a bungalow to be built at the far end of

its long garden, leaving more than enough breathing space for both. This really opens up options, current and future, for new occupants of the 3,000 sq ft five-bed, on a third of an acre site. One other Hillsboro occupant built a new home a few years ago on his side garden, and indeed several neighbouring homes also have gardenbuild options. These were the days of decent site allocations, indeed. Estate agent Brian Olden of Cohalan Downing seeks offers of around

PROPERTY Location: Price: Size: Bedrooms: BER rating: Broadband: Best feature:

€695,000 for this big block of a home on its great site, with orchard and garage at its western boundary. The recent outline grant allows a buyer to ‘park’ the site for the time being, or to build perhaps for a family member who wants/ needs proximity and a watchful eye, balanced with a measure of independence. Number 1 Hillsboro has its own family reared and moved on, and it has space in spades, with its best large rooms at the corners, with a double aspect and glazing, making for bright

Model Farm Road, Cork €695,000 283 sq m (3,000 sq ft) 5 Pending Yes Site and location

interiors in key rooms. It’s on the dated side inside and out, to be sure, but the bones are good and generous, with three reception rooms, study, kitchen, utility and store. Upstairs, one of its five bedrooms is en suite, with a jacuzzi bath, while the main family bathroom has separate bath and shower, and twin sinks. VERDICT: With so much space, and a big garden site and outline planning for a bungalow, No 1’s going to fit the right buyer’s bill.

VERDICT: This is a serious house, with serious space, in rock-solid order, but it needs sensitive updating, and a suitable kitchen.

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PROPERTY EDITOR Tommy Barker, 021 4802221 property@examiner.ie INTERIORS EDITOR Esther McCarthy, 021 4802386 interiors@examiner.ie INTERIORS ADVERTISING Ger Duggan, 021 4802192 interiorads@examiner.ie PROPERTY ADVERTISING Marguerite Stafford, 021 4802100 marguerite.stafford@examiner.ie

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TRADING UP

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Properties on the move

We scan a selection of trading up homes around the country

Rosendale Lodge , Kilnamartyra, Co. Cork • Dramatic mature gardens. • Ent hall, lounge, din., bkfst. Kit., study, conservatory, utility, 4/5 bed, (2 ensuite, bath. • Double detached garage, tennis court

• Three bed semi-detached property in quiet cul-de-sac. • Ent hall, lounge, din., bkfst.kit., 3 bed, and bathroom. • Off street parking, large rear garden

Price Region: €320,000

Price Region : €165,000

Sherry FitzGerald Hinchion

Main Street, Macroom, Co. Cork Tel: 026 41165 www.sherryfitz.ie

BALLYNOE, CO CORK €465,000

MALLOW, CORK €235,000 Sq m: 150 (1,614 sq ft) BER rating: Pending

Bedrooms: 4 Broadband: Yes

THERE’S a wide buyer profile being canvassed for Pine Lodge, a close to town-centre four-bed bungalow home in Mallow’s Lacknalooha. The 1,600 sq ft home near all of the north Cork town’s amenities is new to market with agents Sherry FitzGerald O’Donovan in Mallow, and Catherine McAuliffe of Savills in Cork city, guiding at €235,000. Savills’ Ms McAuliffe says Pine Lodge will as easily suit a first-time buyer, as a trader-down, or even a family — the original one-size fits all, effectively. The bungalow dates back to the mid 1900s, it’s in good overall shape for its age, with alarm, gas central heating, and an attached garage plus utility with conversion or integration potential. As it stands, the fourth bedroom is up over the garage space, with three more bedrooms at ground levels by the main family bathroom. Living quarters are mix of a deep, 27’ by 11’ sitting room to the left, plus 15’ by 13’ family room behind, tee-ing into a kitchen with guest WC off it. VERDICT: Solidly built, on a handy site with a useful lawned back garden, this is a town house for those who want more than a townhouse.

Sq m: 200 (2,200 sq ft) BER rating: Pending

Bedrooms: 4/5 Broadband: Yes

THERE’S a huge amount of privacy on offer in this Ballynoe, Great Island (Cobh) dormer home, on its site of a third of an acre. Part-brick-faced, and in immaculate order inside and out, it’s a great trading up option for families, with the gardens ready-made for play, kicking a ball around, or just lounging on the cobblelock patios. And, there’s a handy 20’ by 17’ steelframed garage/garden store as well. Selling agent Liz Hannon of English & Co seeks offers around €465,000 for the home, set just up and above the main Cork-Cobh road through Rushbrooke, by the cross-river ferry. There are good, quality timbers used inside, in floors, doors and the stairs, and the house has two reception rooms, each with garden access via French doors. Then, there’s a smart kitchen/dining room 20’ by 11’ with maple units, a study/bed 5, guest loo with a shower, and overhead three of the four other bedrooms have en suite showers. Windows upstairs are a mix of gablesited to the sides and front, as well as dormers and Veluxes. VERDICT: with five showers in the house, you just might feel like splashing out.

WATERFALL, CORK €465,000 Sq m: 257 (2,750 sq ft) BER rating: C1 —

VERDICT: L’Arche Wood has been kept up to spec and is a sound buy — it even has surround sound in several of its reception rooms.

GOOD gardens can be a home’s best calling card when it comes time to sell — but while you can do a quick TV ‘make-over fix’, the best gardens are the ones that have matured naturally over time. This is so, already, with 84 Fernwalk, at Greenfields near Cork’s Ballincollig, as early-days planting and careful feeding and minding has resulted in a greenedin private site to the front, sides and back and the latter is both walled-in and south-facing. Here, shrubs and trees all combine to root No 84 to its site, and the only thing a new owner might want to do now is add on a side/rear conservatory to appreciate it

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Bedrooms: 5 Broadband: Yes

IT could be a reluctant 10 minute spin back to Bishopstown and Cork city from the dormer home L’Arche Wood — it’s a comfortable retreat, on its half acre of gardens. Set about a mile from Waterfall at Ballyleigh, and beyond O’Shea’s landmark pub just a few miles west of the city’s suburbs, this is a fairly substantial five-bed home with great living space, making for a 2,750 sq ft home in all, on a site of half an acre. Selling agent Jeremy Murphy endorses its quality, and seeks offers around €465,000 for the one-off with a good blend of bedrooms (one of the five is en suite) and living space. There are three reception rooms, billed as living, family and dining room, all of a useful size, plus a study/ playroom, while hardwood floors are good quality. There’s a few fireplaces to add to the comforts of the main, oil-fired central heating. The half-acre site is level, with hedge boundary, and the dormer home is up a short drive past electric gates set in stone walls and pillars.

FERNWALK, BALLINCOLLIG €395,000

KILLARNEY, CO KERRY €400,000 Sq m: 205 (2,200 sq ft) BER rating: Pending

A SITE just shy of half an acre, overlooking the pitch and putt course at the Gleneagles hotel in Killarney marks Glendalla out as a house worth trading up to for Kerry buyers. The split level home dates back to the 1970s, and has some interesting internal features as a result, such as its doublefronted central fireplace: in fact, these warming chimney pieces are cool again in modern design stakes. Also notable are the over-size, picture windows at each of the two levels. Seeking offers around the €400,000 mark via agent Tom Spillane & Co for the four-bed, two en suite home, Glendalla’s an interesting buy, on a rare and landscaped site of 0.4 of an acre, with attached garage. The location is sought-after, on the Mill Road, which puts it near Killarney’s National Park, Muckross House, the National Events Centre and the Gleneagle and Brehon Hotels. The lower level has a kitchen, utility, dining room, and two bedrooms, with two more beds overhead, plus sitting room, sunroom and main family bathroom. The entry drive curves around through mature trees to the dashfinished house, and connects its two levels thanks the site’s gradient. VERDICT: The site’s a cracker, says Tom Spillane — and it is.

Sq m: 162 (1,730 sq ft) BER rating: Pending

Rathcoole, Mallow, Co. Cork

Bedrooms: 4 Broadband: Yes

all the more. There’s plenty of space for such a garden sun-room. And, with a price drop from €460,000 to €395,000 via Sheila O’Flynn of Sherry FitzGerald, such a move might be on the cards. As it stands, the 1,700 sq ft four-bed family home is in fine fettle, with three reception rooms, kitchen/diner with bay window, utility, guest loo and separate cloakroom, while overhead are four bedrooms, with one en suite, plus main bathroom. VERDICT: No 84’s an affordable entry to Greenfields’ Fernwalk.

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11 Oakwood, Macroom, Co. Cork.

• Ent hall, lounge, kit/din., living, office, utility, 4/5 bed, (1 ensuite), Bath. • Circa 2,500 sq.ft.

Price Region: €330,000

Sherry FitzGerald Hinchion

Ahane, Cullen, Mallow, Co. Cork

Rathmore Road, Millstreet, Cork

Main Street, Macroom, Co. Cork Tel: 026 41165 www.sherryfitz.ie

• Location is main selling point for this four-bed dwelling on approx one acre just off the main Mallow to Killarney road. • River Blackwater is within walking distance and this property might be suitable for anybody with a love for fishing • Hall, Living room, Kitchen, Utility, 4 Bedrooms and Bathroom • Viewing by appointment.

Guide Price: €70,000

Guide Price: €95,000

Vendors, if you want to advertise your property on this page?

• Fantastic 4/5 bed home on 1 acre, option of more.

Sherry FitzGerald Hinchion

• 2 bedroomed cottage situated on the Banteer road from Rathcoole, Co. Cork • Within walking distance to school, shop/post office and Dromtariffe sport fields. • Hall, Sittingroom, kitchen, Two Bedrooms and bathroom. • Some redecoration required. • Viewing is a must by appointment only.

Rathmore, Co. Kerry. T: 087 2438182 www.allirelandproperties.com

Glounalough North, Rylane, Co. Cork.

All Ireland Properties

Rathmore, Co. Kerry. T: 087 2438182 www.allirelandproperties.com

No. 12 Fairfield Close, Dingle, Co. Kerry

Main Street, Macroom, Co. Cork Tel: 026 41165 www.sherryfitz.ie

• Three bedroom bungalow situated approx. half mile from Millstreet town Co. Cork. • Property would make an ideal starter or investment home • Directions - take Rathmore road for approx half mile - property on right hand side.

Guide Price: €125,000

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“St. Martins”, Kilbeg, Ladysbridge, Co. Cork

• Conveniently located in Town Centre. • Finished to a very high standard and conveniently located to all amenities. • Located on Ground floor and enjoys a rear access with a patio & shed. • Acc: 2 Beds, Kitchen, Living/Dining area and Bathroom. Total Area 92m2

Contact your selling agent or the Property Advertising Dept on

• Situated on 0.25 acre site with many traditional features and is well maintained. • Half mile from Ladysbridge village and 8 miles from Midleton and only a short drive to nearby beaches. • Accommodation; entrance porch, sittingroom, kitchen/dining area, 3 bedrooms and shower room.

Price: € 140,000

Fitzgerald & Associates

021 4802100

No 1 The Tracks, Dingle, Co. Kerry T: 066 9152684 M: 087 6577369 www.westkerryproperties.ie

Rathmore, Co. Kerry. T: 087 2438182 www.allirelandproperties.com

Guide Price: €175,000

HEGARTY Midleton, Co. Cork PROPERTIES A D R I A N N A H E G A R T Y M I AV I

Tel: 021 4639411 W: www.hegartyproperties.ie

TO ADVERTISE YOUR RESALE PROPERTIES 021 4802 100

Waterfront home sure to appeal The price of this home is a very modest €495,000. Tommy Barker reports

BACK in the height of the boom, this Glengarriff west Cork home was selling in the €1.75m price league, with just a mapping glitch stopping the then-sale. Now, the architect-designed home with waterfronting land and access to a shingle beach is due an auction disposal for its overseas owners, with what must be an modest price guide of €495,000. The clincher here is the land. Lots and lots of it.

Joint selling agents acting for the Dutch owners are Dominic Daly in Cork city, and John O’Neill of Celtic Properties in Bantry, and the property’s location at Ardnaturrish, near Glengarriff is sort of Gulf Stream Golden Mile. There’s around 100 metres of waterfrontage, and you could probably get a low draft RIB handily nearby for water disporting, while the land is best kept for goats, amenity and

admiring scenery. The house itself is fairly modest, with only around 1,200 sq ft, and anyone keen on the location and the land will, in all probability, seek to extend. There’s an old stone shed, detached garage, and derelict cottage, worth doing up for guests. Auction date is October 6.

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West Cork €495,000 Sq m 110 (1,200 sq ft) on 40 acres 4, plus derelict two-bed cottage D Huge value for waterfront land

VERDICT: Truly a rare package; expect international interest.

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PROPERTY FEATURE

DOUGLAS, CORK €195,000

CORK CITY €139,000 Sq m: 140 (1,500 sq ft) BER rating: Exempt

Bedrooms: 4 Broadband: Available

Sq m: 95 (1,020 sq ft) BER rating: Pending

Bedrooms: 2 Broadband: Yes

BALLINCOLLIG, CORK €215,000 Sq m: 117 (1,259 sq ft) BER rating: Pending

Bedrooms: 3 Broadband: Yes

DATING to latter 1700s, 14 Margaret Street stands in the shadow of Cork’s old Red Abbey. It’s a minute’s walk to the South Mall, and the deeds show the original owners had boat berthing rights on the Lee. No 14 is packed with character, yet has a practical layout with rear annexes on each of its three levels. VERDICT:Agent Jeremy Murphy has cut the price to €139,000, so it’s worth a look.

CAPWELL, CORK €140,000 Sq m: 79 (850 sq ft) BER rating: Pending

Bedrooms: 3 Broadband: Yes

THERE’LL soon be a 170-acre public amenity park on the doorstep of Lios na Greine — an apartment complex built next to what was, for decades, a landfill site. Following a €30 million spend for remediation for civic and amenity uses, in a few years Lios na Greine will be close to Cork’s best public space. A ground floor three-bed here, No 11, is open to offers around €140,000 with agent Matt Fallon.

THIS might look familiar in this starter-home slot — but don’t be fooled: it’s a similar offering to a Blackrock Road house featured here back on August 20 — and which has already gone ‘sale agreed’. It is guided at €195,000 (down from €255,000), and set in Orchard Close in Ballincurrig estate, off the main Douglas Road, by Frank V Murphy & Co, it’s a similar proposition (and very similar house) to 7 Carrigdubh by Menloe Blackrock, which had a similar reduction to €185,000, and sold very rapidly after that cut with the same agent. No 7 Orchard Close in Ballincurrig is a two-bed, midterraced townhouse, with open plan ground floor and in need of modernising. It has a west-facing back garden, communal front garden, and parking to the rear of the niche, Lane-built scheme. Now, at its re-adjusted price, it’s going to be a shrewd move for traders-down (what they’ll lose on their big house sale they’ll save some bit back on by this price drop) and will also appeal to first-time buyers, singles or couples. VERDICT: An easy-keep option, in a great location.

Ardán Cúil Fliuch TOWER, CORK 5 ONLY - 2 REMAINING

SHOWHOUSE OPEN

JUST two kilometres out from Limerick city centre, house-hunters will find 49 Park Gardens, a three-bed semi-d with easy-keep gardens behind and a fully-paved front. Estate agent Gordon Kearney of Rooneys says No 49’s in a quiet cul de sac, and while it is a bit dated decoratively, it has double glazing, central heating and an upgraded main bathroom. VERDICT: A walk to all amenities.

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3 Semi Detatched Homes with Sunrooms. Finished to an exceptionally high standard throughout. In the heart of Tower Village adjacent to all amenities Schools, Shops, Bus Stops. etc,

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021-4382233 087-2611588 Sunberry, Blarney

Auctioneers, Valuers & Estate Agents m.i.p.a.v.

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Pictures: Dan Linehan

THE corner site is a bonus with the extended threebed semi-d at 20 Hawthorn Avenue, in Ballincollig’s Inniscarra View, Cork. The neat, mid-to late-1900s family home has front, side and back gardens, and easy room to extend even further, notes selling agent Savills. But, it has a good spread of space, with a study, loo and utility off to the left of the entry hall, although they’re a bit narrow, at just under the 8’ wide mark. There are two other more standard-sized reception rooms, the front one is 14’ by 10’, and then there’s a sun-room/conservatory with roof blinds to the back, accessed off the dining room. No 20 was built in the 1970s, and recent upgrades include upping insulation levels in the walls and attic, and all windows are double glazed. VERDICT:Neat inside and out, with plenty of garden space and a south-facing back garden, No 20 is a good buy for anyone needing a bit more space than the average semi-d. As there’s sliding patio door access to the front study, it could be handy for someone who wants to do a bit of work from home, or might even suit as a ‘Rent a Room’ option, with loo behind.

FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION (if not previously sold)

At 3 pm on Thursday, 6th October 2011 At The Imperial Hotel, Cork.

CORBALLY, LIMERICK €175,000 Bedrooms: 3 Broadband: Yes

Mint-order and tasty An interior designer has put her unique stamp on an exclusive suburban family home, writes Tommy Barker

VERDICT: Vendor’s keen for sale, have a look-see.

Sq m: 100 (1,080 sq ft) BER rating: E2

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ARDNATURRISH Glengarriff, West Cork (In one or more Lots)

Architecturally designed, modern, 4 bedroom bungalow on c. 40 acres of land with water frontage to small beach on mature, landscaped gardens. There is also a 2 bedroom, derelict cottage located on the property.

AMV €490,000

Joint Selling Agents Celtic Properties Ltd. Main Street, Bantry, Co. Cork. Tel: 027-52290

who guide the 2,290 sq ft four-bed at a very achievable HE woman of the house at 22 Augusta Drive €680,000, and who say there’s practically nothing of got in literally at ground level, and tweaked this quality on offer as a family trading-up option in her home-to-be from foundation level up, and the city and suburbs right now. crowned its completion with the sort of decor On the basis that most families don’t need five normally reserved for showhouses. bedrooms, and she certainly didn’t, Carmel Downey No surprise, then, to find out that the owner is an reduced the bedrooms tally here from five to four, interior designer, who has done many of Cork’s boommaking for a far larger master bedroom (with balcony time new homes launches, and her own pad can hold big enough to sit out on for morning coffees), a really its head up with some of her very best commissions. good en suite and a great room-sized shelved walk-in “I had the chance to use the knowledge I’d gained, wardrobe/dressing room. All four bedrooms are and some of the suppliers I could trust, when it came doubles, a second to our own home,” bedroom is also notes Carmel Downey, Location: Maryborough, Cork en-suite, and the whose signature look €680,000 main bathroom of restful shades, easy- Price: berths a very on the eye neutrals Size: 213 sq m (2,290 sq ft) larger corner and taupes, with Bedrooms: 4 Jacuzzi bath in a quality fixtures and fairly swish, fittings, is to the fore BER rating: Pending marble and at 22 Augusta Drive. mirror bedecked These were the best Broadband: Yes wash room. and biggest of the Best feature: Showhouse quality, yet a home Downstairs, developers O’Brien Carmel also and O’Flynn’s mid2000s Maryborough Woods development, sloping down made structural changes, opening up the two front left hand side reception rooms via a broad arch, to have a a cul-de-sac hill with views east over Douglas Golf drawing room run into a formal dining room with Club. Now, the golf course views are obstructed as further links to the kitchen across the back of the screening planting has been put in along the course house. perimeter — in anticipation of house building plans As a result, this double-aspect space is about 34-feet from Castlelands Construction who paid a deposit to deep, and bright, with windows on three sides, and secure the land, a grand ambition not now likely to decor levels are spot on, interior mag standard, but progress for quite some time, if at all. low-key. So, might the residents here at Augusta Drive There’s a family room/study across the hall, a combine to trim the trees now blocking the course? utility, guest WC and, handily, a cloakroom also off Those views certainly were a reason for buying here the hall. on day one. The kitchen/breakfast-dining room behind is where Selling agents now for mint-order No 22 are Sheila most family time will undoubtedly be spent, it’s a O’Flynn and Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald,

marble-floored model of efficiency and welcoming, with large island in its centre with proper seated breakfast bar/casual dining seating space — all very chillaxed. Around the room’s edges, are painted wood units, granite worktops, a range cooker with earth-tones tiled splashback, and a Belfast sink. Touches adding to the look include some special lighting and recessed spotlights, wainscoting in the hall and stairwell, and coved ceilings. Eternally, the grounds are well landscaped and cleverly divided too, with cobbled front drive, and behind there’s a small lawn and shed, a graveled and paved main space stepped below the patio, with pergola and boundary planting. VERDICT:Not only is No 22 a walk-in job, there’s an option to buy pretty much all of the furniture too, so for relocators, it could be the simplest of moves.

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Untouched and unspoilt island life on offer

Location: Price: Size: Bedrooms: BER rating: Best asset:

Heir Island, west Cork €595,000 230 sq m house and 50 sq m studio — total 280 sq m (3,000 sq ft) 4 Pending Landscape and lifestyle

A house sale is rare on Heir Island. Rose Martin crosses the water to see what’s on offer as an artist prepares his move Pictures: Denis Scannell

HERE’S something about putting clear blue water between one life and another — it’s part of the reason why island life appeals. That sense of remoteness is probably what drew early Christian monks to Atlantic fastnesses and why, a more recent generation of artists and dissenters from the daily grind, have taken to the softer islands off the south-west coast. And with a very short ferry crossing, (less than 10 minutes) it’s remarkable that Heir Island in west Cork’s Roaring Water Bay is still so private and so little known. Yes, there are any number of glistening white houses to be seen, but the island only has a full time population of 29 down from a peak of 400 in the 19th century and with a base line figure of 11 in the mid 1990s. Although there are a lot of extra visitors in summer, particularly for Heir Island’s Cottage restaurant and cookery school, the remoteness of island life remains untouched and unspoilt. With no pub and a bookings-only policy at the restaurant, the visitor is guaranteed peace and quiet. Small but perfectly formed, this slumbering checkerboard of fields is dotted with whitewashed houses of a distinctive, 20th century Board of Works design. This element of the island’s heritage is strictly enforced by Cork County Council and new houses, when allowed, follow the high dormer pattern of the original, albeit with larger footprints and low key extensions. These days, with wireless connectivity and a five minute ferry journey in good weather, Heir Island is as handy as anywhere from which to communicate and broadband is fine, as are mobile signals — which means the madding world is far enough, but near

enough. The island has two good beaches and above one, is The Beach House, home of painter, Ian Humphries and his family — a property which is now a rare sale for the island. Following a sell-out, no reserve auction earlier this year through art and antique dealer Morgan O’Driscoll, (an approach copied shortly afterwards by artist Fergal Sharkey), Humphries has made the difficult decision to move.

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He and his family are loathe to leave but having the only children of school-going age on the island, moving onto the mainland would save on the journey by sea and road and would probably offer more socialisation opportunities to the Humphries’ young children. Living on an island, the sea is the focus for weather, endeavour and used as a route to town: most residents have a boat, although the ferry service

is excellent and there’s a rollon, roll-off for heavy equipment like cars and building materials. Also, Fields’ supermarket in Skibbereen offers a thrice-weekly delivery service — to the door. So, there is nothing ascetic or arduous about living on Heir Island — the islanders function as a small, but organised community and operate their own rambling house system in lieu of a licensed premises, says Humphries Just two-and-a-half kilometres long and one-and-ahalf kilometres wide, the tiny island is an easy walk and has a nature reserve reed bed at its centre. The Beach House is a new build — it’s less than five years old, but follows the island plan, internally however, the house is a lot bigger than it looks and there is a large, two-roomed studio to the rear. Set on two-and-a-half acres, (of which only part has been ‘civilised’ to lawn), the house is tucked into a hillside cleft with direct views towards Cape Clear and the Fastnet Rock beyond. On a clear, sunny day, the beach directly below the house can be full of boats, says Humphries, with up to 50-plus yachts and craft at anchor — with sun the white sandy strand is like a Caribbean paradise. Without sun, and in winter, the colour of the low skies and elemental wildness of the waves creates the right atmosphere for painting. And the sound of the sea is loud, says Humphries, it’s why it’s called Roaring Water Bay. The painter’s house is deceptively simple, no frills, just an exacting attention to detail and of course, it’s full of canvasses. Local contractor, Martin Harte was responsible for the build and the owners are unequivocal in their praise for

his workmanship. Internally, the house is open plan at its centre, with access via a storm porch from the sea side, leading into a huge living and dining room which runs north to south through the middle. In true vernacular style, this is the central hub of the house, with the kitchen on the southwesterly side and a guest suite to the south-east. Walls are finished in a rough render, (but not too rough) with rounded window opes and simple, teak double-glazed cross frames. The chimney breast rises on

the south-eastern corner of the room, is inglenook style and supported by a simple, but interesting curve of steel. This is a replica of the steel support in the island’s old houses, says Humphries, where old parts from horse carts were re-used in the construction. The interior is soft white, with colour introduced in the paintings and art work, while furniture is mostly old and burnished antique pine. There’s a fine settle against one wall, its striations and battered surface a testament to generations of use and by contrast, there’s a chic linen

sofa in the centre of the room along with a leather, Chesterfield couch. The dining table is also old pine, milled down to a smooth, ten-seater table, with a mixum gatherum of cottage chairs and a dresser set around. Double doors frame the rear view and give direct access outdoors to the studio and patio area. This house is a master class in understatement, but there’s a perfectionist touch to the ‘less is more’ arrangement of furniture and fittings. The house works really well, is warm, comfortable and quite large —

there’s over 2,400 square feet here but it’s not pretentious. The kitchen area is a delight, gleaming tiles, and hand-built and painted elm units with hardwood worktop and inset Belfast sink — a cliché in the suburbs, but not here — especially when you look out the kitchen window and realise you are miles away from anything suburban. A battered old drop leaf table is a clever extra surface for baking and serving and in a specially-built inglenook, there’s a retro cream Aga which runs on electricity — the

rest of the heating runs on oil. Adjoining the kitchen is a west-facing snug which functions as a dining room and is chock-a-block with prints, paintings and early works by Humphries. Again the views from here are superb. Also off the kitchen are a utility room, washroom and walk-in pantry, while the back wall has a hand-built dresser, also in elm. Across at the other side of the house, there’s a small lobby off of which is the s outh-facing guest bedroom, a large double room with adjoining shower room. Fittings >>>

“This house is a masterclass in understatement, but there’s a perfectionist touch to the less is more arrangement of furniture and fittings”

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Some great ideas for you to use in your home and where to get them

1 Old Pine furniture —no, it hasn’t had its day and because the style du jour has moved on to minimalism, old pine is now more available at auction — and more affordable. 2 Feng Shui Money Tree: This succulent plant, which is easily rooted from a slip, is placed in a particular corner of a house to attract prosperity. The placement of the plant, usually a Pachira, will depend on your particular Feng Shui practitioner/ belief.

3 Simple but beautiful: This blond oak staircase was specially commissioned to the owner’s design and slots in nicely into the main living room made by Ger Harte, Skibbereen 4 Dresser: Part of the handmade kitchen, there is something very homely and very practical about a dresser. This is built of elm by Andy Challacombe, Skibbereen 086 3565831. 5 Horse Tyre Swing: Created by American artist Patrick Palumbo, these are made from old car tyres turned inside out. Clean and safe — they’re highly durable and suitable for children of three years up and can safely carry up to 90kg. £52.50 (€59.88) www.hibbit.co.uk 6 Hag of Beara — oil on canvas Ian Humphries Price: €18,000.

>>> here are classic and unshowy and doors, like the rest of the house, are handbuilt and latched. The latches are also hand-forged and were brought in from England. Flooring throughout the ground floor is wide-plank oak and overhead, the ceiling is sheeted in specially made bead and butt pine. This was specified by Humphries as he didn’t want the standard, narrow sheeting available — the result is a much more authentic and much better quality of finish — again, God is in the detail here. Likewise, the staircase is subtle, simple oak, climbing upwards from the southwestern corner of the living room and supported by a cast iron column picked up in an salvage yard in Cork. Overhead, there are two delightful children’s bedrooms with an amount of quirky but very pink fittings and old, old furniture put to new and clever uses.

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The master bedroom, on the other hand, has a Shaker simplicity which doesn’t take from the views from the room’s three windows. The main bathroom has a stand-alone claw foot bath, separate shower stall and plenty of space — its window also faces out over the water towards the Fastnet. The studio meanwhile, is a hymn to Humphries’ industry — he paints most days and the walls of the innermost room are splattered and busy with leaning canvasses and easels. Built to domestic standard, this two-room building could have any amount of secondary uses. Set on what Skibbereen-based auctioneer Pat Maguire describes as ‘a peerless plot’ this Heir Island cottage is on offer at €595,000, which reflects not only the quality and quantity of the property on offer, but also, the high values of what is, says Maguire, a very upmarket island.

SOURCEBOOK Contractors: Martin & Ger Harte, Skibbereen 086 8533423 .................................................................................................. Consulting engineers: John J Collins, Skibbereen 028 22928 .................................................................................................. Joinery/Windows: External Teak Windows & Doors: Munster Joinery (www.munsterjoinery.ie) .................................................................................................. Internal Glazed doors, bespoke kitchen units, dresser, fitted wardrobes: Andy Challacombe, Skibbereen 086 3565831. .................................................................................................. Internal doors, bead & butt panelling, solid ash staircase: Ger Harte, Skibbereen .................................................................................................. Electrical: Barry Bros Electrical, Skibbereen, 028 21795

.................................................................................................. Plumbing: Adrian Keohane, Skibbereen 087 6825473 .................................................................................................. Kitchen/fitted units: Andy Challacombe, Skibbereen 086 3565831

.................................................................................................. Bathroom Fixtures & Fittings: Michael J Walsh Plumbing & Heating, Market Street Skibbereen 028 21675 .................................................................................................. Flooring and Tiles: Whites Tiles, Clonakilty, 023 8834848 www.whitestiles.com

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We take a detailed look at one aspect of the home every week ...

UNIQUE DESIGNS

Bespoke

Get the look without breaking the bank ■ A love of the sewing needle and an eye for couture combine to make the unique aesthetic of Aiveen Daly's furniture. Describing herself as an upholsterer belies the skill, craftsmanship and sense of style that underpin her work, and includes chairs, lampshades, bed headboards and panels. For more see www.aiveendaly.com.

So, custom-designed furniture is out of your price range, right? Don’t go ruling it out just yet, writes Carol O’Callaghan

SHAPE UP Consider some witty purchases, too, which are both goodlooking and functional.

The work of Danish design team Normann Copenhagen includes Hang On, a functional, attractive and very witty coat and hat hanger (€67 www.normann-copenhagen.com).

Quirky shapes turn furniture designed by Jenny Walsh into a conversation piece (jennywalshdesign.com). The other-world, ethereal quality of Joseph Walsh’s Enignum canopy bed is a testament to his ability to innovate through wood and to the imagination it takes to conceive of such a piece (Price on application www.josephwalshstudio.com).

James the Bookend will prop up your tomes, and he even has a twin, James the Doorstop (€22.50 www.black-blum.com).

THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT Consider some up-and-coming design talent. Here are a few to watch. Above: Sasha Sykes has focused on a witty design for her aptly named Horse table (www.farm21.co.uk). Top right: Nature and its impact on the landscape inspire the work of designer maker John Lee with the Salcombe table. (Price on application www.johnleefurniture.com.) Right: The Shogun stool is reminiscent of traditional Japanese furniture but has a local touch with the inclusion of an abundance of rose petals (www.farm21.co.uk).

AVE you ever fallen in love with a piece of furniture or a beautiful accessory only to have your heart broken by the devastating words “price on application?” For some reason we equate the term with something being so outrageously expensive that it’s too shameful to put the price in print. Not so. It usually means there are so many varieties of the product in terms of materials, finishes and sizes that it’s impossible to give one price, and the same applies if you are opting for the bespoke route and wish to have something made to your own specifications. In other words, very often what you are buying under the tag “price on application” is something unique, made

with the best materials by highly skilled craftsmen who right now are the antique makers of the future. So if you’re in the market for commissioning a piece or buying from the collection of a designer/maker, consider first how much you have to spend. If the sum is in the hundreds, and even low hundreds at that, check out the work of young, up-and-coming designers who can make a one-off piece for you. It’s a bit like buying art from artists at the beginning of their career before they hit the big time and their prices soar. Of course it’s important to stress that as designers’ prices increase, it’s a reflection of the development in the complexity of their work which comes with experience and the use of more technically ambitious materials.

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Shop around and check designers’ websites to get a feel for who best suits your tastes. A good start is www.creamofirishdesign.com which is a loose collection of designers/makers who market themselves at expositions under this umbrella group. Consider visiting studios and workshops and see some of the other work designers have in progress, and you may even find they’ve already made a piece that’s right for you. Many will have a collection with limited editions of each piece, usually 10 or 20, and you’ll receive a certificate of authenticity with your purchase if you choose this option. This sort of purchase can make a lovely wedding gift, especially nowadays when couples already have all the essentials, so getting them

involved in the commissioning and letting them see their gift develop will be a lovely story for them to pass on to future generations along with the finished piece. More and more design shops are also selling lovely items that you can pick up for under €50. Above all, don’t be frightened by the idea of buying to your own specifications or the imagination of a talented designer. With your antique of the future you’ll create an heirloom which right now is highly modern, a good investment and a fun project. And did I mention, a highly addictive activity too. Next week we Fall for the mellow shades of autumn and cosy up to some of the fabrics and soft furnishings of the season.

Multi-function underpins the work of Victoria Breathnach, whose Red Admiral set of four tables configure into a set of stools, a coffee table and a single bench (€190 for one, €375 for two, €750 for four www.victoriabreathnach.ie).

Left: Rye is encapsulated in Sasha Sykes’ three-panel Rye Field Screen giving the impression it’s floating in mid-air (www.farm21.co.uk). Right: Walnut Breakfront Bookcase €8,695 available at New Furniture Centre, Cork.

Above: Clean lines characterise the designs of Davin Larkin, particularly his Lanky console (€995 www.kooyongdesign.ie).

Above: The Dunleavy Brothers made this American walnut Clef music stand (€2,300 dunleavybespoke.com).

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BEWARE THE FALL OF THE WALL

DIYTIPS

Wall mirror collection If you have a disinteresting area of wall in any room, invite in the light with not one, but an eclectic mix of boot sale and pound shop mirrors. Hand mirrors can be used for a delightful collection, their shape uniting them without additional redecoration. WHAT YOU NEED: ■ A number of framed mirrors of varying sizes and depths loosely united by style. ■ Primer and paint to re-do the frames if you want more visual harmony. ■ Broadsheet newspaper and pen

If all hell is to be unleashed at plasterwork, have a Marietta and a cup of tea at the ready says Kya deLongchamps

t’s the first cheery bleat from any television personality faced with two rooms and a family pining for yawning, contemporary space — “take out the wall”. Still, sacrificing the individual function and implied privacy of two rooms or more for one, is something you should consider from every perspective. Space is space, not the appearance of space. What price your sanity when Dora the Explorer is shrieking away while you’re trying to do the household accounts? The success of an open-plan depends on some private remove and the ideal is not for grown adults to be forced into hiding in their bedrooms. Do you actually need more square metres with the inclusion of an extension or a trip into the roof space with a loft conversion? Architect Andrew Shorten, with his experiences of improving extant floor plans and the benefits of passive house design, points out how open-plan can make use of outdoor orientation to the full. “In most houses, the front room might get the sun in the morning and the back room the sun in the evening, or visa versa. When you remove the wall between these two rooms, the whole space now gets the sun all day long,” he says. STRUCTURAL OR PARTITION WALLS? Removing a load-bearing wall can seriously compromise the structural integrity of the house. We’re talking about seismic shifts, endangering the stability of the surrounding walls, upper floors and even the roof relying on that wall to transfer weight from the roof down into the foundations. A structural engineer will be able to determine what part the wall plays, deciding if it is structural, a partition wall or a structural wall that is actually rendered redundant by other supporting walls doing the same job. This is in many cases not a civilian DIY decision. Partitions can be brick and block, stud frames covered in plasterboard and skim, or containing lathe and plaster more usual to older houses. Proper identification is crucial. Not every stud wall framed in timber is a partition, and in a timber-framed property, it may well be holding up part of the house. Many less than hilarious homemade dramas started with a casual knuckle rap on the plasterboard, followed by an assault on an apparently benign partition containing a single vertical structural support, termed a ‘point-load’. Timber!

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■ Blu-tac ■ Wall-plugs and screws to suit your frames ■ Metallic paint for enclosing border on walls (optional)

You get the picture? You can get some idea of whether your wall is likely to be a supporting structure by taking a trip up into the attic. Roof braces generally run across the top of supporting walls, but supporting walls upstairs do not necessary match with supporting walls downstairs in a two-storey house. Again, original floor boards running parallel with the walls may indicate a structural wall, but this is hit and miss as the boards may have been replaced over time. If you live in a semi-detached house, where you may share runs of structural wall, you should talk to your neighbour before mucking around with them. In fact, if all hell is to be unleashed at the plasterwork for any reason, have a Marietta and a cup of tea at the ready. DEMOLITION DAY The walls around the load-bearing wall will have to be braced temporarily during the course of the work and then permanently supported, not something generally undertaken by a homeowner without serious construction experience. The work and components are heavy. Where alternative bracing is being introduced across the ceiling, ask your architect or contractor to explain exactly what will be left on show, as often a supporting RSJ lintel will protrude lower than the original ceiling. Taking out the existing partition wall is not simply the primal joy of attacking the walls with a lump hammer. Chances are the wall is threaded with utilities — electrical wiring and possibly some plumbing pipes or even a radiator. The removal of these elements and planning out how to re-direct them will require a few hours help of a registered tradesman, so include this in your budget. Old plaster and lathes partitions will yield mummified mice and all sorts of lung-tickling rubbish. Wear a dust mask, heavy gloves and look out for nails and sharp debris. Cover furniture and flooring, close surrounding doors, taping them up to keep penetrating dust out of adjoining rooms. If you have enough skill to finish the surroundings after the wall is taken out, there’s a chance to save some money, but balance this against an honest assessment of your plastering prowess. A basic job (presuming you are not including pocket doors or other complications) will require plaster board, edged where needed in steel trims, seamed in tape and skimmed.

■ Painters’ masking tape (blue)

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Prime and paint the frames if you want the group to have a cohesive colour theme. Mask the glass carefully before starting. Trace an outline of each framed mirror onto newspaper, cut out and using Blu-tac to fix on the wall, use templates to determine your arrangement. Vertical groupings will suggest a taller wall. Place the largest template at the centre of the arrangement but don’t aim for symmetry for the rest. Try some on their side and crowd them in places. Have someone hold each mirror up to see what it reflects. Ensure it’s something attractive. Attach each mirror to the wall, being careful of already hanging frames

● Go Further: Mask a generous framing line with painters’ tape and add a faded, slightly broken gilt border to outline a tight grouping. Less is more, nothing too bold.

Q&A

Do you have a DIY question you would like answered? Send it to interiors@examiner.ie

Q. What sort of expense am I facing in taking out a structural wall between my principle living areas? Is it a wise investment? A. The rough costs for a 3m opening are likely to be: Knock wall (€250), steel beam (€300), make good all plaster work (€250), make good floor with new tiles, etc (€250), repainting (€100), skip hire (€180).

Baseboards will have be mitred and matched and plug points and switches placed. Matching the wall colour to the existing room, will more often than not demand the whole room is repainted. If the floor is being refreshed, running it through the entire space suggests unity. Andrew explains: “A common problem arises when the floors in both rooms are not at the same level. We have encountered situations where one floor is 50mm higher that the other.” In the hands of architect, this tricky threshold becomes a fertile aesthetic

contained in a practical conundrum. AN ARCHITECT’S EYE Walls don’t just divide rooms, they channel you in a certain direction, offering hanging space and impart places to stage furniture. You don’t have to remove the entire wall to create a sense of openness and flow and it’s worth consulting an architect to explore the full potential of exploding your current floorplan. A freestanding slab of wall that can be walked around could be left or even introduced to mask a hall space and

stair from the adjoining living room. In a kitchen, an island or breakfast bar functions as a half-wall delineating task areas. Leaving a small complete height of slender wall on either side of an opening can support a friendly nook for an armchair and shelving, a spot for a side table and artwork with dedicated lighting. This also puts a discreet embrace on each area, stamping them with a whisper of independence, and swallowing up the pocket doors you may choose to include to split them entirely when needed. A proscenium style opening with a curved arch is

highly popular with a width of wall left all around. Unless you share the imagination of JK Rowling, 3D Imaging is the best way to visualise your home without their current lengths of interrupting interior wall. Ask your architect to show you a walk through of the finished project, including his or her recommendations great and small for making ultimate use of this brave, new configuration. To search for a suitable architect in your area go online to the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. www.riai.ie.

Q. Will the RSJ (Rolled Steel Joist) replacing the block partition between my dining room and kitchen protrude below the ceiling height? Is there any way of disguising it? A. If the joists are running perpendicular to the RSJ, then it will protrude below the ceiling. If the joists run parallel, then the RSJ could be hidden within the depth of the ceiling joists. However, this is more difficult to do and involves causing some temporary damage to the upstairs rooms during the work. Q. What can I do to have a partition

between two rooms without it being a wall? (Thinking of pocket doors or other ideas here). A. This could be achieved by simply having a large free-standing bookcase in the middle where people can walk all the way around it, but it still gives a sense of separation. A sliding wall of glass, can look fantastic, but is a much more expensive option. Q. Do I have to take the entire wall out to make my smaller rooms suggest one big space? I was hoping to keep some hanging space and a place for a large sideboard. A. Leaving the central piece of the wall, which is often a fireplace, and knocking out the walls either side of it is a great way to allow one space to flow into another, without losing that sense of individuality for each space. ■ Answers by Andrew Shorten, Elite Architects Ltd Cork, specialists in passive house design and construction management. www.elitearchitectsltd.com.

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WISH LIST From Irish furniture designers to recycled furniture, Esther N McCarthy looks at what’s hot in interiors this week

Bring a touch of autumnal colour to the table with the red leaf bowl. €6.95 from Meadows and Byrne. This fabulous piece of design wizardry is by Denis Cotter who makes bespoke furniture in Ballingeary, Co Cork. This is a coat hanger, made from spalted Irish sycamore and walnut €150. It can be ordered in a variety of wood combinations and sizes. Available to purchase directly from Allua Furniture Design, Ballingeary, Co Cork; www.alluafurnituredesign.ie or contact Denis Cotter at 086-3033353. Closed view above, open view below.

Add some cute to your kitchen with Lisa Stickley’s doggie-inspired placemats, €18 for a set of four from Debenhams.

Light up with this ornate lampshade in white and blue, available in from Amity’s French Church Street store in Cork. It comes in four sizes, small (€55), medium (€65), large (€75) and extra large (€85).

Busybees in Crumlin recycle, prepare and resell pre-loved furniture at great prices but also provide a removal service for any unwanted household furniture in reusable condition. Busybees is a not-for-profit furniture recycling business that collects furniture which would otherwise be destined for the dump and give it a new lease of life. They’ve also opened a pop-up shop in Rathmines. This cream oak cabinet is €280. www.furniturerecyclingdublin.com.

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Glass is very on-trend in interiors at the moment. Reflect on the Arkitek by Actiu, and it comes in a choice of colours. €850 from O’Brien Office Systems, www.obos.ie.

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Blend in with this Russell Hobbs hand-blender from the Desire range. With two speed settings an additional pulse control, plus a large 1.5L capacity. €29.99 available from a range of stores including Brown Thomas, Kellehers Electrical and MD O’Shea.

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WORK FOR THE WEEK

ASK THE

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Guest Designer Sarah Brown director of Sarah Brown Interior Design (www.sbinteriors.ie), president of The Interiors Association Ireland of answers your questions. Email: interiors@examiner.ie

We have a two-storey living room, which though spacious always feels austere — how can I make it cosier for the winter?

white artwork or photography — or you could choose a more playful theme like zebra print or polka dots. If wall-to-wall black and white still scares you, black and cream is a glamorous alternative.

A. Lofty 18ft ceilings certainly make a room feel bigger and grander. But at home, clients often complain that high ceilings can also lead to lack of cosiness, sound transmission problems and energy inefficiency. However, there are ways to visually lower the ceiling. As the room is bigger, everything else — windows, light fixtures and fireplace — should be in scale. Fabrics and textures will help warm the room up — think long valance curtains, velvet throw pillow and large area rugs.With all that space, a 5ft ‘Midi’ Budda Bag (from €370) would be ideal for snuggling up on cold winter nights. Suspended track lighting, floor lamp and candle light will help make the room feel more intimate.

Q. My aunt has given me a handme-down sofa for my new apartment, but it stinks of cigarette smoke – how can I get rid of the odour?

Q. I’d like to decorate my bedroom in classic black & white, without it looking like a chess board – any tips? A. Whether on their own or together, contrasting black and white make a bold statement. However, as large blocks of black can feel a little overwhelming in the bedroom, my advice is to use it sporadically against white surroundings. White walls will make the room seem larger, calm and uncluttered. But to avoid it looking overly clinical, use black accessories such as black-framed bed, iron-framed mirror light fixtures and picture frames. For full on Hollywood boudoir effect, add some hot pink accents, ornate French chandelier and black and

A. Cigarette smoke permeates furniture, carpets, walls and just about every other surface in your home – if you’re a non-smoker, there’s nothing worse. Your first instinct is probably to reach for the Febreze – but unless the odour you’re battling is very weak, this will probably only provide a temporary reprieve from the stink. With the money you saved on a new sofa, have some professional cleaners come and steam clean it for you. Be sure to let them know your objective first, so they can use the appropriate cleaning solution. If you’re on a budget, try covering the couch with baking soda, patting it into the fabric, leaving it overnight and then hoovering it clean. Finally, I would use an air deodoriser such as Ambi-Pur or Febreze close to the sofa. Q. I’m redecorating my home — and though I can’t afford to hire an interior designer, I’ve heard there’s interior design software you can get? Design professionals have been using AutoCad – a specialised design, architectural drawing and engineering software application – for almost 30 years. But these days, there are lots of amateur-friendly versions around too. Creating a ‘blueprint’ of your home, the

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This Ain’t No Disco

Above: Caprice Maralyn duvet cover set, from €34.00, available from www.littlewoodsireland.ie. Below: Budda Bag ‘Midi’, from €370, available from www.buddabagstore.com

‘drag-and-drop’ software allows you to move walls or add windows without lifting a finger — except to click the mouse! You can save or print out different colour schemes, views of the room or furniture arrangements – bring it with you when you go shopping so you know exactly what you need. Some 3D programs even let you ‘walk through’ your new home to see if you like it. Try Autodesk Homestyler (www.homestyler.com – free) or Plan 3D (www.plan3d.com – US$15.95 (€11.30) for a one-month subscription).

Coochicoos

This site invites agencies to show “their inner sanctum”. Basically it’s given companies that spend a lot of time and money on interior design a chance to show it off, and it gives nosey parkers a chance to drool over them. The creators of the site reckon the interiors “provide insight as to the breadth and depth of their thinking and creative execution”. Some of them are really gorgeous. It would almost make you want to go to work. Almost. Check out Crowell Advertising, Marketing and PR offices in Salt Lake city, it’s my favourite.

This website is subtle, stylish and a good resource for anyone looking for something special for their home. It is full of quality art deco and mid-century items that have been chosen to stand the test of time. Killian McNulty promises a troublefree shopping experience. There’s a live chat feature too and the easy-tonavigate site is divided into styles, periods and designers. There’s free delivery to Ireland and McNulty also offers a two-week cooling-off period with a ‘full refund no questions asked policy’ on all pieces.

Great name! It is aimed at all the design-conscious parents out there. Created by Robert Yang, a former architect and now a dad, it focuses on modern, über-stylish baby products, children’s furniture, and anything to do with your darling little rugrats basically. The site was launched in 2005 to report on the growing modern design trends happening for baby decor, furniture, fashion, and baby gear. Do check out the Nursery Gallery tab, though, it will keep you entertained. The Children’s Books section is wonderful too.

■ www.thisaintnodisco.com

■ www.mid-centuryonline.com

■ www.coochicoos.com

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BULBS: If you have a damp patch in the garden which could do with some bulb colour next spring then indulge in a dozen or so of the snake’s-head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, whose elegant bells are regularly marked in purple chessboard squares with two tones of purple or, quite often, white and green. It is one of the most exquisite things you could ever grow. In that damp patch, it will increase naturally so that in a season or two a fine display will be formed giving colour for a long period during mid spring.

■ Douglas Union of Parishes with Cork Flower Club and Friends will hold a Harvest Flower Festival in St Luke’s Church, Douglas Friday, September 23 to Sunday, September 25. The opening will be by guest of honour Helen Dillon at the wine reception on Friday at 7.30pm. Admission is €10 by ticket or invitation only. Viewing and refreshments on Saturday 10am to 6pm (admission €10), after which a concert “Music amongst the Flowers” takes place (admission €15 by ticket only). Sunday viewing and refreshments is from 10am to 2pm (admission €10).

ANEMONE: Staying with damp patches, be assured that some of the gorgeous deep-pink or glowing white Japanese anemones (currently in flower) do well in such conditions and if the spot is partially shaded, then so much the better. They’ll grow in ordinary, fertile soil provided it can hold some moisture but it must never become waterlogged. Good companions could include the now faded Thalictrums, violet spikes of Aconitum ‘Bressingham Spire’ and airy deschampsia ‘Goldtau’ which can bring a modern ambience to the scene.

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MAINTENANCE: September is a good time to carry out any construction work that may be needed in the garden for the days are still fairly long and pleasantly warm. Pay particular attention to paths, steps, and walkways. Repair guttering, finish painting, and put some preservative on timber panelling. Last week I came across some boxes of narrow plastic mesh rolls (and accompanying clips) for fixing to rainwater gutters. Sold as ‘Gutter Guard’ (Aldi) it stops leaves, twigs and other debris from blocking gutters. It virtually eliminates the need for gutter cleaning allowing gutters and downpipes to run free and clear. The exercise of fitting the guard was straightforward and easy. You might like to do similar for it will save yearly cleaning. LAVATERA: Has been enjoying resurgence in popularity in recent years and if a friend or neighbour has a large plant then ask for a small cutting for propagation purposes. Take semi-ripe cuttings if at all possible, pulling off three to four-inch long shoots with a heel of bark attached. Dip the base of this into a rooting hormone powder and pot up into gritty compost. Keep in a shaded cold frame or cool part of the greenhouse.

■ Full day ‘Autumn Gardening Seminar’ with Dermot O’Neill and Brian Cross takes place at Fota Arboretum and Gardens, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork, Saturday, September 24 from 9am. ■ Macroom Flower and Garden Club floral demonstration “Changing Seasons” by Angela Heffron, Coolcower House, Thursday at 8pm. ■ Innishannon Flower and Garden Club meet in The West Cork Secret Garden at Kilbrittain, on Wednesday leaving the village at 6.30pm sharp. ■ Mallow Flower and Garden Club host a floral demonstration with Mary Teresa Linehan in the Mercy Centre on Tuesday, September 20 at 8pm. ■ The Secret Garden, Newmarket will give free advice on all aspects of poultry keeping on Sunday. Poultry on sale 2pm to 5pm. 029-60084 or www.thesecretgardener.com. Dead-heading dahlias can be a pleasantly squashy business but the flower stem should certainly be taken back to the nearest set of leaves.

No pulling or tweaking of the cuttings before late spring next year. PERENNIALS: Many gardeners would make a better attempt at deadheading if they realised the great returns this therapeutic process will have on them-and on their plants! The entire tribe of phlox, and all varieties of helenium and fuchsia need deadheading now, also absolutely anything you are keeping in a container. Deadheading dahlias can be a pleasantly squashy business but the flower stem should certainly be taken back to the nearest set of leaves. If not, it will die back anyway. Dahlias really respond

ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDEN AS autumn extends crops start dying off in the garden. It is important to remove any plant debris as this will reduce the possibility of overwintering pests and disease. It is a good opportunity to add green material to your compost heap.

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Autumn jobs If you have strawberries now is the time to remove the stolons/runners and pot them on to make new plants. Every three years or so you should take up parent plants and put down runners to ensure you get the best strawberries.

to constant dead-heading, an encouragement for a long season into late October and in the south, into November. Bedding dahlias are a real pain for they require dead-heading every second or third day is you want to keep a really good show going. As to heleniums, the most prolific forms such as Moerheim Beauty are already beginning to form a second crop in the axils of the leaves so cut back to these points. Bear in mind that all this work is not just a matter of neatness. Intelligent dead-heading will most certainly encourage a second crop of flower before bitter frosts wipe all away for winter.

■ Ballincollig Flower and Garden Club host a talk entitled “My Favourite Plants” by Miriam Cotter on Monday next at 8pm in the Oriel House Hotel. ■ Youghal Flower and Garden Club will hold a gala demonstration by Sandra Finnegan on Tuesday in the Walter Raleigh Hotel. A wine reception and a plant sale will also take place. Admission, €12 will aid Cystic Fibrosis. ■ Conna and District Flower and Garden Club hold their Annual Horticultural Show in the Community Hall tomorrow at 3pm. ■ ‘Inspirational Seasonal Colour in your Garden’ is the title of the free talks at Griffins, Dripsey this Tuesday and Thursday at noon.

by Grace Maher

Pot them on and leave outside over winter and plant them in the spring. Green manures Green manures are an excellent way to keep vegetable beds weed-free over the winter. Select an overwintering variety and then dig it into the soil in the spring and you are ready to sow your crops again in a clean fertile bed. Farmyard Manure In an ideal situation you should add manure to the soil in the autumn time, this gives it plenty of time to break

down over the winter and the nutrients are ready to be taken up by plants in the spring. If your soil needs lime you can then add this in the spring. If you don’t get to add manure in the autumn you can always do it in the springtime — better late than never! Remember to always add composted manure never fresh manure. Bed preparation Remove any plants and weeds and once you incorporate your manure then cover your bed with a mulch or black plastic.

This will keep the weeds down and means that when you are ready to plant again in spring your vegetable bed is clean and ready to go. The soil will rest over the winter to take advantage of it and get some well earned rest yourself ! Take the time to look through organic seed catalogues to get ready for 2012! To get some great free advice on organic gardening go to the Dromcollogher Organic Picnic on Sunday from 12 — 4 pm. It is free to attend and there are workshops and activities for all ages.

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Gardening never stops Put away the spade for the winter and come inside. The gardening bug can be satisfied online. Kya deLongchamps reports

Gypsophila forms clouds of diminutive green-centred white blooms which can look absolutely stunning in the muted evening light of autumn. Also known as Baby’s Breath, the perennial is not hard to source.

Breathe life into Autumn

HE nights may be drawing in, but that doesn’t mean your favourite hobby has to go to ground too. In the dormant months, there’s plenty of time to do some reading and research to kick start those spring plantings. With a PC or laptop linked to the internet and even the most modest of digital cameras, you can explore the best of what gardening and its followers have to offer. The internet is a vast resource of information and points of communication. For gardeners often working in isolation with an array of plant types, problems and projects, it has become a vital extra tool. Whether you’re a veteran horticulturist or a keen hobby gardener, one point of contact everyone can benefit from is a garden-based discussion group, termed a DG or forum. Fellow enthusiasts can recommend not only plants and techniques, but by uploading photographs you can get input on landscaping work, plant, pests and so much more. Garden.ie is a vibrant free magazine style website based in Ireland with hundreds of articles, a popular forum, a supplier search, a plant finder, troubleshooting, plus tips and individual help from expert Gerry Daly. Invite other

gardeners into your garden with their Gardening Club, starting an illustrated journal where you can share your personal experiences. Across the pond, the BBC’s gardening pages include a highly useful Pest and Disease application that works plant by plant, offering a questionnaire format to nail that villainous problem. Try Irish Gardeners.com at gardenplansireland.com lively DG, or for the expertise, chat and courses from the food growing community toiling in gardens and allotments nationwide, introduce yourself to the much celebrated Grow It Yourself community at www.giyireland.com. While you’re strolling around the BBC website, skip over to gardenersworld.com, to enjoy 120 video projects ranging from making a bird raft for your pond to protecting infant banana plants from cold weather. Plantsmen and women will enjoy the Plant Selector, available through the Royal Horticultural Society’s extensive database. (www.rhs.org.uk) Enter the sunlight, soil and other conditions plus the height, colour and other desirable characteristics for an instant list of potential plants.

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Seeds are light to ship and an ideal way to order something economical and original from a wide catalogue of available species in traditional and new varieties. Sutton Seeds www.suttonseeds.co.uk has an eye watering array of spring and summer flowers on offer with shipping to Ireland at just £4.95 (€5.60). If you are looking for organic vegetable seeds, the Organic Centre’s range is also online at www.theorganiccentre.ie. Marshalls, another popular seed supplier ships to Ireland for £3.95 (€5.65). Email them for a detailed quote after enjoying their on-line catalogue at www.marshall-seeds.co.uk. Beechill Bulbs have just put their spring bulbs online at www.bulbs.ie and Johnstown Garden Centre’s extensive stock is always worth a virtual glance. www.johnstowngardencentre.ie. Garden Design software can be expensive, but there is software to download for free too. Be aware that some, but not all of theses downloadable programs are an introduction to a more sophisticated product with a price tag of anything from €15 to several hundred. Google

You can explore the best of what gardening and its followers have to offer

SketchUp 8 (not the Pro version) is an easy to use free 3D system for making soft and hard landscape designs. When you’re finished, walk around your project or print out a view of what you’ve designed. www.gardendesignpro.co.uk. To save money on commercial software, vouch for the older versions of the programs that will run with your PC, often a quarter of the price of the current version and barely tweaked from its original form. Amazon.co.uk is a great place to start. There are gadgets you can use with you PC to predict, record and analyse everything from temperature to humidity, and probably the most interesting one yet to reach us here in Ireland is the Black & Decker PlantSmart. Shaped like a witty little flower it’s stuck into a piece of garden and left for 24 hours. You then bring your intelligent friend indoors and plug it into the computer through a USB cable where it will give you a run down of sunlight conditions, temperature, soil type, moisture and even some prompts on what to plant in that spot from a growing database of suggested plantings. Currently it’s priced at around $60 (€42), in the US, but keep your eyes open for similar products on the garden centres shelves early next year.

HE beauty of gardening is its variety. And the great pleasure for those who partake in this wonderful hobby is in feeling that the garden can take the imprint of their individuality. An obvious way to put individuality into any garden is in plant choice. These will be your constant companions and as such will always please. That said, there are some weeks when I feel pleased with my own efforts, and at other times I despair! The pleased moments usually happen in early spring and last to the middle of June. By then, all the freshness has faded, and everything becomes heavy; plants have lost the adolescent look, that look of astonishment at their own unblemished youth. During summer and early autumn, there can be a return of these simple delights when, if only for a few hours, the garden looks perfect. In reality of course these are the exception; flashes of fleeting pictures on an otherwise bland canvas. However, I do recall being particularly surprised one evening recently by the magnificence and

by Charlie Wilkins brightness of some newlyintroduced dahlias, at the perfume from late blooms on the climbing rose Madame Gregoire Stachylin, and at the sheer size and volume of a pair of potted Hosta Gold Standard. Despite these, the solitary plant of Gypsophila growing nearby stole the limelight, its elegant billowing heads of bloom moving ever so gently in the breeze. This perennial, which is commonly known as “Baby’s Breath” had looked shrivelled for most of summer but the heat of a few days’ sun had breathed animation into its stems and the diminutive, green-centred, white blooms suddenly came to life. It looked absolutely stunning in the muted evening light, for the flowers seemed luminous and they twitched like moths. That single plant grows in a tall terra-cotta pot which had not been filled fully with compost, for the stems of Gypsophila require to be propped up. They relied on the restraining sides as support, for such is its billowing head of flower that the weight of its stems could easily tear themselves away from the central root-stock. Be warned of this, for once those three-foot growths get airborne the

plant could indeed pull itself to pieces. Best grown in full sun, Gypsophila will also perform in semi-shade so you can tuck it in anywhere for a really bright early autumn effect. This perennial I recommend to all smart gardeners for the lightness of its shape (so unusual in late summer blooms) which means it can be incorporated into artful plantings along with phlox, dahlias, or the strong vertical lines of Agapanthus. As to phlox, it is not generally appreciated that it can have a second season of flower — shorter stemmed, may I add, but still very welcome towards the dewy end of September and onwards into October. Simply pinch out their first heads of bloom as they fade or cut the stems to a lower pair of leaves before giving two liquid feeds at fortnightly intervals. The pale blues and lavender blues look best during this second flowering for they give the impression that smoke is in the air along with the first of the autumnal mists. When cut for indoors, the scent of phlox can be slightly rank, though it will still be found ideal for flower arranging.

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136 Kingerlee works will draw interest, says Des O’Sullivan

he John Kingerlee retrospective studio sale in Cork has created considerable interest. No less than 136 works by the west Cork-based artist are to be sold in a no reserve auction by Morgan O’Driscoll at the CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery in Cork on Sunday week (September 18) at 4pm. The works, from 1969 to

2010, are being offered by Kingerlee’s patron, the Northern Irish businessman Larry Powell. He has promoted exhibitions by the artist from America to China. Estimates range from €300 to €20,000. At previous no reserve studio sales this year by Morgan O’Driscoll many works have sold for below the lower estimate. Viewing is from 11am to

6pm next Friday and Saturday and from 11am to the start of the sale at 4pm on September 18. Meanwhile Lynes and Lynes will have a sale at Carrigtwohill, Co Cork next Saturday at noon. Included is a Georgian hunt table, a Georgian sideboard, a pair of antique library chairs, a day bed, sets of six and eight Irish dining chairs along with tables, chests

Kilcatherine Landscape by John Kingerlee is, at €15,000€20,000, the most expensively estimated work in the Morgan O’Driscoll sale in Cork on September 18.

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unster auction goers have plenty to choose from in the coming week with sales in Limerick City, Newcastlewest, Tralee and Sixmilebridge, Co Clare. The sale at Kerry Auction Rooms in Tralee at noon on Tuesday features antique furniture and over 400 lots of porcelain. The art on offer includes a 1975 painting entitled “Self ”

by the Limerick artist John Shinnors as well as works by Charles Harper, Helen Allingham, Marshall Hutson, Robert Scott Bertram and others. The sale at Limerick Auction Rooms, Ballysimon Road, at 2.30pm tomorrow features furniture, collectables, art and old Irish newspapers. An oil on board by Alexander Carruthers Gould (1870-1948) and a

rare Staffordshire Zebra with snake feature at O’Donovan and Associates at Newcastlewest, Co Limerick today at 11am The 1,200 lot auction at Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare this Tuesday at 10.30am features three Victorian horse drawn carriages in excellent condition, a selection of antique furniture and collectables including jade, porcelain, militaria, Waterford glass and books. Above: This oil on board by Alexander Carruthers Gould (1870-1948) is at O’Donovan’s sale in Newcastlewest, Co Limerick today. It is estimated at €800-€1,200.

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