73 Sandhills

Here are a few pictures of the single bedroom upstairs. It’s what would traditionally be called the “box room” but it’s actually quite spacious. Considering that Sylvia uses it as her reception room – it has shelves, a table and chairs and one of the water fountains she sells – you might expect it to [...]

A handy feature of this photo is that you can see both sides of the hall at once. This is the area just inside the front door. We’re using a freestanding press for our shoes and polishing stuff. It’s very handy as we remove our outside shoes when we come into the house and put [...]

In one way – one of the least interesting rooms of the house – but for me there was more to it. When we lived abroad the washer and dryer were in the basement – we had to go down 3 flights of stairs to get to them. In my parents house the washer is in [...]

Here are some more photos of the hallway. The sketch of us was done at Disney a long time ago. Click on the photos for larger versions.

What do you say about stairs? They go up and down at the same time.   This is the only place in the house we put carpet – mainly because we didn’t want any footstep noise while going up and down. Our Interior Designer, Ann Gordon, suggested a specific dark (almost black) carpet. At the [...]

Here are some photos of the dining room. You can see the double doors in the background – these lead into the living room. There is a TV socket on the wall and we have satellite cables (for SKY TV) hidden away on the right. These go through to the living room. Click on the [...]

Here are some photos of the front of the house. I’ll do an update later as to why we picked this specific house – it may interest you that there were a number of reasons why we felt this was the best placed house in Sandhills.

Here’s a picture of the main bedroom. The original design of the house was to have the bed on the other side but we preferred it this way. There is a TV socket in the room and we upgraded it to have a network/Internet socket. We have a controller for the remote control that sends [...]

By popular request – here are some pictures of the kitchen. There are a number special things about it: – The kitchen itself was made by Trade Kitchens and Bedrooms in Carlow. We’re so happy with it that we’re getting them to make the kitchen in our new house. Not only that – but we’re keeping [...]

Here’s a photo of the downstairs loo. We keep the bins outside the window so we don’t have to go out into the rain.

Believe it or not – a full cosmetic studio fits into one of the bedrooms. We were originally going to use the main bedroom, which is even bigger, but decided to keep the en-suite bathroom for ourselves. The floor in this room actually has tiles – perfect if you have an allergy issues.

Even on a rainy we get to see the sun.

This is a picture of the freestanding bookshelf along one side of the living room. It’s just beside the double doors into the dining room. The space is perfect for this or a working desk. Sylvia often works in this area as she has easy access to a power socket and an Internet connection. The [...]