73 Sandhills

This is one of my favourite rooms in the house.
I just love the colour and style of the floor and how well it works with the fireplace. The fire itself is gas and on a cold winter day it’s wonderful to be able to enjoy a fire without having to clean out ashes etc. It’s [...]

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.
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What do you say about stairs? They go up and down at the same time. :)Â
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 time [...]

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.
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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 the [...]

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.

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 Internet connection [...]

This is the upstairs bathroom - and the picture does not do it justice. A number of the special touches in the house are due to the fact that Interior Designer - Ann Gordon - was helping us when we fitted out the house. The upstairs bathroom has unusual wavey white tiles that are never-the-less [...]

While not a permanent fixture in the house - our new “visitor” will be there until someone buys it. Can you guess from the pictures below what it is? Click on the photos for a larger version.
It’s a massive Ametyst. It’s really beautiful and loads of people have commented on the atmosphere in teh house [...]

As soon as I saw this plant hiding the angels mouth I though - Speak No Evil. I’ve still to find something for See and Hear.