I’ve been away for a while and haven’t quite caught up with myself yet, so I have to say WOW to technology and both Sky Plus and the RTE player services. I’ve just sat and watched the two episodes of Room To Improve that I missed while away. Thank goodness I didn’t have to miss out on my fix!
Loved both episodes! Lots of rows and controversy!
I thought the design that Dermot came up with for the farmhouse in Tullow was absolutely amazing, and so brave too. I completely get why Tom was nervous when he was dealing with all that family history. Cutting through that stone wall with the diamond saw was pretty immense. What a kitchen though! I just couldn’t get over how they made a traditional cream AGA work so well into a seamless and modern kitchen. The extractor in the worktop looked great as well. They are a fabulous idea but are probably much easier to install in a full refurb like this rather than trying to retro-fit them.
The two houses into one in Dundalk was really interesting too. Yvonne and John were obviously very strong minded people and knew what they wanted. I absolutely LOVED the builder! He handled the whole window thing very well but when he won on the kitchen, well I thought he might do a little dance!!! Brilliant! It is always difficult, as the customer, when you’ve got so many experts all fighting for different things. I think it’s great that the professionals get so involved but how do you as a client decide who to trust. I guess the answer has to be your own gut instinct. Anyway, as always it all worked out in the end. The house was fantastic and as I must always pass comment on the kitchen….it wasn’t my kind of style but it worked really well in the house. It’s always frustrating that we can’t see more though. There was some sort of argument over the design and I’d love to have more detail on that. AND I really wanted to see how they furnished the open plan office. The open plan concept is also a really good idea in regards to kids and computer usage in the future.
And that was the second last episode in the series, what will I do when it’s over?!!!!
Clayre Roche
