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This year's series will deliver a fresh batch of stunning houses every Tuesday, celebrating creativity, individuality, and clever design in homes across the country.
This week, viewers were treated to an upside down home in Donegal, a 1930s home in Dublin, and a revamped family home in Galway that has passed from one generation to the next.
Michaela and Stephen, Donegal
Michaela and Stephen live with their three children in Co Donegal. The couple found their perfect site and worked with architect Des Ewing to plan and create their dream house. The new build, split level, upside down home took three years to complete.
The couple were able to manage this incredible build and went for the upside-down layout to make the most of the location.
Michaela and Stephen furnished their interiors with a classic style with modern touches which are perfect for their young family. They love their coastal views and bright large open spaces for watching the sunset and entertaining.
Roisin Collins and Matteo Bandiera, Dublin
Roisin and Matteo live with their two sons in Dublin. The couple bought their 1930s home in 2020 and began refurbishments, tackling it in stages over the next few years and turning it into their dream family home. They were a great team as Roisin, an architect, designed the renovations while Matteo is handy at DIY.
They worked hard to redesign the layout and maximise space and got interior influence from their mid-century furniture and the Scandinavian design style with their focus being on clean lines and the use of natural materials and textures to add warmth.
The family love the fact that their home makes them happy every time they come in the front door and that it has allowed them to be creative.
Lorna Martyn, Galway
Lorna purchased her home in 2019. The house had been her family home and belonged to her parents since the 1960s and had been her grandparents' home prior to that.
The house, originally built in 1938, was extended multiple times in the 1970s and 1980s to accommodate a growing family so when Lorna was renovating it, she worked closely with her architects to create a cohesive and modern home that worked for her.
The house was essentially rebuilt except for the front façade and part of the gable that was retained.
Lorna’s home was brought to life with modern interiors, underfloor heating and mechanical ventilation which brought it from an BER E to an A2 rating. Lorna describes her interior aesthetic as modern with cosy traditional touches and loves her open plan space, which is perfect for entertaining friends and family.
