Gillian Corry
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This wallpaper is killing me – one of us will have to go!
Oscar Wilde’s famous last words from his deathbed in a French hotel over one hundred years ago, are testament to the strong emotions created as a result of decorating our interior walls with coloured and patterned paper. Fifty years earlier Napoleon Bonaparte suffered, as we now know, arsenic poisoning from the wallpaper on the walls […] More
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From primary school to family home
How Stephen and Rachel Conway transformed a cold, draughty primary school into a warm and comfortable family home. In this article we cover: Many of us spent our school years shivering in a draughty school room or cuddling up to the nearest lukewarm radiator. Insulation and heating may not have been a priority in our […] More
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La dolce vita
It’s not just entrepreneurs who get their best ideas when relaxing on holiday — so do self-builders and this Irish self-build with sea views certainly has a international feel. In this article, Colin and Barbara Barry of Co Down explain how they self-built their grand family home with sea views including: Colin and Barbara Barry […] More
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