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Top kitchen trends to watch out for in 2025

If you're upgrading your kitchen, remodelling the layout, or considering a fresh lick of paint, here's advice — and a preview of the latest looks

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Let the sunshine in: How to use solar energy to slash winter bills

<p>For a more industrial look but without a permanent commitment, the concrete effect mural wall paper is an option; €42 per sq m, Wallsauce.</p>

home and gardens

Microcement is transforming our homes into havens of quiet luxury

Home Q&A: Should I tile my bathroom up to the ceiling?

home and gardens

Home Q&A: Should I tile my bathroom up to the ceiling?

Jennifer Sheahan: Home design ideas so you can enjoy the freedom years

home and gardens

Jennifer Sheahan: Home design ideas so you can enjoy the freedom years

Jennifer Sheahan: Ensure your home's a fab fit for middle age

home and gardens

Jennifer Sheahan: Ensure your home's a fab fit for middle age

Cheerful dog sitting in a chair by the Christmas tree

Here comes Santa Paws: Eight great gifts for pets

The most fabulous, fun, and enriching presents for deepening our bond with furry and feathered friends this festive season

Fri, 22 Nov, 2024

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What you need to know to winter-proof your home

Keep the wolf from the door: How to weather-proof your property and take the worst of the chill off your winter palace

Thu, 21 Nov, 2024

Dry November: Stay snug with our advice on dry-lining your walls

Dry November: Stay snug with our advice on dry-lining your walls

Generally, dry-lining is suited to both solid block, cavity block and timber framed walls

Sun, 17 Nov, 2024

A modern barn house with a mezzanine, large windows, and a lovely terrace with a garden - 3d render

It's a wrap: External wall insulation for your home

All you need to know about this type of insulation — which is generously supported by a grant managed by the SEAI

Sat, 16 Nov, 2024

Jennifer Sheahan: Make your starter house a home — within budget

Jennifer Sheahan: Make your starter house a home — within budget

'Owning a house offers the chance to create a space that truly feels like home. You can paint it whatever colour you want, or tear down walls'

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

Revealed: Top tile choices to refresh our home interiors

Revealed: Top tile choices to refresh our home interiors

Considering a DIY splashback or plotting a floor or full bathroom or kitchen renovation? Here's your one-stop guide

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Scandinavian interior, small cosy flat in white with some colors

Revealed: Secrets to how I made my first apartment a home

Jennifer Sheahan shares her cheatsheet so you can save time and money when moving in to your own living space

Thu, 31 Oct, 2024

Cosy & Connected

Power Play: Six ways to cut your electricity bill

As the nights draw in, we take a look at the latest in electricity chatter

Sun, 27 Oct, 2024

Don't wait around to bring the magic of a slow cooker home

Don't wait around to bring the magic of a slow cooker home

Rediscover the nostalgic joy of the counter-top slow cooker

Tue, 22 Oct, 2024

Jennifer Sheahan: How to refresh dated decor

S Jennifer Sheahan: How to refresh dated decor

How to give your interior design look a revamp

Fri, 18 Oct, 2024

Trust the Processor: Putting three food processors through their paces

Trust the Processor: Putting three food processors through their paces

From bread to diced vegetables, Kya deLongchamps puts three food processors through their culinary paces

Fri, 18 Oct, 2024

Explore your options for the best wood-burning stoves

S Explore your options for the best wood-burning stoves

As winter drawing near, many of us are stacking our split timber blocks and ordering pellets

Sat, 12 Oct, 2024

Revealed: How wall beds transform any tiny home or small space

Revealed: How wall beds transform any tiny home or small space

Also known as Murphy beds, fold-up beds used to get a bad rap. No more. Now they are sleek space-savers

Wed, 09 Oct, 2024

Don't rip out your laminate kitchen, give it a ritzy revamp

Don't rip out your laminate kitchen, give it a ritzy revamp

If you have laminate that has dulled, scratched and fallen out of fashionable favour, here's how to give it a DIY makeover

Tue, 08 Oct, 2024

Korean interior design ideas we'd like for our homes in Ireland

Korean interior design ideas we'd like for our homes in Ireland

And if there is one thing South Korea has that Ireland is sorely lacking, it is the electronic bidet, according to Jennifer Sheahan

Sat, 05 Oct, 2024

Bedrooms: Creative, affordable alternatives to headboards

Bedrooms: Creative, affordable alternatives to headboards

Kya deLongchamps offers creative, affordable alternatives to a costly headboard

Fri, 04 Oct, 2024

Leading light: Boreenmanna Road home joins Loïc Dehaye's growing Cork portfolio

Leading light: Boreenmanna Road home joins Loïc Dehaye's growing Cork portfolio

Catherine Shanahan checks out a contemporary modernist house on Cork's Boreenmanna Road by architect Loïc Dehaye

Fri, 27 Sep, 2024

How designer Geri O'Toole created her renovation and extension

How designer Geri O'Toole created her renovation and extension

Home Editor Eve Kelliher speaks with the interior designer who is on speed dial for high-profile clients across the globe

Fri, 27 Sep, 2024

Modern smart kitchen

Home Q&A: All you need to know about the smart meter rollout

We're not quite there yet when it comes to this electrifying change, with only one in five of us using a fully digitised smart meter

Wed, 25 Sep, 2024

Revealed: Top cleaning appliances from wet-dry vacuums to robots

S Revealed: Top cleaning appliances from wet-dry vacuums to robots

Need to buy or replace an appliance? Check out our guide to arm yourself with must-have weaponry in this season's war against mud

Sun, 22 Sep, 2024

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Jennifer Sheahan: Christchurch has a design vision to inspire other cities

In 2011, an earthquake destroyed a portion of the New Zealand city and tragically took 185 lives. Jennifer Sheahan visits the renewed urban landscape

Wed, 18 Sep, 2024

Dermot Bannon loves this Kerry cottage. See how it got its new lease of life

S Dermot Bannon loves this Kerry cottage. See how it got its new lease of life

Eve Kelliher discovers how Catherine Spain restored a 19th-century Glenbeigh property featuring on 'Dermot Bannon's Super Spaces'

Sun, 15 Sep, 2024

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S How to create the home office of your dreams this winter

You'll adore logging on once you've followed this advice on how to assemble a workstation to suit any space

Sat, 14 Sep, 2024

Wonderful, summer view of a newly installed wooden summer house and cabin.

Kya deLongchamps: Why we should never ignore planning permission

'There are troubling assumptions and persistent misunderstandings when it comes to planning permission'

Thu, 12 Sep, 2024

Meet the Irish architects who have shaped our world

Meet the Irish architects who have shaped our world

Irish architects have been transforming our landscape since the days of medieval castles, says Jennifer Sheahan

Tue, 10 Sep, 2024