If you’ve ever witnessed a dog fight, it’s frightening and to be avoided at all costs. And it happens so easily, purely by missing the signals that dogs give each other. When I held dog obedience classes, I always started with getting dogs to approach each other in a safe […]

If you’ve been following Brian Colgan and Jordan Veloso’s house-building journey (@ouririshbarn) on Instagram, you’ll know that the charismatic couple have just broken ground on their dream home in West Cork. After making the move from London, the couple are managing the self-build themselves through direct labour – a 2,000-square-foot […]

While relocating her business to the busy town of Kinsale feels like a step in the right direction for Emily Connell and her popular interiors and lifestyle store, Chalk & Easel, it also marks a bittersweet chapter in this local success story writes Mary O’Brien. For the past ten years […]

In this second instalment of her series on the nine principles of interior design, Mairead Collier explores two critical principles that govern how we perceive and move through a room: Focal Points and Rhythm. When you understand the fundamental principles of interior design, you unlock the ability to transform any […]

This month Natalie Webb is showing us how to make a jellyfish bookmark. Materials:  •  A small wooden spoon – can be purchased in craft shops but I got mine from a local cafe. •  Paint – two colours of your choosing, I used purple and blue. •  Small piece […]

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