Readers' Homes
With a limited budget to transform a dark cottage, Caroline and Anthony Borgman learned new skills, including carpentry, plumbing and decorative arts. Their charming home is filled with handmade touches and bargain buys from auction houses and online.
Jonathan McCree and his wife Claire Gordon used their artistic skills to renovate and decorate this individual Victorian home, creating an eclectic space decorated with bright colours, vintage furniture and handmade items.
Over four years, Virginia Dowd painstakingly transformed a ruined stone barn in County Kilkenny. It’s now a home full of character with exposed ceiling beams, an open stone fireplace and gothic style windows.
