Episode TWO, GOREY | PHOTOGRAPHY & SUPPLIER LIST
Outside Gorey in County Wexford, Róisín, Peter and the crew come to the rescue of local girl Suzi, her husband Warren and their daughters Willow and Ruby.
15 years ago, Suzi and Warren bought their ‘dream family home’, having availed of a Celtic Tiger mortgage. Unfortunately, they lost their jobs in the crash, but even though they’ve since found new work, the current lockdown has them working from home with little time or energy to focus on a rising tide of clutter.
Living and working downstairs, sharing space with toys, clothes and unpacked boxes, their two upstairs rooms are filled with junk and are totally unusable.
Enter: Róisín with a plan to create a dramatic new space for the two girls and a new office and chillout zone in the no-go dormer rooms. As the clutterbusters relocate a vast collection of belongings to the back garden, Róisín presents Peter and his crew with plans to create a fully functioning stage in Willow and Ruby’s redesigned room and that’s not all.
In order to make sense of the rooms upstairs, Peter will have to remove a wall, turning two disconnected areas into a new open plan loft space by cutting an internal wall in half.
As Storm Ellen batters the house and Peter struggles to make sense of Róisín’s plans, the ongoing challenge of the massive sorting job, extensive construction and distancing restrictions becomes even more pressing.
Even when the rain finally moves on, the prospect of a silver lining seems unlikely as time begins to run out on the final day.
Will Suzi and Warren ever see their dream home rescued from chaos? Will Willow and Ruby make it onstage for the grand opening?
SupplierS list
ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER:
Róisín Murphy
All queries to romurd9@gmail.com
Instagram; roisin_murphy_design
CONSTRUCTION WORKS:
MDS Construction
C/O Peter Finn
Unit 13 Inis House
Old Quarry Campus
Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
Instagram; pete_thebuilder
PAINTERS:
Michael Phillips & Sons
26 Kilakee Court
Firhouse
Dublin 24
Phone: 01 452 1300
ELECTRICIANS:
Epicus Electrical Services
Andy McCann
16 Esker Manor,
Lucan,
Co. Dublin
Phone: 086 394 7755
WASTE DISPOSAL:
Greenstar
Ramstown,
Gorey,
Co. Wexford.
1890 600 900
CHARITY SHOP DONATIONS
NCBI Shop,
Goreybridge,
Gorey Bridge,
Co. Wexford
RECYCLING CENTRES/ELECTRICAL RECYCLING:
Gorey Recycling Centre
Ramstown,
Gorey,
Co. Wexford.
053 943 1001
FURNITURE AND FITTINGS:
IKEA
St. Margarets Road,
Ballymun,
Dublin 11
01 541 3300