Episode THREE, KILTEGAN | PHOTOGRAPHY & SUPPLIER LIST
This week, Róisín, Peter and the clutterbusters come to the century-old Rose Cottage in the pretty Wicklow village of Kiltegan – home to Dubliner Martin McKenna and a lot quieter than his old home in Crumlin.
Having completely refurbished the bathroom and kitchen of the cottage single handedly on a very tight budget, the resourceful Martin was stopped in his tracks by heart problems just a few months after moving in.
For the last six years, with the solo renovation project stalled, clutter has consumed the cottage, filling what was supposed to be Martin’s bedroom with everything from old tools to a lawnmower.
Currently sleeping in the living room, working all day as a lorry driver for the council and avoiding the mountain of clutter in case he ‘can’t find his way out again’ Martin dreams of having his grandkids to stay, but there’s barely enough room for himself.
Róisín arrives with a plan to turn Martin’s makeshift bedroom into the plush living room it was supposed to be reconnecting it to the garden by turning a window into a door out to the garden.
As Builder Peter and the crew set about finishing the sizeable renovation that Martin started, Róisín invites Martin’s son to paint the exterior of the cottage true blue for the Dubs fan, which doesn’t go down as well as expected…
As the skies open and Martin does his best to overcome years of clutter with the help from the clutterbusters, Róisín is faced with having to design a new bedroom complete with storage from scratch.
The question is: will Rose Cottage ever bloom again?
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 (01) 861 2218 www.mdsconstruction.ie 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:
Panda Waste Management Service
Ballymount Road Upper, Ballymount,
Dublin.
01 829 8992
CHARITY:
St Vincent de Paul
Tallaght Village Dublin 24
FURNITURE AND FITTINGS:
IKEA
St. Margarets Road, Ballymun,
Dublin 11