Episode FIVE, CARLOW | PHOTOGRAPHY & SUPPLIER LIST

 
 

In Carlow, Ann ‘Sis’ Shannon, her son Matthew and her daughter Kayleigh live together in a house filled with clutter – from multiple appliances, kitchenware and utensils to the raw materials of Sis’s ongoing craft projects.

Sis surrounds herself with crafting and donated items which she repurposes as friendship wreaths, storing the excess in case anyone needs it. They rarely do and, as a result, she and the kids share space with boxes filled with clutter, piled to the ceiling. Their kitchen is unusable, Sis’s bedroom is a storage facility and family life has become completely hemmed in.

Architect Róisín arrives with a plan to make sense of the chaos and reclaim the space the family has lost, creating storage space outside, redesigning worktops and replacing a kitchen window with patio doors.

Róisín also has big plans to turn Sis’s bedroom from a chaotic storeroom into an elegant, minimalist boudoir.

As Builder Peter and the crew get started on construction, an already extensive rescue is made more complex with mislaid design drawings, last minute changes to the paint scheme and the added challenge of repurposing a wardrobe as a pantry.

Meanwhile, Sis puts her heart into an epic clearout – no easy thing for a woman whose generosity of spirit means that she has never been willing or able to throw anything away.


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:

Ray Whelan Skip Hire and Waste Management

Canary Road,

Rathnapish,

Carlow

059 914 7678

CHARITY SHOP DONATIONS:

NCBI

62 S Main Street,

Slippery Green,

Wexford,

Y35 X098

RECYCLING CENTRES/ELECTRICAL RECYCLING:

Powerstown Civic Amenity Site

Powerstown

Co. Carlow

FURNITURE AND FITTINGS:

IKEA

St. Margarets Road,

Ballymun,

Dublin 11

01 541 3300