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