Episode three, swords | PHOTOGRAPHY & SUPPLIER LIST

 
 

Since the late 1980’s, Monica Brady – a long time employee of the Savoy cinema on O’Connell Street – has lived in a three-bed semi at Swords in North Dublin - the house where she and her husband Dick raised their three kids.

The last decade has been difficult for Monica, who lost both her husband Dick and her son Richie to cancer in that time.

Since the loss of her husband, Monica hasn’t slept in her own bedroom for ten years, instead bedding down on the sofa every night. Over the years, the house has become hopelessly cluttered with charity shop bargains and legacy furniture.

Despite the best efforts of daughter Michelle and granddaughter Gemma who have tried helping her in the past, Self-confessed ‘shopaholic’ Monica’s growing collection of clothes and bric-a-brac has taken over every single room in the house.

Famed for her coddle, Monica loves to cook for the family but – with no space to sit in the chaotic kitchen - she has to send them all off with takeaway containers.

Determined to restore Monica’s home as an ‘open house’ for the whole family, designer Dee envisages a u-shaped, ‘diner-style’ kitchen and a complete makeover for the currently unused inaccessible bedroom upstairs.

Assisted by the entire Brady Bunch, Michelle, Gemma, extended family and the clutterbusters set to work on a mammoth sorting job down at the local sports centre.

With one supporting wall to remove, a structural steel beam to install, a brand-new kitchen to fit and the tricky job of reusing wardrobes and building a bespoke window seat around a radiator - time is on no one’s side!

As, Dee, Pete and the build crew tackle the seemingly endless challenge of stripping multiple layers of tenacious wallpaper, the painters, carpenters and carpet fitters are forced to wait – none of which bodes well for the grand opening of ‘Monica’s Diner’!

Goodbye Clutter. Hello Makeover.


SupplierS list

INTERIOR DESIGNER

Deirdre Coleman

All enquiries to info@collabstudio.ie

Instagram; collab_designstudio

 

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

KITCHEN SUPPLIERS:

Cash and Carry Kitchens

www.cashandcarrykitchens.ie

Kitchen Type – OSLO SAGE (MAIN KITCHEN) / SHAKER LIGHT GREY (BENCH SEATING)

Worktop – MIDNIGHT DREAM

Handles – 84 Knob ,85 Cup (MAIN KITCHEN) / 85 Cup (BENCH SEATING)

Sink – Apollo 45S - Single Bowl Sink

Tap – Ellipse Chrome Spray Tap

Appliances:

Faber Omnia Telescopic Hood 900 Alu/ss

DF63 Integrated Dishwasher (60cm)

DOIC425IX Nordmende Built in Double Oven

HCI781FL Normende Induction Hob

NM25IX NordMende Microwave & Grill

RIFF70303NF Nordmende 70/30 Intg Fridge

WDI861WH Nordmende 8 & 6 Kg Intg Washer Dryer

KITCHEN FITTERS:

Benny Teevans

Bernard Teevans

PAINTERS:

Michael Phillips & Sons

26 Kilakee Court, Firhouse, Dublin 24

Phone: 01 452 1300

PAINT SUPPLIER: 

Kraftsmann Paints 

Unit 19B, Fashion City, 

Ballymount Rd Upper, Ballymount, Dublin 24 

087 319 0535

https://kraftsmann.com/

 

ELECTRICIANS

Epicus Electrical Services

Andy McCann, 16 Esker Manor, Lucan, Co. Dublin

Phone: 086 394 7755

 

 

WASTE DISPOSAL

M50 Skip Hire,

Unit 1 Advance Business Park,

Swords Rd, Santry, Dublin

01 8620011

 

CHARITY SHOP DONATIONS

Irish Cancer Society

3 Retail Centre,

Miltonsfields, Swords, Dublin

01 8902784

FURNITURE AND FITTINGS

Carpetright,

Airside Retail Park,

Swords, Co.Dublin

01 8137065

Woodies Airside,

Airside Retail Park,

Swords, Co.Dublin

01 8079305

Marks and Spencer,

Dundrum Town Centre,

1-28 Sandyford Road,

Dundrum, Dublin

01 2991300

B&Q,

Airside Retail Park,

Swords, Co.Dublin

01 8708599

IKEA,

11 St.Margaret’s Road,

Ballymun, Dublin

01 5413300

 

JYSK,

Gulliver’s Retail Park,

Northwood Avenue, Dublin 9,

01 9697646

 

Penneys,

16 O’Connell St,

Knappagh Beg, Sligo

071 9161300

 

Zhivago

Maple House,

Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11

01 8644474

 

Homestore & More

Airside Retail Park,

Swords, Co.Dublin

01 2238312

 

Chadwicks,

Swords Rd,

Whitehall, Dublin 9

01 8425299

 

Harvey Norman,

Airside Retail Park,

Swords, Co.Dublin

01 8909900

 

Tesco Superstore,

Link Road,

Holywell, Swords, Co.Dublin

0818 554578

 

Katy-Ruth Halpin Illustrates

www.krhillustrates.com

 

Classic Metal Signs,

www.etsy.com

 

ArtsInfynyty

www.etsy.com

 

Amazon

www.amazon.co.uk

Desenio

www.desenio.ie

Nisbets

www.nisbets.ie

 

Viteoni

www.etsy.com

 

Wayfair

www.wayfair.ie

 

H&M,

www.hm.com

 

Oliver Bonas,

www.oliverbonas.com

 

Trend Wall Décor,

www.etsy.com

 

Kilkenny Architectural Salvage & Antiques

www.eurosalve.com

 

Rips and Zips Clothing Alterations,

www.facebook.com/RipsAndZipsSewingClass

 

FILMING LOCATIONS & PERSONNEL:

 

Irish Cancer Society

3 Retail Centre,

Miltonsfields,

Swords, Dublin

01 8902784

Zhivago

Maple House,

Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11

01 8644474