Although they adored the home\u2019s original rooms with tall ceilings and generous proportions, half of the house was a more recent addition, and had low ceilings and smaller spaces, so it was decided to demolish this part and build a modern extension. With open spaces and large windows to make the most of the beautiful surroundings, it was designed by ADO architects. Once work began, Marianne explains, Roskyle Construction realised the original house needed more work than they had anticipated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had planned to just re-skim that side of the house, but there was rot right through to the joists, so we had to take it back down to brick and mortar.\u201d Details such as the original cornicing were lost, but this was carefully recreated to keep the character of the old home, while anything that could be salvaged, was, such as the stained glass in the front hallway. Although lengthening the project duration and adding costs to their budget, this setback did mean, Marianne concedes, that they were able to add insulation. \u201cIt was a blessing in disguise, because now the whole house is warm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although the new extension is incredibly sleek and minimalist, the two sides of this home flow. The same wooden floor runs everywhere except the kitchen, where there is poured concrete, and the ground floor walls, ceilings and radiators are all painted in Strong White by Farrow & Ball. Sliding doors were added between the new kitchen and living space, and the original dining room, to create flexibility, giving the option to choose an open layout, or separation. Subtle differences delineate the old and new, such as cornicing, deep skirting boards and traditional radiators in the original house, in contrast to the cleaner extension, where underfloor heating and a more minimalist finish were used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although they adored the home\u2019s original rooms with tall ceilings and generous proportions, half of the house was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,90081,197041,69277,19,197039,197040,17,197043,197042,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-446141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-home-renovation","10":"tag-house-extension-ideas","11":"tag-house-tours","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-image-interiors","14":"tag-interiors-inspiration","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-marianne-smyth","17":"tag-smythsisters","18":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116441878784476203","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}