Room to Improve is a new design series about changing how we live through design and adaptation, in simple ways without spending vast amounts of money and without moving house! Each the programme will look at the reconfiguration of an existing home to better suit the needs of the family living there.
Eimear Farrell, a single mum and her 8-year-old daughter Hannah with a budget of 20,000 euros (our smallest budget in the series) need the entire downstairs of the 2 bedroomed home in Ballybrack completely re-modelled.
Architect Dermot Bannon faces a tough challenge in meeting the design brief and budgetary restraints for the Zambra family who are building an extension in Castleknock.
This week, Podge and Jo Ussher want to turn their Wexford cottage from a holiday home into their permanent home without sacrificing any of its 1930s charm.