Deirdre from galoregalore.etsy.com's Profile

I really love this post. Thank you.

Those huge houses are so vulgar to me; the one with the family in front is so much more appealing - and still seems big compared with what I know. I grew up in a terraced house of a kitchen, sitting room, one small bathroom and three bedrooms - all quite small! My parents shared beds and used outdoor toilets. The last thing this poor earth needs is another over-sized and overpriced mansion!

Hmmm... I respect and admire her will and discipline to live where she wants to live, but can't help feeling that the place is not being used in the best way possible; seems needlessly higgledy-piggledy to me, and I am only being critical of this aspect because she is billed in the introduction as a "professional organiser". Fair play for sleeping in that bed, though!

Fabulous, great creativity here, in all senses of the word!

It looks like it has been there a while... success! Also, what's the paint colour in the bathroom please?

I think it's a cool little space, but in my humble opinion way too safe, and begging for some colour and personality!! Feels like a show room to me, though I do like what seems like two beer bottles as oil bottles beside the cooker!

I get what bridmw is saying, but I was delighted to even see a mention of something Irish!! I am in France now (near Lille) but I spent a year or so living in Dublin (on the northside!) Most of the places featured here I frequented or saw weekly.
I always smiled to myself walking past Knobs & Knockers on the way to my French class in the Alliance Francaise, and I spent many a while (and a euro) longing for lovely books and stationery in Hodges Figgis too. I was back in Ireland last week for a long-overdue but too-short visit, and Avoca was top of my list while in Dublin. I also made a deliberate detour to pass by and admire Carluccio's lovely decor and packaging. However, best neighbourhood park for me (just a little bit out of the city centre) was the Botanic Gardens. Just lovely, and I had the luck of living just around the corner! You wouldn't be doing your weekly shop in Fallon & Byrne, mind you!

Love it. Just gorgeous. One of my favourite house tours so far... love the colours and art and homey feel. Will definitely be coming back again and again to savour this and get inspired!

I love this. I'm all for making do with what you have (or if you are like me and starting out, I scour second-hand shops and websites). LOVE the feeling of finding something for nothing that has had a previous life.

How flippin' cute and gorgeous is this house!? It's what my place is in the process of becoming. And you have reminded me that I really want to try keep it second-hand, vintage, re-used etc. Thanks for the inspiration!