Niamh (www.seekdesign.ie)'s Profile

Hi all! Thank you for your kind comments (& concern over the greasy books, lol). The greasy books was debated over for some time and in the end the client really wanted it and decided she wouldn't place an precious books there. So..some answers to the questions posted above.

There is a large window on the right in the kitchen - hence no ventilation hood. Regarding the tiles they were painted with 4 coats of tile paint which was rolled on for a better finish. I'm not sure if this paint is available in the US but I imagine the equivelent might be .
http://www.ronseal.co.uk/products/one-coat-tile-paint

The cupboards were spray painted with acrylic spray paint to give a nice smooth finish. You can get this done professionally or you can buy cans of it in your local hardware.

The apartment is owned. We don't use the word condo in Ireland. Apartments can be owned or rented but great dectective work by you all! The $11,000 may seem expensive by US standards (?) but for the amount of work done and items purchased it was quite reasonable for Europe. This included new kitchen appliances (fridge, cooker, washing machine), a new boiler (€2000) new wooden flooring, carpet & tiles throughout the entire apartment, new furniture for both bedrooms and the living room (some was re-painted and re-used), labour (carpentry, plumbing, painting professionally) a new bathroom suite, new tiles in the bathroom...