Rowanbryn, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Rowanbryn, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Another Ceardean Project completed in 2018.
Further details to come.
Builder: Eugene McGarrell
Accredited in Conservation Grade 3
ARCHITECT/PRACTICE ACCREDITED IN CONSERVATION AT GRADE 3: SERVICES
An Architect/Practice accredited in conservation at Grade 3 is qualified to provide, in relation to works appropriate to their Grade, the full range of services as described in the RIAI Client/Architect Agreement and, in addition –
To advise on:
- the philosophy and principles of conservation;
- UNESCO, ICOMOS and other Charters, Regulations and Guidelines;
- The legal background to conservation;
- The implications of the purchase of a protected structure;
- Statutory obligations for declarations, notifications and consents;
- The need for historic research and analysis;
- The need for specialist advice;
- Appropriate general repairs to historic fabric;
- Appropriate new uses for historic buildings.
- Applying for grants and funding for conservation works;
- Contracts suitable for conservation work;
- The conservation implications and need for specialist design for temporary works, demolition and shoring for historic buildings;
- Maintenance strategies and management policies for environmental protection and preservation of monuments and their contents, and sites;
And to:
- Examine a historic building or site, and identify its emotional, cultural and use significance;
- Commission searches of records and archives;
- Diagnose, in broad outline, causes of decay and recommend appropriate specialist investigation;
- Define the need for specialist studies of materials and systems, the services of art and architectural historians, archaeologists, conservators
- and other specialist consultants; and of specialist contractors, technicians, craftsmen and tradesmen;
- Design appropriate alterations and extensions;
- Document the works executed and making them accessible
- Work with inhabitants, administrators and planners to develop conservation strategies appropriate to local needs, abilities and resources;
Top Ideas for Renovation of Bathrooms
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Enjoy this gallery of projects. Find the best bathroom ideas, designs and inspiration to match your style. We love bathrooms, and with so many gorgeous styles and ideas out there, its hard to pick just one …
Ideas to Design the Exterior of your Home
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Gallery of Completed Homes
Description:
Enjoy this gallery of projects. From a small 1950’s Irish Cottage transformed into a modern contemporary family home in Co Meath. Two new builds homes in Malahide, where dreams really came through, involved negotiation of land boundaries. Two homes completed side by side, brother and sister.
Let there be Stairs
Description:
Tread lightly on the stairs. Glass skylights can create a stair core that brings natural daylight into the interiors and serves as the spine of the house. If your heart is set on fully carpeted stairs … This can work too. A stair runner is probably the easiest way to bring pattern to your floor and it will instantly add character to a hallway. A stripe helps to lead the eye up and down the stairs. Alternatively, a Quirky ply craftsmanship stairwell – An unconventional approach features in the design of this Cottage, a bold, steeply graded and exceptionally eccentric stairs. Built in a 1930’s cottage, this staircase is not only beautiful and sculptural, but adds an enormous amount of character to the space.
Gallery of Living Room/ Kitchen with Stoves
Description:
Get inspired for a shabby-chic style open concept living room with hardwood floors and a wood stove. Enjoy the cottage feel of the cozy stove used against the backdrop of rustic old stonework.
Inchicore, Dublin 8
Description:
Renovation and extension of 1920’s home in Inchicore, Dublin 8. Rooflights ensures an abundance of natural light. Open concept kitchen design, laminate countertop, stainless steel appliances, breakfast bar and dark hardwood floors brighten this space.
Highlights:
- Increased natural lighting with use of rooflights
- Beautiful Bespoke Kitchen
- Bright and open Kitchen/living/dining area
- Glass balustrade on staircase
- Liscannor Stone Patio with incredible city views
Rialto, Dublin
Description:
Renovation of boutique style Apartment. 10ft ceilings ensures an abundance of natural light. Open concept kitchen design, laminate countertop, stainless steel appliances, transparent backsplash and dark hardwood floors brighten this space.
Highlights:
- Increased natural lighting 10ft ceilings
- Beautiful Bespoke Kitchen
- Bright and open Kitchen/living/dining area
- Motorised blind ensures privacy of space
- Handcrafted bespoke Double Bed
Swords
Description:
Renovation and extension to modern family home. A bright new entrance to the front with landscaped gardens. Clever use of space in Attic into children’s bedrooms. Floor to ceiling timber bifold doors to kitchen/dining area. Increased natural light with rooflights and glass balustrade.
Highlights:
- Increased natural lighting to hallway stairwell with glass balustrade and rooflight
- Beautiful Bespoke Kitchen
- Bright and open Kitchen/living/dining area
- Timber bi-fold doors with great connectivity to garden
- Kitchen island illuminates this space
Inchicore
Description:
Living over the shop! Home Renovation and extension in Inchicore transformed into a modern contemporary family home.
Highlights:
- Increased natural lighting
- Beautiful Bespoke Kitchen in soft tones
- Bright and open Kitchen/living/dining area
- Refurbished fireplaces
- Incredible views and access to the garden
- Smart Storage Solutions
Inchicore
Description:
Living over the shop! Home Renovation and extension in Inchicore transformed into a modern contemporary family home.
Highlights:
- Glass Floor on Stairwell allowing increased natural lighting
- Bright and open Kitchen/living/dining area
- Incredible views and access to the garden and barbeque
Churchtown
Description:
Renovation and extension of home in Churchtown transformed into a modern contemporary family home.
Highlights:
- Beautiful entrance
- Increased Natural Lighting
- Elegant Stairs
- Bright and open Kitchen/living/dining area
- Incredible views and access to the garden
Dunlaoghaire
Description:
Renovation and extension of home in Dunlaoghaire transformed into a modern contemporary family home.
Highlights:
- Beautiful entrance
- Increased Natural Lighting
- Elegant Stairs
- Picture Window Seat over garden
- Bright and open Kitchen/living/dining area
- Incredible views and access to the garden
Clondalkin
Description:
Renovation and extension of 1960’s home transformed into a modern contemporary family home.
Highlights:
- Beautiful entrance
- Bright and open Kitchen/living/dining area
- Incredible views and access to the garden
North Terrace
Description:
Renovation and extension of terraced home transformed into a modern contemporary family home.
Highlights:
- Beautiful entrance
- Elegant Kitchen/living/dining area
- Incredible views and access to the garden
South Terrace
Description:
A 1930’s Railway home reimagined into a comfortable, bright family home.
Highlights:
- Oak staircase with seamless glass balustrade
- Bright comfortable Kitchen/living/dining area
Offington
Description:
A stunning house in Sutton. Ceardean has designed this home to create an imposing entrance and a kitchen/living/dining room with access to the patio.
Highlights:
- Beautiful entrance
- Elegant Kitchen/living/dining area
- Incredible views and access to the garden
Celbridge
Testimonial:
“The house was too dark and now even in the winter we can catch more light. Derek always was there during the process attending every detail” Paul Harraghy
Description:
Ceardean worked to design an incredible new entrance using original materials and created a beautiful view through the house to the back yard. The house was extended to create a new kitchen/living/dining area with access to the garden patio, and a relaxed connection between the garden and the living space.
Highlights:
- Beautiful new entrance design
- Comfortable kitchen/living/dining area
- Incredible views and access to the garden
Barberstown
Testimonial:
“Derek gave us a home that is flooded with light and absolutely suited to our lifestyle, down to the smallest detail – throughout the project and beyond he was always available to us.” Claire Chung
Description:
Ceardean designed this home to create a new bedroom layout and a new kitchen/living/dining room with access to the patio and created a new staircase with a beautiful view of garden with an abundance of natural light.
Highlights:
- Beautiful entrance hall view
- Innovative new staircase
- Bedrooms moved to the South to design a comfortable light filled kitchen/living/dining area
- Incredible Views and access to the garden
Inchicore
Testimonial:
“The varying height of spaces and winter garden feeds my imagination” Derek Trenaman
Description:
Ceardean designed a new layout to allow for an extension and renovation of the cottage. The relocation of the entrance to the side and staircase opened up the layout to maximise the usability and space within the rooms
Highlights:
- Large Oversized 4 meter door into yard
- Winter garden dining room
- South facing courtyard
- Double height areas
- Cosy snug living room
Booterstown
Testimonial:
“Derek was excellent at keeping on top of things, planning and general project management” Finola O Riordan
Description:
Ceardean developed a new layout to maximise the western orientation and providing new views and direct access into the garden.
Highlights:
- Sunken living room with high ceilings
- Corner feature glazing to catch the west evening sun
- View from front door into the garden
- Oversized Glass Corner door from Hall to Kitchen/living/dining
- Glass balustrade giving uninterrupted view from dining to garden area
Ridgewood
Testimonial:
“What I Liked about Derek was that he was always at the end of the phone if I needed advice or had a question” Shane Silvester
Description:
Our client wanted sunlight and a new garden area to enjoy the sun. To achieve this the project evolved demolition of a shed to create a space in the garden to catch the west and south light. The existing house was redesigned to make a new open plan kitchen/living/dining area.
Highlights
- East West Clearstory windows
- Biforld doors linking kitchen with patio garden
- New utility/shed to side of house.
- Open kitchen/living/dining room
- Maximising the south and west light to rear of garden
Cul Din
Testimonial:
“I saw the opportunity to make this a very special place” Derek Trenaman
Description
Ceardean renovated a derelict cottage and established a landscaped garden, kitchen garden and orchard. The design allows for a future extension. The house is Off Grid generating its own power via solar panels and a wind turbine. The house also features, back boiler heating, a hand pumped well and sawdust composting toilet.
Highlights:
- Direct view from front door into the garden
- Off Grid Home, generates its own power
- Bio mass willow production for heating fuel
- Sawdust Composting toilet
- Sustainable allotment kitchen garden and orchard
Palmerstown
Testimonial:
“Derek came up with a design that we fell in love with” Andrew Calder
Description:
Extension and Renovation of a 4 bedroom house. The key to unlocking the design was relocating the stairs to take advantage of the attic and installing a courtyard to bring light and ventilation into each living area.
Highlights:
- New stairs location unlocked the plan
- South aspect courtyard
- View from the front door to the garden
- Kitchen with Island
- Sunken Living Area
Clondalkin
Testimonial:
“We now have a huge amount of natural daylight coming in every day and it’s uplifting.” Caroline Nolan
Description:
This project evolved relocating there disable daughter’s bedroom from first floor to ground level. Ceardean designed a her new bedroom and the family living spaces around a courtyard so that Rebecca’s bedroom would be integrated into the family living environment.
Highlights:
- Easy movement for disabled accessibility
- Successful second Home Adaptation Grant (HAG)
- Bright south facing Kitchen/Living/Dining room
- Rebecca’s bedroom and living rooms visually connected around a courtyard
- View from front door into the garden and courtyard
Clontarf
Testimonial:
“The house had been dark and is now filled with natural light” Alan O Brien
Description:
This project involved the renovation and extension of a terraced home. The courtyard brings light and ventilation deep into the house and provides a focal view for each room.
Highlights:
- Direct view from front door to garden.
- Dining room with bi-fold door into courtyard
- Feature zinc roof and glazed wall to garden
- Utility storage wall located in the kitchen
- Three new separate but interconnected living spaces
Redesdale
Testimonial:
“Derek was able to provide fantastic practical advice and ideas” Tiernan O Neil
Description:
Ceardean redesigned the home to create a new kitchen/living/dining room with access to a west facing garden patio. The design is future proofed to allow for an attic conversion
Highlights:
- Living areas flipped to the rear of the house
- Large double slider to patio and garden beyond
- Design future proofed for attic conversion
- Views and Strong connection to the garden
- Oversized glass door to kitchen/living/dining area.
Rathfarnham
Testimonial:
“The design ceardean came up with was perfect, we’re all thrilled with it” Eimear Lynch
Description:
Ceardean designed a new layout to provide a living environment to accommodate a private grandfather’s bedroom and living area while and a family kitchen/living/dining area with connections to the garden.
Highlights:
- View from front door to courtyard and garden beyond
- A courtyard that gives south light into all living rooms
- Future proofed disabled accessible layout.
- Large feature glazed walls into the garden and courtyard
