My favourite room: From the framed Hermes scarves to a Quooker tap, Home Rescue designer Deirdre Coleman mixes fab and family-friendly in her home
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Deirdre Coleman built a career in interior design after a winding path and now runs her own company while fronting RTÉ's Home Rescue. Deirdre turned a 1960s house in north county Dublin into a sleek, contemporary family home. Great design, she says, prioritises purpose and practicality, ensuring a home flows, feels right and fits a family's needs. Deirdre combines style with functionality, featuring items like a Murano glass chandelier, a dining table for ten and framed Hermes scarves, alongside practical choices such as a downdraft cooker, a Quooker hot water tap, a walk-in pantry and a utility room.
Deirdre Coleman trod a very winding path to her chosen career as an interior designer, but the journey was worth it. She has her own company, is fronting RTÉ's popular Home Rescue and has turned a 1960s house into a sleek, contemporary family home "Great design is not just about style, it's about purpose and practicality, it's about how a home flows, how it feels and how it fits the family's needs. Their home has to work for them, not the other way around."
She loves style and beautiful things and her home abounds with them - her Murano glass chandelier, the sleek dining table which seats 10 and the Hermes scarves which she likes to frame. But the things Deirdre most enthuses about are the downdraft for the cooker in the island and the Quooker hot water tap - and she loves both her walk in pantry and her utility room.
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