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Taking off the cement render started as soon as we got the keys to our thatched cottage back in early 2013. There was a total feeling of urgency and as the works proceeded the feeling transformed into relief and being able to breath again.
The porch was made of solid cement presumably constructed in the 1950s. It took the 2 men three days to remove with the large street kango – the mix was almost pure cement! Finally we were ready to start with the real refurbishment works.
The last 3 photos are from the late 1970s when the cottage was rethatched and the render removed and put back again with new cement render and straight lines 😞.
Luckily now there is a growing awareness and understanding that cement not only suffocates these stone buildings but also is structurally damaging for them and makes them cold. More and more people are doing great work freeing these buildings from their cement straight-jackets!

Now offering DESIGN CLINICS ONLINE due to Covid 19. We have already completed 3 so far successfully. At a 10% discount from the usual price please call us to book an appointment. 

Great to see the local paper picked up on our charity event.

In collaboration with Steeples Café in Nenagh we are taking part in the annual charity event RIAI Simon Open Door 2019. On the Saturday 18th May 2019 in the meeting room above Steeples Café, Architects Patti O’Neill MRIAI and Don O’Neill MRIAI are offering 1 hour consultations for €95. We hope to make over €1000 for the Simon Community. Please help us reach our goal and book a consultation. There are only 5 slots left!

click here to sign up for a consultation

We are delighted to celebrate being in business for the last 10 years and to continue serving our clients. We are also delighted with the recognition our practice has received during that time which now totals 21 accolades. The most recent in this months edition of Ireland’s Homes Interiors & Living featuring our Healthy Flowing Homes project in Limerick with photographs by Philip Lauterbach. Others range from further publications in popular interior magazines, professional journals, newspapers, television features such as ‘Home of the Year’ and ‘About the House’, and RIAI Awards 2011 Best Emerging Practice: Highly Commended. With our continual positive client feedback and recognition we feel O’Neill Architecture is on the right track.

Our building project Limerick Cottage Renovation has just been published in Image Interiors & Living Online Magazine with photographs by Philip Lauterbach. Great article by Lauren Heskin describing our new Healthy Flowing Homes approach to design where the users experience takes top priority.  We are particularly happy to hear from the editor that it was one of the most popular pieces on the site in the first week of its exposure. This supports our belief that there is a general appetite and wish to improve our lives through our homes.

click here to view full article in Image Interiors Online Magazine

Our building project Thatched Cottage Renovation was included in the article ‘cottage industry’ in this years summer edition of Image Interiors & Living Magazine with photographs by Philip Lauterbach styled by Penny Crawford-Collins. Although the article was only half a page Nathalie Marquez Courtney managed to capture the full spirit of the renovation journey – well done. 

The O’Brien Press has just released the book ‘MAKE THE HOME YOU LOVE’. Congratulations to Fiona McPhillips, Colm Doyle, Lisa McVeigh and John Flood on a great book and on their marvelous achievement of addressing all those difficult questions when faced with creating and building your home. Again we are thrilled to see included as a case study our building project Thatched Cottage Renovation on pages 144 through to 148 with photographs by Philip Lauterbach styled by Penny Crawford-Collins. This publication shows clearly the journey with before and after photos and layouts. In the chapter 9 Outdoors, page 185, another project of ours the Cottage Restoration, Limerick click here to view is used as an example for garden and planting inspiration.

Make the Home you Love The O’Brien Press Ltd. website

Make the Home you Love website

We are delighted to see our building project Thatched Cottage Renovation in this months Ireland’s Home Interiors & Living Magazine with photographs by Philip Lauterbach styled and text written by Penny Crawford-Collins. We particularly like the generous layout of the photos, some of them spread over two pages allowing you to look closely and find lots more detail.