Beyond the Blueprint

When this three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rathcormac, Co Cork, was being built in 2025, its homeowner brought interior designer Joanne McCarthy Colbert of JoMcCo Interiors on board to use the available choices within the development intelligently, creating a warm, practical home with a clear identity

The homeowner’s brief of this new build was simple, says Joanne McCarthy Colbert: ‘To create a home that felt warm, cosy, liveable and relaxed.’ It was a full design project, extending across the entire home. Joanne has more than 20 years’ experience across residential, commercial and property-development projects. Her work ranges from helping clients make a particular room function better to full-house renovations and new-build interiors. ‘My approach is always about creating spaces that are not only beautiful, but practical, personal and designed around the way people actually live,’ she says.

Read more in the November issue…