Garden edges

The rooms between house and weather — where Cork rain, roses, and wellingtons meet the threshold.

Boot rooms that earn their keep

A proper boot room saves every carpet beyond it. We plan stone or sealed brick floors, a drain-friendly mat zone, pegs at adult and child height, and a bench deep enough to wrestle off wet boots after a walk along the Old Head of Kinsale.

Porches as pause, not clutter

Irish porches collect post, dog leads, and last year’s umbrellas. We edit: one console, one mirror for a last glance, and hooks that look intentional. Glass that faces the prevailing wind gets a curtain that can live closed on storm days.

Glazed links and garden rooms

Where a villa has a glazed corridor to a studio or garage, we treat it as a room: seating for morning coffee, plants that tolerate temperature swings, and flooring continuous with the boot zone.

Furniture that can take a shower

Teak, powder-coated metal, and painted hardwood survive the door left open. Soft cushions stay removable and washable. We avoid fabrics that blotch at the first mist from a drying raincoat.

Threshold planting and sightlines

Styling stops at the sill, but we advise on what the eye meets outside — a clipped bay, a stone pot, a clear path to the herb bed. The garden edge should feel continuous with the house palette: moss, slate, and warm timber.