Smart interior in Donnybrook

Belmont Avenue is a secret little cul-de-sac off Belmont Road that runs parallel to the main drag of shops that includes Marion Gale and Tesco Express on Donnybrook Road in the heart of the village.

Number 10 is a mid-terrace Victorian redbrick that is owned by artist and interior designer Siobhán McDonald who had Maria McVeigh open up the space for her when she bought it in 2006.

Broad reclaimed pine boards that came from a convent in Paris floor the interconnecting living and dining rooms with glass double doors opening out to a small east-facing yard. Ventilation systems from the dry cleaners nearby mar somewhat the back wall view from upstairs.

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A good-size galley kitchen has a travertine floor and double doors outside in the space where it feels natural to put a kitchen table. While there isn’t one there at present, it’s a kitchen that can accommodate a good-size table.

McDonald has staged the property for sale and using some of her design contacts, borrowed a very smart sofa and coffee-table by film and furniture maker Ciaran McGuigan of Belfast-based Orior by Design. He is best-known for his short film Irish Folk Furniture which screened at the Sundance festival in 2013. A Falcon chair, a lesser-known Danish design by Sigurd Ressell, came from Mid-Century Online and a pair of Eames office chairs that she purchased from Peter Johnston to mark the sale of some of her paintings sit at an antique table. McDonald works adorn many of the walls of the house.

On the return there is a roomy and bright shower room. There are two doubles and one single bedroom. The master bedroom enjoys the big bay window and gets the evening sun. It has built-in wardrobes.

At the top of the house she invested in a really good family bathroom with lots of natural light. The second bathroom is a big plus especially if buying as an investment property.

McDonald had been renting out the property and was getting in the region of €2,000 rental per month.

The attic has been floored but converting it into an attic room would take a lot of creative thinking on the part of an architect.

The house measures 93sq m (1,000sq ft) and is asking €650,000 through agent Felicity Fox. Number 4, a two-bedroom house on the same terrace, 111sq metres (1,200sq ft) is asking €700,000 through agents DNG.

Parking is on street. Donnybrook Fire Station is at the end of the road and the Tesco Express has a regular stream of delivery trucks.