Design Doctors gives us a sneak peak into the world of interior design and allows us to see just how the designers create such unique concepts, execute them meticulously, all while giving confidence and inspiration to six desperate homeowners.
Interior designers Aoife Rhattigan and Garry Cohn believe that our home interiors can have a massive impact on the way we live. From cramped or cluttered spaces, to beige rooms with no individuality, good design and a clever use of colour can inject a much needed dose of personality into our homes.
Celebrated internationally for their eye-popping interiors, from high-end homes and luxury hotels to fashion forward retail design these designers push the boundaries to create unique, bold and distinctive designs. Now faced with much smaller budgets, the designers have to get creative to ensure the biggest bang for the homeowners buck.
Across the series they will visit inspirational spaces and create jaw-dropping designs. Packed with practical tips, the designers will teach homeowners to embrace new design concepts, which will create space, maximize light and add some imagination into their homes, without breaking the bank.
The series features six homeowners from; Offaly, Thurles, Gorey and in Dublin; Foxrock, Tempelogue and Stoneybatter. The budgets range from 10k – 60k.
Episode 6
Pat Donovan
Budget: €45,000 (TBC)
Location: Stoneybatter Dublin
Main themes: Maximizing small spaces through clever design, retaining character when remodeling an older home and clever storage solutions and fold out furniture.
Rooms: The entire 50sqm cottage
Originally from Tralee, psychiatric nurse Pat bought the house 23 years ago with the intention of it being a ‘stepping-stone’ home, but he fell in love with the area and never wanted to leave.
Recently Pat has fallen out of love with his home and is keen for the cottage to have an entire facelift. A keen entertainer, Pat is desperate to revamp his home so that he can start inviting his friends over, something he has stopped doing.
Pat is a self confessed magpie and cannot bare to throw mementos and gifts away, but in a 50sqm cottage he knows that he desperately needs to declutter. Excited by this project, the designers look at ways to create clever storage solutions and with invisible walls and fold down dining tables, Pats home will be unrecognizable when they are done.
The final episode of the Design Doctors airs on Thursday, 16th October on RTÉ One at 8.30pm.