Keanes Jewellers, Cork City Colour scheme & Image: Ger Cooney Design Where to begin when you choose a colour for the outside of your building. You’ve transformed your space into your dream pad but what is the right colour for the outside? Here are some points to consider:
Part two of a blog originally appearing on Lee Reeve’s Kitchen & Furniture painter To find out more about Lee and see his work click here. Implementing a colour change can be a major part of this pivotal space, colour is such a transformational medium. Instantly creating a mood or giving a lift to an...
Interview with Emer Kelly form Build & Renovate magazine. Here we speak about colour, sustainability and interior trends. Full article here
Trends piece collaboration with Carol O’Callaghan from The Irish Examiner Colour-phobes, look away now. We’re going back to the groovy ‘70s for a Berocca boost of orange, via the 1990s when orange reinvented itself as a brownish terracotta horror, until the interiors trendsters drove a stake through its heart and buried it beneath layers of...
Article in The Gloss, in association with Colourtrend Paints Ger CooneyInterior designer Ger Cooney believes a fresh coat of paint can easily transform and elevate a room or space in the home. He enjoys using dark colours like Mussel from Colourtrend’s Contemporary Collection: “Painting a ceiling to match the wall colour creates atmosphere and visually...
Article in association with The Irish Examiner’s Carol O’Callaghan According to Ger Cooney, interior designer and colour consultant, right now it’s probably a little overlooked in the seating world. “In my grandmother’s time everyone had a pouffe to put their feet up sitting next to the fire,” he says. “Now they’re starting to come back...
Trends Article in association with The Irish Examiner’s Carol O’Callaghan Cork-based interior designer and colour consultant Ger Cooney says, “Take your time. Now is like a reset button to think. We’ve done the decluttering and tidying, then there’s painting. “Think about opting for a paint that has plenty of pigment and which won’t have to...
Buying a sofa is a major purchase and should be used as a starting point to build the room around. It is a high ticket item that should last a number of years so it is important to choose one that is durable as well as visually appealing. I have often met clients who have...
IHIL Article Interiors Association Ger Cooney Design August 9th 2021 My newly built house is painted white – I would love to embrace colour but am afraid of getting it wrong! Can you offer some tips on how to choose stronger wall paint colours? Ger Cooney, Interior Architect & Designer at Ger Cooney Design advises…...
Image: Ger Cooney Design This article appeared previously as part one of a two part blog in a collaboration with Lee Reeve, kitchen Painter. Part two available here. When dealing with clients I am often asked where the best place to start with a new design scheme is. Choosing a new scheme for a kitchen...