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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:
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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...
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Interview with Emer Kelly form Build & Renovate magazine. Here we speak about colour, sustainability and interior trends. Full article here
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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…...
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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...
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