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‘Built-in shelving works well as a divider between the kitchen and living areas.’

‘This house in Glasnevin, Dublin, is the home my father grew up in,’ says PR consultant Niamh O’Carroll. ‘My grandparents bought it in 1928; it was the first house built on the new road. Oddly enough, on exactly the same date, 70 years later, my husband Paul and I bought the house from my uncle and aunt, so it feels like it was really meant to be ours.’

Niamh first came to live in the house when she

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