THE ARTIST’S WAY
verything has a story, remarks artist Cléa van der Grijn about her newly renovated home and studio in the idyllic Irish village of Rosses Point, Co Sligo. Once a plain 1980s bungalow on this wild north-western coast, Cléa had very definite ideas of what she wanted – one main living space, clean lines, no paint, no skirting boards, concrete (lots), natural wood, metal and polished waxed plaster, all finely finished and to age naturally. Now modern, rustic and to the highest specification, the original interior was gutted and extended, with huge glass windows offering views over the coastal landscape. Every detail was meticulously designed and the plans drawn up by Cléa, then passed to an
