We worked with Blathnaid Bergin, The Restaurant Advisor to makeover Oscars (formerly The Streat) for The John Murray Show. We had great support from local and national suppliers and fitters all of whom gave their services free of charge. The climax of the makeover took place this morning with John taking his seat at the […]
As part of the 10 day course called “The Business of Food” at Ballymaloe, we recently presented a 1 day interior design workshop for budding Food Business owners. The attendees some from as far away as Azerbajan and Canada enjoyed a day of creativity where they were able to realize a design direction for their […]
We have designed a bright female friendly Irish pub for the O’Reilly Group in Dusseldorf which opened last week. Even though they will have large TV’s (lots of them)and an irish pub ambiance we designed to attract women by using brighter colours on the shopfront and keeping the interior airy and open with lighter colours […]
Durty Nelly’s is one of Ireland’s oldest pubs and we were delighted to be asked to advise on its upgrade. Located at the foot of Bunratty Castle it is a tourist haven and also a beloved landmark. Our design direction was to always think “authentic and heritage” for every decision that was made. Known for […]
Just finishing the O’Reilly’s Irish Pub, Brussels upgrade. Lovely to return to this pub which we designed 20 years ago. We remodeled the interior and brought a new lease of life to it by rearranging the layout, adding a new back bar and changing the finishes including black wallpaper and silver anaglypta on the ceiling! […]
Alltech International Craft Brews and Food Fair is worth a visit. Craft Beers have become very important in the pub business and this platform will keep you up to date with it all. For the variety of talks from “The craft beer revolution” to “Social Media” and of course Fionuala Lennon will talk about “Design […]
A fantastic space on the main street in Limerick, formerly “The Bailey”, a treat of a project to work on. The space stretches to 3 floors with varying levels. The brief was wide open with a goal to attract the “in” crowd. We went for an industrial style mixed with vintage touches and some classical […]
Our brief was to design traditional style toilets that would compliment the existing pub, a space that would be elegant, attractive, bright and also practical for maintaining. The previous toilets looked dark and narrow – the ceiling looked low. With light colours and the rearrangement of the cubicle locations, we were able to change the […]
It was a great privilege to work on this the oldest restaurant in Dublin. The Trocadero has been around since 1955! It was a challenging project because the brief was “don’t change the atmosphere because it works but it needs to be upgraded”! So we took a grande old dame and gave her a facelift […]
Sean and Jackie Murray of Murray Hospitality asked us to design their recently acquired bar and restaurant located 10 minutes outside Belfast in Dunmurray. Formerly the Farmers Inn the brief was to keep it traditional in style, to bring existing customers back and attract new customers by creating a cosy and smart interior. Opening just […]
Since finishing the design and fit-out of McCormacks in Naas we have continued to work with them on ideas to keep their business vibrant. We encouraged them to mark their 100 years in business at South Main Street. What could be more unique than this historical timeline. Lots of ideas were bandied about. We started […]
