A house filled with lovingly hand-crafted furniture and decor

Detail of dining table set by furniture designer, photographer and contractor Taidgh O'Neill. Photos: TNS

"The realtors wanted to hire me to fix up the house before they put it on the market,” explains Taidgh O’Neill, 36. “I told them, ‘How about I buy it as is?’”

Now, everywhere you look there is something that O’Neill has made: a crib he built for his sons, Eamonn, five, and Enzo, two; a rocking chair and sofa in the living room; plus large-scale photographs and a 1.5m-long pull-out cutting board in the kitchen.