I had the good fortune, some years back, to design and install the fittings for an entire house that was then in progress.
My involvement started with an enquiry for a single item, what that was I forget but, most likely, it wil have been for the kitchen.
However, by completion we had supplied not only the kitchen but also the front and all the internal doors, the architraves and skirtings, the units in the bathrooms, the study, flooring and the design for the stairs.
It is not often that one is given the opportunity to provide so many elements into one space at the one time and, thus, be in a position to influence and co-ordinate their design and the materials. (The timber, in this instance, was Spanish Chestnut grown in Ireland and supplied from the timber company during its short commercial life. (See - The Timber Drying Experiment... 21.11.09).
I wish I could name my clients because they were enormous fun to work with. - But I can't. - Their circumstances changed and they moved-on before they had the chance fully to occupy their creation.
And I do not know the current owners.
So, for the one reason and the other, I do not feel free to name names or to locate the house more specifically than its county.
However, if my clients were to happen upon this entry, I hope and trust that they will have similar, positive memories of our working together and, equally, if the currrnet owners were to do so, I hope they will not feel intruded upon.
(End Kilkenny House)
Another exception, is the creation of the limestone table that I described in (Kilkenny Limestone 16.11.09) part of which I also reproduce here.
