Each week on RTÉ Lifestyle, we'll be giving Home of the Year fans a chance to re-visit three competitors' homes from the comfort of their own couch the morning after the show has aired. You can watch the full episode back on RTÉ Player.
The series this year features a diverse mix of homes including converted mills, a converted schoolhouse, apartments, bespoke architectural new builds, re-imagined cottages and bungalows, DIY homes, restored period homes and vernacular buildings.
On last night's episode, we had a look inside Tanya Lee Conroy and Noel Conroy's modernist home in Galway.
Tanya Lee Conroy and Noel Conroy live with their two daughters in a modernist home in Co. Galway.
The house is built on Tanya's parents’ land and where her Grandmother’s cottage used to be. Tanya and Noel were involved in every design detail of the home.
They both work in a commercial property development company and project managed their self-build themselves.
The design process started in 2015 with their architects, they broke ground in March 2018 and completed the it in December 2019.
The house has a timber frame and a flat roof rubber membrane.
The materials they used are materials you would expect to see in the West of Ireland.
They used dry field stone in keeping with the Connaught landscape, and a Corten steel hat which is typical of rusted roofs you see in a traditional farmyard.
They both have a passion for mid-century design and good craftmanship.
They have a lot of bespoke furniture and they wanted their home to be bespoke to their family.
They describe their style as a mix of mid-century and modern design.
Tanya’s dad did a lot of work in the house and built their 6.5-metre-tall board mark concrete wall that is an important feature in their home.
Tanya and Noel say that their home is one hundred percent them as they were involved in every detail.
Watch Home of the Year on Tuesdays at 8.30pm on RTÉ One.
