Thinking outside of that box: Dermot Bannon gets off the telly and into print

ALL of the dramas have been taken out of home improvement, in architect Dermot Bannon’s book, Love Your Home.

Bannon’s a familiar face from the TV show, Room to Improve, and its domestic rows about building budgets. And, as befits his profile and status, he even graces the book’s cover, like a celebrity chef, albeit with sketching pen and blueprints at his fingertips, in place of pots and pans.

Room to Improve has already run over seven series, and, ever before that, Bannon had a slot on House Hunters, so a book by him is perhaps overdue, but thankfully now he’s distilled much of his knowledge and advice into the easily digested, good-to-look-at Love Your Home, subtitled ‘Secrets to a Successful Space’. Its aim is to help us appreciate, and then improve, the way we use and enjoy our homes.