When you are planning a refurbishment, it can be easy to forget about things like coat storage, laundry room, linen cupboards, says Denise O’Connor.

Carol O’Callaghan visits the new family room at the Mercy University Hospital’s Children’s Leukaemia Unit.

A teenager’s inspired make-over of a hospital storeroom will help make treatment for young cancer patients a little easier to bear.

Denise O’Connor of Optimise Design offers advice on maximising space in Irish homes - and suggests pulling the plug on en-suite bathrooms