Refurbished city property has plenty to catch buyer's eye

FULL of unusual touches and careful craftsmanship, the refurbished No 4 St Patrick's Road in Cork city has plenty to catch the eye. It has even got something smart afoot to catch the dirt.

Know how the current design trend is to mix the indoors and the outdoors? The cliched design line trotted out is that helps to 'bring the outside in?' Well, if you don't want the outside mud clinging to your feet when you come in, dragged around on your good floors, then the mat inside the patio doors of no 4 has a lot to recommend it.

Almost as long as the sliding doors and a couple of feet wide, the natural bristle mat has been bedded down into the replacement wood floors here for a flush finish an foot-wiping convenience. It looks good, works a treat, and is highly functional too.