Time to pull the plug on en-suite bathrooms

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

Why are we continuing to build the same kind of houses in Ireland, over and over? Our lifestyles have changed dramatically since the 1950s –yet, there has been little evolution in the design of new homes.

The way we live, work and interact has completely changed, but our homes are seriously struggling to catch up.