The inside of this Kinsale home evokes the mood of the outside sea

Rose Martin visits a Kinsale house design that has the sea as a starting point

Metal table frame units from Ikea support a desktop in bleached wood commissioned by Niamh McGowan.

How’s this for a mission statement: “You won’t find any white paint in this house — at all.”

So says artist and interior stylist, Niamh McGowan referring to her most recent project, the Cluain Mara scheme at Kinsale, where her individual style has created a show house that’s not a show house — more a supremely stylish home.