Home of the Year 2021 winner shares design secrets: Here's how to have a house like Jen's

Ask yourself how you actually live and not how you would like to live when creating your dream home, says Jen Sheahan

Jen Sheahan at her home in Rathmines. Pictures and video: Moya Nolan

The ingenious design behind the 2021 Home of the Year intrigued the judges and viewers alike from the word go.

Jennifer (Jen) Sheahan, who received the trophy on Tuesday night’s RTÉ’s One show, completely renovated an artisan cottage in Dublin in what has been hailed as “a masterclass in tiny-house living” by longtime judge and architect Hugh Wallace.