Cork home with piano kitchen island struck a chord globally

David O'Brien's Black House was a runner-up in Home of the Year. Property editor Tommy Barker takes a look inside and out 

The piano kitchen island at David O'Brien's house.  Pictures: Jed Niezgoda

As if the steely black house wasn’t enough of a talking point when RTÉ’s Home of the Year kicked off, to a nation stuck in their own locked-down homes of a year’s duration thanks to an ongoing pesky global pandemic, a certain other item definitely struck a deep chord — yes, it was The Piano.