Future perfect as family room revamped in 1990s Cavan home

After buying family home, couple embark on quest to transform living spaces within it, yet retain a sense of the property's history

The living room after the interior design project was completed at the Ruddens' home. Picture: Piotr Zawistowski

When Anna and Chris Rudden and their two children Emily and Amelia moved into Chris’s family home, they wanted to make it their own yet retain a sense of its past.

The picturesque town of Belturbet in Co Cavan is interior designer Arlene McIntyre’s next stop in the series Designed for Life on Tuesday night as she meets the Ruddens in the riverside residence where Chris was born and raised.