Architect's home revamp taught her how to make space for life

Eve Kelliher talks to Denise O'Connor who has created a planner designed to help make home renovation and building easier

The interiors in Denise's home have a Scandi influence. Picture: Ruth Maria Photography

Creating extra room for a fridge forced Denise O’Connor to make a design — and life — decision. The architect and interior designer faced a dilemma many homeowners do at one stage or another.

She was surveying her own interiors from where she stood, in the middle of the kitchen, eight years after she and her husband bought their 1950s house.