Country House: The Cork home made beautiful by an owner with a flair for interiors

Vicki Faller shows Carol O’Callaghan around her home, Elibank House in Castlemartyr, County Cork

The main entrance hall at Elibank House. Pictures: David Creedon

Is there an accent lovelier than a Cork one I ask, as a totally biased Cork woman? Maybe there is when it has a hint of Scottish burr intoning a warm welcome and the offer of a creamy cup of coffee as I discovered one spring morning when arriving at the newly built Castlemartyr home of Vicki Faller which she shares with husband Des and their three young children.

Vicki Faller in her kitchen.