Star attraction: Inside award-winning designer home in Kerry

Interior design architect Aoife Tobin has created a timeless look which works in harmony with views of the Atlantic and Skellig Michael 

The open-plan area for living and dining takes in the spectacular view of Skellig Michael. Pictures: Jessica Klewicki Glynn

They say the three most important things when buying a home are location, location, location, something the owners of a house in Co Kerry’s St Finian’s Bay got right with coveted views out over the Atlantic straight to the now world-famous Skellig Michael, thanks to Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens filming there back in 2014.

Built in 1995 by Americans with an Irish connection, it was later sold to an Irish owner from Kerry who then contacted Belfast-based Aoife Tobin, creative director of interior architecture and design studio Style So Simple, to revamp it for her family of four. “I was in New York on a visit when the client contacted me but she wouldn’t send me photos. She said I had to see it," says Aoife.