See how Geri O'Toole linked a Cork cottage to its landscape with a clever use of light 

Home Editor Eve Kelliher discovers how Limerick-based Geri O'Toole created the interior design for a West Cork cottage

Geri O'Toole in the kitchen of the West Cork cottage. Pictures: Jessica Glynn

We don't need an aversion to alarm clocks to know that waking to sunlight boosts the mood by regulating our circadian rhythms.

So look and learn — because I sure sat up and paid attention when I saw how interior designer Geri O’Toole worked with light to draw up her plan for a revamped West Cork property.