Photographer Emily Quinn’s home is a colourful sanctuary inspired by travel and family

Peggy Guggenheim and mid-century design inspire photographer Emily Quinn’s renovation, as Mary Cate Smith sees

Emily Quinn and Sophie in the kitchen of Emily's Ranelagh home.

Behind the facade of Emily Quinn’s Ranelagh home in Dublin lies a stylish sanctuary to suit the needs of a modern family, where Batman masks and well-worn Crocs sit comfortably alongside Louis Poulsen lamps and custom terrazzo floors.

A fashion photographer and children’s clothes designer, Emily has transformed a standard 1980s three-bedroom semi-detached house into a family home full of texture, colour, and personality. “Colour is central to my work. I didn’t want a black/white/grey, toned-down house, you know, like the ‘after’ versions of the Home Alone house,” she says.