NORTHERN IRELAND

One Shore Street, County Down

A proprietor with a keen eye for potential has birthed many a boutique retreat. For Karen Bolleboom, it was a crumbling former chemist’s with a winning seafront location in Donaghadee, a charming town half an hour from Belfast on Northern Ireland’s east coast. A stay at Stockholm’s Ett Hem hotel helped shape the renovation, though the Danes are better represented here – think furniture by Skagerak and tableware from Broste Copenhagen. From £140 per night, including breakfast (oneshorestreet.co.uk).