Welcome TO MY HOME

A BIT ABOUT ME

I’m Cathy McGovern, a stylist and events producer @wilde.dining. I live with my husband, Geoff, our sons, Oscar, six, and Xander, three, and our springer spaniels, Duke and Hazzard. We share our home renovations @cathymcgovern_carrowlane.

WHERE I LIVE

Our home is a two-bedroom cottage, built in the 1800s in Derrylin, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. We’ve lived here for 15 years.

WHAT I WANTED TO CHANGE

The décor was very dark and not suitable for day-to-day family life. Once our first son was born, it became clear that we would need more space and so we started renovating the original cottage attached to the main house.

HOW I MADE IT MY OWN

We painted the entire house white so we could see the space clearly. Then we knocked down walls to create an open-plan living area that was more suited to family life. We filled the house with auction finds, handmade pieces and fairy lights and lots of natural elements from outside.

MY FAVOURITE PART

The living/dining room. It has lots of rustic charm. It’s such a cosy and inviting space and we love entertaining and relaxing in it after a long day.