About

Hi I’m Fionuala the author of this blog. We started building Nuns Lane in 2005. I would like you to get a feel for life in our home and studio and a bit of history about the journey we’ve had to get to this point. Donal my husband and I designed a concrete house on the site at 1 Nuns’ Lane and built it by direct labour. The years leading up to the completion were stress stress stress. It was an amazing experience to build our own house. As it was built by direct labour, there was no main contractor. There was a lot of stopping and starting due to time constraints as Donal and I were both running full time practices and trying to keep the balance right with 2 young children. Anyway with a lot of love, effort and family support we got it built and moved in in August 2007. We love concrete:-o) I don’t know why but its just such a fantastic material and in our home it is contrasted with beautiful iroko timber , they sing together! Keep in touch. There’s lots more to come…………