My Favourite Room: The Wicklow home with a gallery wall of fine art and an inspirational kitchen table

Life hasn’t always been easy for Melissa O’Donnell but things are going well at the moment with a stylish new home for herself and her family and a late-onset career with which she’s enjoying success

Artist Melissa O’Donnell at the kitchen table in her new home in Delgany which she moved into last summer. Apart from three pieces by other artists which she bought during lockdown, the works are all her own. Melissa and her ex-husband bought the kitchen table when they moved back to Ireland from the States 20 years ago. “When I look at it, I still see the kids in their high chairs but now I start the day at this table with my notebooks and the sketches in them that I’m working on.” Photo: Tony Gavin

Mary O'Sullivan

A gallery wall is a popular interior design device at the moment and, done well, it adds colour, vibrancy, depth and atmosphere to a home.