Worker man!

Here are some pictures of Ciaran getting his hands dirty!

The ceiling has been marked out where the rose is to be placed.

The rose is made up of lots of different plaster parts. They get bonded to the ceiling and then attached further by being screwed in to the ceiling.

This is Ciaran checking to see if it is fixed securely to the ceiling.  He needed to be careful when screwing it to the ceiling.  If it was screwed too hard it might split the plaster.

This is a nearly completed rose - it just needs the centre part to be filled. When you see them on the ground all mixed up in the box the plaster parts don't look that great.  When they are put up on the ceiling they look stunning and so big!!!  They really are a fabulous feature!

Plaster mouldings!

Ciaran visited the plaster moulding factory in Wicklow yesterday to choose plaster coving, ceiling roses and mouldings for the house. He brought along some samples of the coving that was originally in the house so that he could replace like with like.


He bought new mouldings for the arch in the hallway, a few ceiling roses and some new coving for the downstairs of the house.


The company he went to for the plaster works use traditional methods to make the plaster mouldings and all of their designs are based on authentic designs contemporary to certain periods and regions.