When Aisling Kelly was a child, there was a house near her home that she obsessed about. Built in the 1980s, the house was different to its neighbours. Two years ago, she grabbed the chance to buy it Teacher/mother-of-three/Instagrammer Aisling Kelly outside her detached home on nearly an acre of garden in Kilkenny.
Having lived abroad and elsewhere in Kilkenny, she’s back on the same road that she grew up on. Photo: Tony Gavin We’re awash with home improvement shows now but long before the current glut, Grand Designs started on TV back in the last century — 1999 — and is still going strong. That show has always been a must-see for Aisling Kelly and when she got together with her husband Phil McCabe it was essential that he love it too.
“Phil was great, he indulged my passion for Grand Designs . We went back to the archives during our first year together,” she says. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.
