The former ‘Home of the Year’ judge talks about the freedom of working on her own ‘mishmash’ home, her recent revamp of the historic Armada House in Spanish Point and her fond memories of working with the late Hugh Wallace
Suzie McAdam. Photo: Ruth Maria Murphy
“Some people say I’m like a swan. Floating calmly on the surface while the legs are going a mile a minute underneath,” Suzie McAdam says. She’s sitting in the living room of her recently renovated Regency-style Georgian home in Dublin with views of the coast, looking very calm indeed despite her mammoth workload. It’s a home some might recognise from the pages of Arch Digest, having recently made quite a splash.
As a designer, she is known for taking big swings, none more so than her own home. There was definitely freedom – no client briefs pinning her down – which allowed her to play.