Q&A with Sandy McKinley

EVERYDAY INDULGENCE: Coffee. We have three commercial La Scala Butterfly machines on the property.

A LOW-COST TIP FOR OTHER HOMEOWNERS:

Use paint – a colour change can be transformational. My go-to colour is Dulux Blue Ridge.

MOST TREASURED OBJECT: My dad’s Steiff

teddy bear from the 1920s.

WORDS TO LIVE BY: Love life and life will love you back.

LAST PIECE OF ART YOU BOUGHT: A print of a work by French impressionist Pascal Amblard. BEST GIFT EVER GIVEN: Taking Rob to visit his ancestral home of Scotland, for the first time.

TUNE IN YOUR HEAD: Big Jet Plane by Angus and Julia Stone. Flying and travelling is in the blood. FAVOURITE FILM: High Society with Grace Kelly. DESIGN HERO: Chris Madden and his book The Soul of a House.

MUST-VISIT MUSEUM: The Victoria & Albert each time we visit London.

FAVOURITE BUILDING: The Library of Trinity College Dublin, for the architecture, wood, books and history.