Interior design · Dublin

A home should feel like yours — and only yours.

Simple, modern design with a mid-century soul — for real family life. Practical meets imaginative, always with your budget in mind.

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A calm hallway styled by Nuala

Everything in its right place

Everything in its right place.

The Nuala principles — neatly shelved

Space, maximised

Most homes have more room than they think. I find it, and make every metre work harder.

The beauty of small things — a fern on a stack of books

Beautifully liveable

Family life first. Nothing precious, nothing you're afraid to sit on — joy and ease, every day.

The palette shelf

Out of the ordinary

Texture, colour and one brave decision per room. A space that could only belong to you.

Storage is a design feature

Nuala on site, tape measure in hand
Nuala McCaughey

Nuala, on site — measure twice

About

Hello — I'm Nuala, an interior designer based in Dublin.

I specialise in creating beautiful, liveable family spaces with a budget in mind. I'm passionate about combining the practical with the imaginative — creating spaces that bring joy and ease to your every day life.

I love working with different textures and colours to personalise each client's space, so it reflects your needs and your lifestyle. My approach is simple and modern, with a soft spot for mid-century style: maximise the space you have, step outside the ordinary, and make something that is uniquely yours.

Most of my new business comes from word of mouth from happy clients.

Notes from projects

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A kitchen moodboard

Where it starts

Every room begins as a moodboard — paints, handles, light, all chosen to live together.
Deep green built-in shelving

One brave colour

Built-in joinery in a deep green — storage that became the best thing in the room.
A calm hallway

A calm welcome

Hallways set the tone for the whole house — warm wood, soft texture, nothing spare.
A fern on a stack of books

The beauty of small things

A room is finished by its details — a fern, a stack of books, the right little object.

Services

Four shades of help.

From a nudge to the whole house

NMC — 01 · Full strength

One room, reimagined

A full re-design of a single space — layout, palette, furniture and finishes — done thoughtfully and to budget.

NMC — 02 · Whole house

The whole home

Renovating? I'll shape a coherent design for the entire house — room by room, with a plan that holds together.

NMC — 03 · A good pour

90-minute consultation

A focused session in your home. You leave with ideas, direction and confidence — then do the work yourself.

NMC — 04 · A light wash

Staging to sell

Putting your house on the market? I'll stage it so buyers see its full potential — and its full value.

The joy of colour

Colour changes everything. Go on — try it.

The same room feels entirely different in oat, sage or a dusty blue. Pick a palette and watch this whole page — the paint cards above included — change its mood. That's what the right colour does to a home.

“Calm, warm and quietly confident — a home that breathes.”

Kind words

“Nuala saw things in our living room we'd stopped seeing years ago. It finally feels like ours.”

— S., Blackrock

Say hello.

Tell me a little about your space and what you'd like it to become. I'll come back to you within a couple of days.

Nuala — signature Instagram · @nmcinterior_design

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