My favourite room: ‘I was 45 years in the last house. I decided to look for a smaller place. I first came to see this one for the craic’ – Simona Doyle’s Dublin mews

The living room in Simona Doyle’s period home is like the rest of the house – tastefully and stylishly furnished. Everything is subtle so it’s only when Simona herself points out the bases of her two black and white table lamps that it becomes apparent that they each depict the map of the world.