Directory of Traditional Building Skills - Mourne Heritage Trust

Telephone:Email:Website:Consultant – INTERIOR DESIGNER – DECORATORDecowell7 Onslow ParadeBelfast BT6 0AR028 9073 2985 Mobile: 07976929162 Fax: 028 9046 0221design@decowellinteriordecoration.comwww.decowellinteriordecoration.comContact:Ruth BothwellSize of Firm:Specialisation:Background:Examples of Work:1–10 peopleWorks throughout Northern IrelandInterior design, including private homes, bars, restaurants, hotelsand offices. Interior decoration, including works on walls,ceilings, columns and furniture, the imitation of wood, marbleand stone, three-dimensional painting, murals and gilding.Restoration of furniture, paintings, frescoes, antique paintfinishes, mirror and picture frames, ceiling details and panellingTrained in the Van der Kelen College of Decorative Arts,Brussels in 1994. Worked as free lance decorative artist inLondon on both private and commercial jobs. Worked on theKremlin Palace in 1995 and has had private commissions inHolland, Spain, Kuwait, Scotland and Ireland2001 (L) The Westin Hotel, Dublin – The restoration of heavilygilded ornamental ceilings of former bank building (Architect:Duncan McLaren, Co. Donegal)1999 (L) The McCausland Hotel, Belfast – Design anddecoration of communal areas of hotel, including the restaurant,entrance lobby and bar2002 (L) The Albert Clock, Belfast – Gilding of clock faces andweather vane (Architect: Consarc Conservation, Belfast)Ongoing (L) Montalto House, Ballynahinch – Restoration anddecoration of Georgian house, including doors, stairs, handpainted and lined panels, woodwork (Architect: John O’Connell,Dublin)44