Timber floors, white walls, generous windows and French doors make for a bright home, writes Ann Dempsey

Situated on 0.75 of an acre on an original cottage site, Glenside, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, was rebuilt in 2001 as a detached four-bedroom home, plus one-bed apartment of immense style and charm. It is for sale by private treaty for €1.9 million through agent Sherry FitzGerald.

The house was designed by architect Paul Brazil in collaboration with the vendor, an artist and keen gardener whose flair is obvious within and without.

The front garden is designed for privacy while the rear tiered garden is full of interest and variety.

Inside, white walls, timber and tiled floors, vertical panelled doors painted mint green, and rooms opening to the sun all work together to create light-filled spaces interspersed with quieter shady rooms.

The large, L-shaped living/diningroom has an open fireplace in Portuguese limestone and a domed ceiling. A bay window gives garden views while double doors open to another garden oasis. This room adjoins a galley kitchen with Italian tiled floor. Neff and Seimens equipment is complemented by Shaker-style fittings in bleached oak. There is a nearby utility.

The main bedroom on the ground floor has double wardrobes in its dressing area, an en suite shower room, and patio door to a leafy terrace.

A second bedroom has double doors to another verdant enclave, while the tiled family bathroom has a white four-piece suite.

A spiral staircase climbs up to a galleried landing with two further bedrooms - one an artist's studio with high ceilings with two skylights - and another large stylish bathroom. The apartment, accessible through a door in the hall, has its own exterior entrance as well, and comprises hall, sittingroom, double bedroom, kitchen and bathroom.

Outside the front garden is set in lawn fringed with birch, hazel trees and mature hedging.

There is a large gravelled parking area, and a flowered bank which screens the house.

The west-facing rear garden, richly planted with perennials, has been designed around a series of featured areas, including two separate sun decks, a dovecote, rockeries, woodlands. It is all linked by steps and paths. The rear boundary wall is tiered.