The Study Nook
Fuchsia is not native to Ireland, it arrived in the 19th century with Victorian plant collectors who brought it from South America to beautify estates. The plant, named after botanist Leonhard Fuchs, escaped cultivation and naturalized in Irish hedgerows, becoming a common and distinctive sight, especially in the west. In Irish, the plant is known as Deora Dé, or "God's teardrops," a name said to reflect divine compassion.
The cozy little sun-filled nook lends its self as a private study area.
An extension of the Master Suite, it ensures privacy yet without being totally cut off .
As the flower of the fuchsia plant adorns so much of West Cork’s hedgerows we decided to brighten up the walls with Colefax and Fowler’s Tomato and Green Fuchsia wallpaper,
