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Home kitchen bathroom commercial design
Round or square?
Do you favour clean-lined square basins or maybe round basins? This bathroom hedges its bets, featuring refined rectilinear basins with rounded corners
A Guinness, please
This jet black bar and storage area is set back into the dining room wall – optimising both available floor space and good looks
Character and connection
This expansive, light-filled G.J. Gardner showhome combines a functional layout with warm material accents – socialising and privacy are both optimised
Perfumed summer nights
This project deftly addresses every aspect of a diverse garden, including how the areas impact views from within the home – more than one sense is celebrated
Today and tomorrow
This bathroom forms part of a master suite designed for ease of use for the owners now and into the future – high contrast finishes and flow were key
Perfection is a process
Coming in on the tail of existing layouts and constraints, this fresh design resolves all issues and has its material twin with the adjacent al fresco kitchen
Complementary characters
Two townhouses sit side by side – similar but reversed cladding choices and complementary roof planes bring out the best in both
Trajectory of sunlight
Restoration of this classic villa has transformed it into a modern family home with a cohesive layout, flexible and adaptable plan, and engaging social spaces
Landscape design 101
An outdoor space is all about alfresco activity, but what about the weather? Orienting your home to provide shelter is a key mitigating strategy
Safety first
Replete with plantings, this sloping pool/garden space benefits from tiny step lights, ensuring you only take the plunge when you want to
Fine tuning with furniture
A renovation results in this spacious living area – to restore balance in the new space, the custom media unit's length was respecified at 3m
Pixel panache
This bar area stands apart from the adjacent kitchen thanks to an eye-catching tile splashback with the look of floating pixels