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Celebrating art, quality furniture and exceptional personal style – and that's just the owners! Luckily, the designers delivered a design revival curated to perfection

This in-keeping renovation creates a light-filled, minimalist home, with living on the top level, and an office, art studio and workshop on the lower

A pool set high on the property set the landscape agenda for surrounding entertaining spaces complete with a pergola dripping in Boston ivy

This suburban family home opens up to its rural views at the rear, while materials and layout reflect an easy connection between indoors and out

Whether it's designs to build off, a small-site offering, a rural dwelling or a buyable showhome, G.J. Gardner can help – here are some examples

Subway tiles with a difference grace this bathroom – given their rakish angles, it looks like an express train might have just ripped through

This pristine white kitchen adds a touch of colour in an unexpected way – an Elkay Quartz Luxe undermount sink in Red features on the island

This heating and day bed setting can all be locked away behind aluminium shutters when the owners are away – same goes for the rest of the home

This pool is slotted in beside the home – bamboo and timber fencing creates an in-touch-with-nature vibe while deck chairs add vibrancy

Fine art and practical furniture requirements come together with this individualistic display table by Carla Kalwaitis Design

An under utilised bay window is repurposed to create a discreet bar area complete with sandal leather upholstered walls and brass framework 

This reworked ground floor family room has a new central window – all the better to take in the refurbished family pool environment