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This modern black cottage with sleek design and emphasis on sustainable materials blends seamlessly into its lake-side setting

This light, spacious ensuite's new layout improves ventilation while blue tones find favour with the teenage boy it is designed for

This seaside kitchen combines a semi-industrial feel with warm touches of nature and features as practical as they are individualistic

This dynamic apartment interior makeover sees wall removed and unlikely spaces connected – an air of Zen-like serenity runs through it

High-performing and easy-care – here are three ‘out of fashion’ garden plants that deserve a comeback based on good looks alone

Tapware finishes have come a long way from chrome, or chrome – this Progetto tap has a pretty, distressed look implying a long busy life

While this kitchen is an easy balance of dark stained timber and pristine white, two tones gives way to predominantly pale tones towards the rear of the adjacent scullery

Part of a Modernist landscaping project, this uncovered deck seems to disappear into the verdant surroundings courtesy of glass balustrading

This light, white kitchen caters to many come breakfast time – let's hope the easy-over eggs are as delicious as the stools are comfortable

No, not diamonds as big as the Ritz – this artistic interior includes some spectacular lighting moments, these floating rock-like pendants among them

A glass top dining table offers two advantages – on one hand, its see-through nature adds to the sense of space, on the other it reflects light through the room

What could be more appropriate to match that sculptural freestanding tub than adjacent freestanding tabletop basins on the twin vanity