Trendsideas

The fine art of playing up the relevant and downplaying the functional-but-mundane – here, a laundry/ powder/everything room accentuates the positive

This pool-side retreat takes facilities next level – guest bedroom, office, yoga room, wet bar, bathroom and sheltered outdoor living all feature

A Staron solid surface island with fluted surfaces and central pop-up holds court in this kitchen while splashback tiles echo the expansive sea outlooks

The calmness, the colours, the elegant lines – we're not sure how the pool designers connected with the home's Grecian feel, but connect they did

A substantial gate/door provides the courtyard entry to this reinvented home while wood-framed sliders connect indoors with out

Indoor-outdoor flow was important for food as well as people in regard to this kitchen – catered to with large servery windows and an inside-to-out stone benchtop 

Extra storage was added above the toilet in this bathroom – sitting on a half wall concealing the in-wall cistern – in the same livery as the vanity

Keeping things natural in this family room, the interior designer added a chartreuse grass cloth wall surface and bespoke wood bookcases

The owners scored a dream home-in-one with this expansive, light filled Landmark residence on the doorstep of a harbourside golf course

For this landscaping project, the rotting timber deck was replaced with Biowood composite decking for its durability, water & termite resistance

The gas fire in this living room provides an excuse for a dramatic architectural statement while the long hearth doubles as shelving and even seating

Long, low furniture accentuates the proportions of this renovated space – a white and light timber palette provides a neutral backdrop for artworks