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This dark, bold kitchen was inspired by the home's dramatic architecture with feature panels climbing into the 5m-high cathedral ceiling

This large country garden had lacked a true outdoor usable space – a new patio area brings year round indoor-outdoor living

This home reveals its architecture by degrees, with a stone facade giving way to bright, spacious interiors; a cantilevered pool reaches out to the lake

A warm, calm palette contributes to this light, minimalist bathroom with a sleek European aesthetic and individualistic bronzed shower glass

With this viewless, inward-focussed home, it’s hard to tell if you’re inside or out – the topsy-turvy design confounds perspective by bringing key outdoor elements in

A dark hood within a forest of green cabinetry – this new kitchen in a two-storey addition already feels like a much-loved classic

This generous-sized Cambridge showhome by Fowler Homes stretches out over three pavilions, optimising street appeal, natural light and indoor-outdoor flow

Part of a home renovation, planted grasses create a soft divide between deck and pool, while clear fencing behind really keeps things safe

These trees won't move towards the castle, like in the witches' prophesy for Macbeth, but they will move upwards, providing a verdant screen

Looking to play down that centre-of-attention kitchen appeal? Here, wall-recessed kitchen/storage joinery has a furniture-like presence

Material choices help lighten a traditional 5th Avenue, New York apartment interior – this was particularly important in the potentially darker bedrooms

Mirror on the wall, what makes a space even bigger than before? In this bathroom, the giant vanity mirror achieves just such a magic trick