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Designed for entertaining and drinking in the views, the interior of this warm, four-bedroom home is anchored by a blackened steel fireplace – there's also a tub on the deck

While a designer will create their own kitchen with the close consideration, having it available as a showcase placed emphasis on outside-the-box features

It says a lot about an owner when time, money and custom architecture protects an old magnolia at the rear of their extension/renovation

It's not just charity that begins at home – so does the pursuit of a 'greener' world and that can start with your outdoor space

Specialist bamboo importer and distributor Plantation Bamboo offers high quality, sustainable bamboo products – including game-changing Bamboo X-treme Decking

This grand entertainer is no shrinking violet – with expansive interiors exuding solidity and character, the G.J. Gardner showhome has the feel of an established Queenstown lodge

This vertical garden, or living wall, helps maximise verdant impact within a restricted outdoor space – as a double bonus the wall is outside the kitchen window splashback

Infra red lights keep things hot for the sauna occupants below in this want-for-nothing bathroom – there's also a sculptural shower and free-standing black tub

Extending the roof out past one end of this sustainably minded home not only provides a ready carport but also keeps this side of the house in the shade

This interior design creates the sense of a wider space with a neutral colour palette and use of indirect light – translucent pendants included

This renovation/extension includes a butterfly roof connecting old and new – an aperture in the roof casts interesting shadows on the garden below

Reeded glass cabinetry fronts add to this kitchen's sense of lightness and creating a pleasing intimation of cupboard contents without laying them bare