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This kitchen is to the side of an expansive, open-plan living space – an American white oak frame underpins the cuboid island's leading surfaces

Almost every room in this coastal home connects with the scenery – this bedroom has glass sliders trained on the living spaces with the blue of the ocean beyond

Indoor-outdoor flow to this large entertaining area provides the opportunity for flexible living with the outdoor fireplace and teppanyaki proving a hit

BT Bamboo Eco Flooring features in this reinvented, now sustainable home which is light on energy use – the bamboo floor provides warmth and texture

This new bathroom in a character cottage bridges the time divide with character tiles, copper shower fittings and concealed niche lighting in the shower zone

You can have it all – stairs to upstairs and long views downstairs – just choose riserless stairs, as seen in this individualistic Manhattan townhouse 

Fisher + Paykel fridge drawers optimise both cold storage and accessibility in this well considered kitchen, part of the designer's own home

Here, the pool and pool house spaces are in proportion with the sizeable home – just one aspect of marrying a new pool to an 1880s residence

Opened up for fun, swimming and sunshine by a modernising renovation at the back, at the front this home retains a demure red brick face

This renovation delineates old values from new work – as part of this, the existing bare staircase is in part retained with a modern perforated zinc stair starting 95cm above

This crisp and architectural main family bathroom's chunky tile-clad blade walls divide vanity, toilet and shower zones

For this home that celebrates wood indoors and out, the central courtyard is sheltered by the bedroom wing on the left and living pavilion to the right