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The exterior of this home – with skylarks often soaring above – is cloaked in a rough sawn larch timber rainscreen, evoking the idea of a bird’s nest 

Before a child closes his or her sleepy eyes, the last thing they gaze at is their bedroom walls – these inspiring bedrooms all celebrate the colours, shapes, toys and art that make...

Refined yet beachy, this expansive kitchen offers an ideal social hub with plenty of room to move and elegant connections to adjacent areas 

Poor access, impeded flow and under-considered connections to the outdoor had held this home back from delivering a great lifestyle – now, all that has changed

This interior combines Oriental culture and functional considerations to create elegant spaces that also make the most of the building's structure

A quiet palette, sense of rhythm and repeat, floating cabinetry and playful mirror all come together to give this bathroom a presence all of its own

This Silver-winning rectangular pool offers a welcoming backyard oasis for the owners and has more safety features than meet the eye 

With differing profiles on different street exposures and separable upstairs and down stairs, this home also stretches out to its outlooks 

This wood-fronted kitchen connects with adjacent wood dining furniture, timber doors on a nearby fire surround and, yes, even the ceiling

In this minimalist kitchen, a Blanco Subline sink recedes into the Florium stone benchtop while the Buddy Kitchen Mixer in Rose Gold stands to attention

Clad in a local granite, with a green roof and sustainable mahogany windows, from a distance this house dissolves into its surroundings

A unique feature of this renovation is the central cone-shaped, brick-clad wall that sits in prominent position – seen from inside and outside the home