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This large, working farmhouse kitchen with wood cabinetry is painted appropriately in natural tones and includes a spacious scullery at rear 

Balancing its simple, striking form, this home's raw material textures and natural colour palette avoid visual disruption to its lakeside setting

Relocating the door into this powder room gave privacy from the living areas and allowed a generous size basin to be installed – which doubles as a designer dog bath 

This suspended shelving unit creates storage between kitchen and scullery while allowing views through to the golf course beyond the windows

Or another word would be timeless – a clean-lined marble vanity in a new apartment within an ornate 1890s civic building echos the past and celebrates modern design too

Located in Kenepuru Landing, an exciting new suburb just a stone's throw from central Porirua, this compact G.J. Gardner home offers relaxed family living

Comprised of limestone and resin, the benchtop Victoria + Albert Vessel Sinks in this bathroom echo the freestanding tub to elegant effect

This custom walnut pendant echoes the walnut-framed island below it in both materiality and form, and helps define the kitchen within the large void

With passive solar heating to the fore, a simple wood burner handles secondary heating needs in this contemporary, hilltop home

Interior design is the finishing touch on your new home, but tackling it alone can be overwhelming – these great insider tips will get you started

Bathroom designs often have to deal with undiscovered issues along the way – however, this adroit design turned them to advantages

This home finds the perfect balance between high design and a casual Californian aesthetic – creating magic on an already magical site