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So you live next to the sea, but why not get closer? This renovation facilitates open connections to the water and also celebrates hand made

This indoor-outdoor entertaining space meets pool house features a semi-industrial palette and a rooftop terrace, while the new pool alongside has an eye-catching feature of its own

The interiors of this mountainside home are a treasure trove of gem‐like materials juxtaposed with warm wood and splashes of bright colour

This home's entry building features colourful character elements right from the entryway. Then the visitor moves through to a second dynamic building with giant operable shutters opening to walls ...

Brass accents provide rich notes in this traditional children's bathroom by designer Natalie Du Bois

A dramatic benchtop stands out against black matt European birch laminate with its own glam custom brass handles in this contemporary yet glamorous kitchen

Want to decorate your home with colours that won't fall from grace over time? Here, UK home buyer experts Goodmove offer some tried-and-true advice

This dynamic project really is for the birds, and also by the birds, thanks to a complex engineering/power strategy. Fancy a visit to an aviary that animates in response to the flight patterns of our feath...

The entry to this home features serene shoji-like, dark-framed frosted glass doors, contrasting white walls and a wall sculpture by artist Don Service.

This hard-working kitchen by designer Kirsty Davis has an open, pared-back simplicity, a look made easier with a large walk-in pantry tucked directly behind the kitchen

A boxed in workspace is replaced with a new kitchen which has been repositioned and designed for contemporary living with an island bench and butler’s pantry 

This home was designed to be an oasis – the massive pool certainly helps