Bassano is the transformation and combination of two cabins in Red Hill to create a luxurious retreat as a private suite and an artist studio. The exteriors of the cabin meet the natural landscape through a blend of pale brick and timber battens. Inside, the experience contrasts through industrial materialities and bold forms, such as in the steel spine and travertine floor tiles. Traditional ceiling beams pay homage to the region’s farmhouses, and constant views of surrounding farmland maintain a connection to the environment. A central reeded glass wall separates the two zones of the living quarters. One side contains a kitchen, breakfast nook, lounge and fireplace, while the other features the main bedroom, robe, and a centrepiece custom concrete bath dramatically illuminated by a skylight. The result is a richly textured space with a keen sense of individuality, creativity and comfort.
I really love the edgy coolness of this retreat. Not sure which is my favourite element – that statement bath/basin/skylight combo or the dark steel kitchen. Designed by Tom Robertson Architects. Interior design: Simone Haag. Photos: Derek Swalwell.

A little Baroque palace in the town of Galatone, a short distance from the bigger town of Lecce. The town, featuring styles from the Renaissance to the Baroque periods, offers a circuit of its churches and its courtyard villas. The building is constructed from the superb, local Lecce stone. Its decors are still perfectly intact. With coffered and painted ceilings, mosaic floors, windows featuring trilobal tracery as well as stately balustrades and balconies, the list describing its interior and exterior decors would be long. Its current owners have taken great pains to enhance this wonderful property.
This is straight out of my dreams. I wish there were more photos. For sale via Patrice Besse for €900,000.

We were approached by a young couple who bought a lovely Victorian house in the heart of Dartmouth Park in North London. The house had the great proportions that later Victorian London houses tend to have, but it suffered from one of those late-1990s renovations that really dampened the feeling of the building. The clients encouraged us to use colour and pattern and asked us to maintain an element of traditional without making the house feel like an old-fashioned cottage. I immediately thought of wallpaper and proper 4-poster beds, but pulled the house back into the 21st century by mixing in plenty of more contemporary furnishings, colours and patterns. I hope the result is a house that feels vibrant and unexpected, while at the same time strongly connected to its Victorian roots.
I am completely smitten with this home. The perfect blend of traditional and contemporary. The perfect selection of earthy, warm colours, and the perfect amount of pattern and texture. Designed by Brandon Schubert. Photos: James McDonald

A perfect blend of sophistication and comfort, casual and neutral, minimal and modern. Complete with sunken sofa conversation pit in the living room that I am head over heals in love with. Designed by Handelsmann & Khaw. Photos: Felix Forest.

Elevated granny chic is what you experience as soon as you walk in the front door of this Philadelphia row house. It’s filled with the homeowner’s family heirlooms and with lots of traditional wallpapers and fabrics it is an incredibly inviting, homey space. A home that will last decades without needing to touch a thing. Designed by Studio Dorion. Photos: Ethan Herrington.