A room that is a promise of summer to come. With zest and zing and joyful squeals of colour. Like scoops of fruit gelati on a hot day this wonderful bedroom, or should that be boudoir, is just the antidote to long, lingering winters. By interior designer Robert Passal.

If you have to work on a Saturday then this is the sort of office you’d want to do it in. Advertising agency SON Helsinki by Finnish inteior architect and designer Joanna Laajisto.

A sunshine yellow way to start your day or a lemon? And by that I mean the tree at the end of the shower;) A retrolicious bathroom reinterpretation by multiplicity.

A bright blue door in an unassuming tiny terrace facade gives just a hint that this may not be a typical historic home within. A contemporary space lies beyond the entrance. Small yes. Stylish definitely. Inner city Sydney living in Darlinghurst may mean less space but not less everyday luxury. Link here while it lasts.

Just outside Uruguay’s hip resort town of Punta del Este, in the coastal village of La Barra is the small and charming hotel Casa Zinc. Just six guest rooms and a life time of vintage finds. Industrial and salvaged, antique and just plain quirky. Long summer days by the sea just got a lot more interesting with digs like these.