Will you excuse me if I start back to front today? I’ll work my way from the outside in. Amazing outdoor entertaining spaces in this Canterbury, Melbourne home by Neil Architecture. Stylish, mod/traditional home too. Join me for a hit of tennis, perhaps a dip in the pool or just kick back in the cabana? Yes please.

Returning from Brazil in the late 19th century Portuguese migrants brought not only new wealth but architectural influences from their adopted country. Who would have known that a chi chi alpine chalet design would have been popular in Brazil at the time? Fast forward to the 21st century and the”Chalé das Três Esquinas” (Three Cusps Chalet) in Braga, Portugal was in desperate need of repair. Tiago do Vale Arquitectos have breathed new life into the crumbling building with a lightness, a transparency that is defined by the sinuous original staircase that rises through the newly opened spaces. A modern work and live space in a reborn historic building.

OMG I’m feeling blue! Not sad. Definitely not sad. The colour blue. I’m in love with this beautiful Scandi kitchen photographed by Jonas Ingerstedt for Residence Kitchens.

Simple. Scandi. Subtle. Sublime. A restrained hand and a retrained palette. Barefaced British beauty from jj Locations.

A Paddington, Sydney terrace house extension by Adrian Amore Architects opens the house to the outside, allowing light to flood in to the open plan living,dining, kitchen area. Steel and glass, wood and stone create a warm, contemporary feel to an otherwise simple white space. Photography by Felix Forrest.