Designers Adam Scougall and Benjamin Napier have taken this blank slate and woven their magic with colour and texture, light and pattern to create a cool and contemporary interior. This home in Turramurra, Sydney sees coastal chic meet urban cool all the while keeping true to relaxed but stylish Aussie way of life. It’s AS you see it.

If this garden was mine? As the day aged into late afternoon you’d find me, glass of wine in hand, listening to the wind in the trees and watching the grass dance. Peter Fudge Gardens.

Gracefully balanced and restrained this apartment is part of a 100-year-old building located on one of Amsterdam’s most beautiful 17th century canals. Light filled and layered. An historic shell and a modern interior, expansive and cosy. The best of both worlds. Past and present. Beauty and function. Canal House HG by Powerhouse Company.

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away lived a photographer of great renown. His talent knew no bounds. His images were awash in soft light. His compositions just so. His portfolio prodigious. He was in fact a magician, a sorcerer of light and a weaver of dreams. His name… Romain Ricard.

3 bed, 2 bath, open plan living and a small private garden in an award winning small group of four new-build properties designed by the architect David Mikhail in Church Walk, London N16. Oooooh! Unfurnished. £2,817 pcm. Ouch! Find out more here.