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This iconic 1830s “Charleston single” house in downtown Charleston underwent a two-year renovation. Originally featuring two main rooms, a centre hallway, an attic with dormers and fireplaces in every room, a double-tiered piazza shades the western side with an addition to the rear. Modern updates blend with history through custom tiles, William Morris wallpaper and antiques, creating a comfortable, stylish home for the family. Pitt Street, Charleston, SC by Project Basics.

Photography by Nicole Franzen.

The Atwater House by Design, Bitches has evolved with its family over 20 years. Once a 500 sq.ft. near-teardown it now features an office, pool house, living room, and bedroom with a green roof. The original structure was replaced with a kitchen/dining area and bedrooms for the children. Custom finishes include oak, walnut, concrete tiles, and steel skylights. Natural light, insulation, and strategic tree planting minimize the need for artificial lighting, heating and cooling.

Photography by Yoshihiro Makino, Paul Vu.

A truly extraordinary remnant of America’s ‘Gilded Age’, this seaside mansion was built in 1912, extensively rebuilt in 1915 by Bigelow & Wadsworth Architects, and had fallen into disrepair by the time our clients bought it in 2015. The ambitious refurbishment was led by the New York-based Peter Pennoyer Architects, with whom Max Rollitt and the team worked collaboratively to restore the historic interiors and myriad original features, including panelling, fire surrounds and light fittings. Architectural elements completed, Max and the team set about creating rooms that carefully balanced the theatricality of the house with an inviting sense of comfort.
WOW this home is SPECTACULAR! The details are of the caliber of what you would find in a European château. The woodwork and carvings are blowing my mind, and I absolutely adore the kitchen. Also, it has a flower room. I’m dying. (Most photos by Simon Upton)

This design makes the most of the old agricultural yard surrounding beautifully converted residential barns, set in the idyllic East Suffolk countryside. Hard and soft materials are carefully chosen to sensitively integrate the garden with the character of the barns and the local landscape setting. Sweeping, curving pathways lead through the rest of the garden, connecting various destination points and seating areas. Naturalistic planting design flows throughout the garden, set against a restrained hardscape of limestone pavers and gravel. Perennial planting areas wrap around main seating areas, while expanses of wildflower meadow feature an inviting firepit seating spot in the evening sun. 
Another garden I need to stash away in my inspiration folder as this one checks all the boxes for the things I love – particularly a gravel path weaving through grasses and wildflower meadows. The wild look but contained and organized is perfection. By garden design studio Colm Joseph Gardens.

Completed in September 2019 after an 18 month build…The garden contains dual level sawn Yorkstone dining terraces with bespoke steps, a 12m-long living wall, and a water feature running the entire length of the garden. The space is divided into distinct zones; close to the house it is formal in character, with crisp clean lines of sawn Yorkstone paving. The lowest terrace provides an Iroko bench with outdoor seat cushions, creating a comfortable lounge area beneath the verdant living wall. Deep Yorkstone steps lead up to the dining terrace and to a lawn with planted borders. Stepping-stones skip through the lawn to a productive planting area, screened from view by bespoke louvered timber screens. A bespoke timber-clad outbuilding at the rear of the garden is settled in a naturalistic woodland area. Here the planting is less formal and loose in feel, and includes the origin of the water feature, bubbling up from a dish carved out of a Yorkstone boulder. Starting as a natural stream, water then flows into a slick Corten steel rill, finally pooling into a lily pond, contained by a Corten steel trough.
I prefer less modern gardens but the fact that this one has a water feature that runs through the entire thing is blowing my mind. Bloody brilliant!!! Designed by Tom Massey. Photos: Britt Willoughby Dyer.