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As soon as I started scrolling through the listing for Selwood Lodge – an exceptional Grade II-listed house that marries Gothic revival architecture with European villa-style romance on Inigo I instantly recognized the infamous deVOL kitchen of Pearl Lowe. This entire house is eclectic vintage maximalism wizardry and I love every bit of it. It’s like a big hug from the sweetest (and most stylish) granny.

Plantasia designed by YSG is a playful, make-believe hideaway tucked into verdant hills on the New South Wales South Coast. It’s like stepping into a “choose your own adventure” book, where each room reveals quirky surprises from a treasure-filled dining nook to frilly lampshades and fancy carved wood. With bold colours and oversized details it’s a fun twist on old-school charm. And the sherbet-yellow Rockwell bathtub under a fruity canopy? Pure joy … like soaking in sunshine with a citrusy wink.

Photography by Anson Smart.

This is the Paris apartment of Clement Daventure and Clemence Orsini of design firm Orsini Daventure. Another exemplary example of the creativity and attention to detail of Paris designers, always unmatched and so unique you will never again spot anything like it. The space had never been touched since it’s creation in the 1970s so these designers created magic from scratch. Green fabric wrapped walls, travertine used as wainscotting, a rug-inlaid floor, patterned floor tile, flexible marble powder sheets to make a curved alcove in the bathroom, plaster & acrylic & ink wall frescos…. Spectacular! Photos: Amaury Laparra.

Aside from this being a lesson on how to decorate with lots of colours and patterns by the queen of vintage layered fabulousness, Heidi Caillier, it also a lesson in how to make a home look centuries old when it isn’t. Rough-hewn reclaimed wood beams, varying door heights, mismatched vintage hardware, Delft tile, a hidden passage from the sitting room to the dining room, reclaimed limestone floors and so much more give it sooooo much character. I’m taking notes! Photos: Haris Kenjar. Styling: Mieke ten Have.

I love a peek into a designer’s home; it gives such an insight into their design DNA. This late 18th-century coastal Connecticut house with the apt name of “Blue Doors” is home to architect Nate McBride of McBride Architects and his interior designer wife, Kari McCabe. Think simple lines, historic materials, white walls and a celebration of colour and pattern from fabrics and wallpaper. A perfect example of paring back and letting go.

Photography by Read McKendree.