Designing the homes of the future

Chances are your next house will look unlike any you’ve seen before. New ideas are shaping architecture, creating superior, happier, more fulfilling places to live

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THE STYLISH RETREATS LIGHTING UP OUR DESIGN RADAR

Calm and collected

In this curated abode, designer María Santos shows how to do serene and statement in one go

Back to the future

The secret to enhancing the Victorian roots of Laura and Chris’ home? A kaleidoscopic collection of design classics and tomorrow’s heirlooms

Sorbet For The Soul

Designer Michelle Kelly has mixed mid-century style with ice-cream shades to create a soothing take on seaside living

Ahead Of The Curve

Rounded shapes and strong shades update the 1980s aesthetic in Jen Talbot’s design for this Chicago home – mining the past has created the style of the future

Bathroom Trend: Single-Use Colour

All- over delicate pink accessorised with copper and curves creates an impactful yet playful en suite.

The connor brothers

With their reworkings of vintage Mills & Boon book covers accompanied by witty texts that capture the preoccupations of our millennial world, The Connor Brothers burst onto the art scene in 2013.

New nordic

Breaking the conventional Scandi mould, this Oslo apartment combines a cocktail of styles and materials to dramatic effect.

life.style.etc

Textile designer Nancy Parker on pinch-me moments, her ‘Poison English’ aesthetic and the hunt for a good leopard print.

In the detail

Small but beautifully formed, it’s the little touches that turned Kim Stephen’s cottage into a home with big ideas.

Centre stage

Leaving walls as a blank white canvas allows bright furnishings to be the stars – a dramatic approach that deserves a round of applause.

Boldly go

Maura McLaughlin’s once magnolia Dublin abode is now a daring riot of colour and pattern that is pure joy

the good life

The interiors of Robert and Stefanie’s idyllic clapboard house were inspired by the great outdoors

serene scene

Fashion influencer Pernille Teisbaek’s elegant Copenhagen home is the perfect place to take it easy

peaceful meets playful

Surprising contrasts and the connection between inside and out are key in this cleverly reimagined family abode

organic reinvention

Raw textures and original features inspired there design of Mary and John Mulryan’s ‘upside-down’ family home, which began life as a Victorian pub

nordic zen

Scandi style meets refined Japanese design at Masahiro and Mette’s Danish summerhouse, where life moves to a more natural rhythm

Champagne Supernova

Now that cook and food writer Anna Barnett lives in an apartment full of luxe touches, does she still like a good party? Ask Ted the dog…

Boho Bolthole

Ian and Shelley swapped their Toronto condo for a life-changing lakeside shack on an island

New Year Glam

Chic by day and by night, Raquel Holton’s Art Deco-inspired apartment is the perfect place for entertaining

All Is Calm

A year ago, Heather Kane had just finished renovating her period apartment. Now the upheaval is done, she can’t wait to celebrate in style – and with a few more home comforts

Winter Wonderland

Alpine clichés were turned on their head in this playful reinterpretation of the classic ski chalet

Planning

Put the focus on function to dine in style

Putting On The Glitz

Designer Julia Thompson’s dark and delicious schemes make an ideal backdrop for a divinely decadent Christmas

Life.Style.Etc

Baker and food writer Claire Ptak talks Christmas menus, clothes shopping , cakes for royals and her most flamboyant creation

Glam Rock

Tasmanian-based hoteliers, Kerry and Alastair, are new to the game, but their home and boutique hotel speaks a different story

Cook

TAKE PANETTONE UP A NOTCH WITH A CASSATA BAKED ALASKA

Box Of Treasures

Each of the rooms in Ana Engelhorn’s London home comes perfectly wrapped in jewel shades

Urban Haven

With its beams, folkish textiles and eclectic design, Kimberlie Birks’ New York apartment feels like a (very cool) country house in the heart of the city