Design ideas for an expansive traditional open plan living room in Sydney with dark hardwood flooring.

The Ben Heath bespoke window seat has been painted in a colour to compliment the blinds and to distinguish it from the kitchen cabinets although the design is the same. The dresser to the left has an oak oiled top with oak door fittings to provide extra storage space - maximising the use of walls in the small kitchen/diner. Photos by James Wilson at Jaw Designs Edited at Ben Heath

Dark and dramatic living room featuring this stunning bay window seat. Built in furniture makes the most of the compact space whilst sumptuous textures, rich colours and black walls bring drama a-plenty. Photo Susie Lowe

Petr Krejci
Inspiration for a traditional foyer in London with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, a single front door, a red front door and brown floors.

Inspiration for a classic gender neutral teen’s room in Sussex with grey walls, carpet, grey floors and a feature wall.

This is an example of a traditional formal and grey and pink enclosed living room in London with orange walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.

This fun and colourful kid’s bedroom opts for an interactive, safe and playful space. The room uses splashes of reds and yellows with swathes of white to offset the glowing colour palette. The fun room includes playful furniture and an assortment of toys to keep the children occupied. Photography by Ephraim Muller.

Philip Raymond Photography
This is an example of a contemporary kitchen in London with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, beige splashback, black appliances, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and grey worktops.

This is an example of a victorian nursery for boys in London with multi-coloured walls, light hardwood flooring and a chimney breast.

Magnolia Soul is a warm, robust, family and pet friendly home in Fairfield. The house sits alongside a stunning, mature magnolia tree views to which are intentionally framed by the roof structure, through a high angled window and bay window seat. The generous and versatile window seat creates a lovely place to relax, read a book, spend time with family or sit on the edge of the garden.

Design ideas for a medium sized farmhouse living room in Gloucestershire with pink walls, carpet, a standard fireplace and beige floors.

Residential Interior Design & Decoration project by Camilla Molders Design
Design ideas for a large classic u-shaped kitchen/diner in Melbourne with flat-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, blue splashback, a submerged sink, wood worktops, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood flooring and an island.

Design ideas for a contemporary lengths swimming pool in Melbourne with decking and fencing.

My brief was to design an office space that was multifunctional. It needed plenty of storage for their fabulous collection of books and to include a media area where the room could be utilised by all the family when not in use as an office. The new home office design that I created with new layout enabled me to add additional seating to allow them to watch a movie in the evening or play games on the media unit. It also incorporates fabulous built in units painted in colourtrends Larkspur. The unit includes a built-in window seat and wrap around corner library bookcases and a custom radiator cover. It contains lots of storage too for board games and media games. The Window seat includes a custom-made seat cushion, stunning blind and scatter cushions I felt the room was very dark so I chose a colour palette that would brighten the room. I layered it with lots of textured wallpaper from Romo and villa Nova and opulent velvet and printed linen fabrics to create a sophisticated yet funky space for the homeowners. The rust orange fabrics provide a strong contrast against the pale blue and navy colours. Greenery and accessories were added to the shelves for a stylish finish. My clients Aine and Kieran were delighted with the space.

Alex Maguire
Design ideas for a small eclectic roof rooftop terrace in London with no cover.

The window seats are not only handy to sit on, they also provide clever storage for all the children's toys. Photo Sharon Newman
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary playroom in Sydney with carpet.

To dwell and establish connections with a place is a basic human necessity often combined, amongst other things, with light and is performed in association with the elements that generate it, be they natural or artificial. And in the renovation of this purpose-built first floor flat in a quiet residential street in Kennington, the use of light in its varied forms is adopted to modulate the space and create a brand new dwelling, adapted to modern living standards. From the intentionally darkened entrance lobby at the lower ground floor – as seen in Mackintosh’s Hill House – one is led to a brighter upper level where the insertion of wide pivot doors creates a flexible open plan centred around an unfinished plaster box-like pod. Kitchen and living room are connected and use a stair balustrade that doubles as a bench seat; this allows the landing to become an extension of the kitchen/dining area - rather than being merely circulation space – with a new external view towards the landscaped terrace at the rear. The attic space is converted: a modernist black box, clad in natural slate tiles and with a wide sliding window, is inserted in the rear roof slope to accommodate a bedroom and a bathroom. A new relationship can eventually be established with all new and existing exterior openings, now visible from the former landing space: traditional timber sash windows are re-introduced to replace unsightly UPVC frames, and skylights are put in to direct one’s view outwards and upwards. photo: Gianluca Maver

Design ideas for a contemporary enclosed living room in London with a wall mounted tv.

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Design ideas for a classic home in Other.