B n A Photography, Mackay
Medium sized world-inspired open plan living room in Other with dark hardwood flooring and grey walls.

B n A Photography, Mackay
This is an example of a medium sized world-inspired open plan living room in Other with dark hardwood flooring and grey walls.

B n A Photography, Mackay
Large world-inspired front door in Other with blue walls, dark hardwood flooring, a single front door and a medium wood front door.

Inspiration for a large world-inspired back veranda in Other with an outdoor kitchen, concrete slabs and a roof extension.

Private relaxing space that connects with the landscaped backyard.
Medium sized world-inspired back terrace in Brisbane with a roof extension.

Inspiration for a large world-inspired back veranda in Other with an outdoor kitchen, concrete slabs and a roof extension.

Shaun Martin
Inspiration for a small world-inspired back patio in Other with decking and a roof extension.

Inspiration for a large world-inspired back veranda in Other with an outdoor kitchen, concrete slabs and a roof extension.

Geoff Allen - Pro Vision Image
Inspiration for a medium sized world-inspired terrace in Gold Coast - Tweed with a roof extension.

A new breakfast bar with a splash of red and a wooden column.
Medium sized world-inspired u-shaped kitchen/diner in Brisbane with a double-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, composite countertops, white splashback, ceramic splashback, stainless steel appliances, ceramic flooring and an island.

Design ideas for a large world-inspired back veranda in Other with an outdoor kitchen, concrete slabs and a roof extension.

Design ideas for a large world-inspired back veranda in Other with an outdoor kitchen, concrete slabs and a roof extension.

Styling of the veranda to sell this lovely inner city Queenslander in Brisbane
Small world-inspired front screened veranda in Brisbane with a roof extension.

This is an example of a large world-inspired back veranda in Other with an outdoor kitchen, concrete slabs and a roof extension.

Styling the undercover balcony to sell
Photo of a large world-inspired private wood railing balcony in Brisbane with a roof extension.

Inspiration for a large world-inspired back veranda in Other with an outdoor kitchen, concrete slabs and a roof extension.

Our brief was to create a calm, modern country kitchen that avoided cliches - and to intrinsically link to the garden. A weekend escape for a busy family who come down to escape the city, to enjoy their art collection, garden and cook together. The design springs from my neuroscience research and is based on appealing to our hard wired needs, our fundamental instincts - sociability, easy movement, art, comfort, hearth, smells, readiness for visitors, view of outdoors and a place to eat. The key design innovation was the use of soft geometry, not so much in the planning but in the three dimensionality of the furniture which grows out of the floor in an organic way. The soft geometry is in the profile of the pieces, not in their footprint. The users can stroke the furniture, lie against it and feel its softness, all of which helps the visitors to kitchen linger and chat. The fireplace is located in the middle between the cooking zone and the garden. There is plenty of room to draw up a chair and just sit around. The fold-out doors let the landscape into the space in a generous way, especially on summer days when the weather makes the indoors and outdoors come together. The sight lines from the main cooking and preparation island offer views of the garden throughout the seasons, as well as people coming into the room and those seating at the table - so it becomes a command position or what we call the sweet spot. This often results in there being a family competition to do the cooking. The woods are Canadian Maple, Australian rosewood and Eucalyptus. All appliances are Gaggenau and Fisher and Paykel.

Fine House Studio

Inspiration for a large world-inspired single-wall open plan kitchen in Gold Coast - Tweed with a single-bowl sink, black splashback, mosaic tiled splashback, black appliances, an island and limestone flooring.