Tiled island

For its latest project, a full renovation and extension of a Victorian weatherboard residence in Melbourne, Australia, the team at YSG Studio — based in Sydney and founded in 2020 by Yasmine Saleh Ghoniem —was tasked with a distinct challenge. At the head of the client's family were two spouses with divergent styles: one Egyptian-Australian and drawn to the pattern, color, and shapes of Middle Eastern design; the other Danish and partial to Scandinavian minimalism. Even more? Both partners…

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Image 17 of 41 from gallery of MARIA Apartment / BUREAU (Daniel Zamarbide, Carine Pimenta, Galliane Zamarbide). Photograph by Francisco Nogueira

Kitchens with tiled worktops are the focus of this lookbook, which includes a statement oxblood-colour island and curved child-friendly counters.

Inglis Architects and Georgina Jeffries have designed a quiet, European-inspired holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula.

We've been noting the rise of the tiled kitchen island for a while. When Margot recently stayed at her friends' chic Berkshires home and saw that they, too