Photography by Tonya McCahon
Jamie Durie is an international award-winning landscape and furniture designer , author , and television personality . Jamie has hosted and worked on the sets of more than 52 primetime design shows , including Outback Nation on FYI Network and The Outdoor Room on HGTV . Durie started his design practice in 1998 , and since then , he and the team at Durie Design have been hard at work creating some of the most amazing outdoor spaces of our time .
Jamie and the Durie Design team coined the term “ transterior ,” which is defined by Durie ’ s ability to create seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor living spaces . Jamie ’ s designs are all grounded on his philosophy of fusing the two unique spaces together . This brilliant technique gives Durie ’ s clients the benefit of enjoying a greater connection to nature , as bits and pieces are incorporated into every portion of the layout , from foliage to furniture .
Jamie ’ s passion can be found deep in the heart of his transterior furniture collection . Jamie ’ s first collection was designed over a decade ago , and his pieces continue to sell today in over 12 countries . When Jamie isn ’ t designing , he ’ s writing about it . He is the author of more than 10 bestselling books , including : Edible Garden Design , Outside with Jamie Durie , and his newest book , Living Design .
Jamie believes in transforming outdoor spaces to become extensions of a home ’ s interior , so that every part of your property is enjoyable and purposeful .
“ Focus on building outdoor environments that are more human gardens , rather than something you would glance at from the kitchen window and never actually walk out amongst . It ’ s really about seducing people into the backyard rather than creating gardens that serve a purely ornamental purpose .” – Jamie Durie ( Aussie Green Thumb )
10 l Spring 2017