June/July 2024

HomeStyle

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While Producing This Issue, I've Been…
1 … ADMIRING Kate Rogan's perfectly matched tonal kitchen. If you're considering a change at your place, you might like to take a leaf out of her green-on-green book. This colour can often function like a neutral in the sense that it goes with so man
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Editor's Note
Okay, I have to confess, colour hasn't always been my thing. I mostly wear black, plenty of my household possessions are in relatively muted hues and anything with a raw finish will always have my heart — here's looking at you, bagged-brick cladding,
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EDITOR Alice Lines DEPUTY EDITOR Philippa Prentice ART DIRECTOR Juliette Wanty CONTRIBUTORS Bonny Beattie Sarah Ell Wendy Fenwick Sam Hartnett Larnie Nicolson Hazel Redmond Sarah Rowlands Biddi Rowley Catherine Steel Simon Wilson ADVERTISING & COMMER
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Scout
Furniture, lighting and object designer Tim Webber has relocated to a new building he's zhuzhed up in what's become a bit of a design hub in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland's Grafton. Refining its lines, adjusting the windows and walls, adding moveable upho
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This Is How We Do It
Just like when you're cooking in the kitchen, getting the result you want in your living areas requires the correct ingredients and method. Similar to an artfully iced chocolate cake, achieving the perfectly thrown throw starts with getting the basic
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Movie Magic
Two creative forces based in Manhattan's Flatiron District have recently joined together on a fit-out of documentarymakers Sandbox Films’ HQ that includes elements that would also be right at home at home. Keeping it local, Sandbox put interior desig
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Absolute Mood
More than just buying stuff you think you should have, creating a home you absolutely love comes from gradually collecting pieces that reflect your values and enhance your way of life. When that lifestyle includes being rushed off your feet, you've g
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You Can't Touch This
No less than the first fashion company in the world to be recognised by the United Nations for its efforts in sustainability, and given permission by UNESCO to carry the UNDESD (United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development) logo on
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Into orbit
- Send your R&R into the stratosphere with a sunken lounge you can turn into its own private universe. When contained to a distinct area, bold can absolutely be best, and we began our DIY process with a kinda cosmic patterned fabric. Your starting po
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Bring it In
Colours based on the bush, cushions that speak to snow-capped mountains, a rug that references patterns carved into the sand… The Winter 2024 collection from Baya has us pondering the power of nature, and how to get more of it if it's too cold outsid
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So Much in Commons
Having originally met in a shared office space, when a spot came up in a nearby building, Havelock North residents Emma Lindsay and Amy and Tim Gillespie seized the opportunity to create a coworking destination of their own, which they've called Joll
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Sweeping Beauty
Step one on the road to running Emma Hayes Textiles saw its talented founder graduating from Unitec with a Bachelor of Design majoring in visual communications, before working in graphic design and advertising in Aotearoa and the UK. On returning hom
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Accentuate The Positive
Among the nuances of the past few years has come a deeper understanding of the comfort and joy our abodes can bring to our lives. We've recognised just how much good house-related choices have to offer. One creative who advocates for the power of col
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Feels So Right
Sitting in front of the fire outside their Wānaka home toasting marshmallows with their kids was not something Alisha and Ben Goodwin envisaged when they moved back to Aotearoa from London, despite the journey to building this new family abode beginn
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Always on my mind
Kate Rogan thinks about design “the entire time”. First thing in the morning, late in the evening, at work and at play, any given moment is an opportunity to create. As co-director of Rogan Nash Architects with friend and fellow fanatic Eva Nash, she
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We've Got This
Interior designer Toni Gale and her builder husband Dane renovated this three-bedroom home in Napier's Eskdale for themselves and their son Monty (1). For Toni and Dane Gale, a return to their home base of Te Matau-a-Māui/Hawke's Bay after more than
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Down By the Riverside
The leafy outlook of this recently renovated home on the western bank of the Waikato River doesn't give away many hints that you're in central Kirikiriroa/Hamilton. In fact, the water's-edge setting is so serene, it practically had the new owners sol
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Current Pace
Do you have a favourite driving song? I've had Beyoncé's new album at the top of my list lately, and couldn't get her single ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ out of my head en route to a recent adventure with Lexus — the luxury automotive company she name-drops on t
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STOP & STAIR
Step right up for the elevation of a traditionally utilitarian essential into a standout architectural feature. We're all for objects that are as functional as they are aesthetically appealing, and this design detail takes the concept to another leve
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Best foot forward
Pros know to start from the ground up when establishing the look and feel of an interior. Your flooring influences each and every space, so how about we walk you through some steps to success? Wool or wood? Leaders for luxury and family-friendly opti
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Life Well Lived
What do New Zealanders want in a home? If anyone knows, it's Versatile, the 100% locally owned company that for 40 years has been a trusted builder for Kiwis of all backgrounds, ages and stages, the length and breadth of Aotearoa. Decades of experien
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Home Run
For art director Katyana O'Neill, being the daughter of moteliers and niece and granddaughter of builders meant developing a dwelling in which to host was a goal that had been in the back of her mind for many years. Realising it came down to a series

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