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The home of Danish lifestyle and interiors blogger Allan Torp (Bungalow5). Photography by Brooke Holm; stylist Marsha Golemac for Inside Out.'Grammer to follow - Carole of Sunrise over Sea (and her...
View ArticleTrue Collaboration - Abigail Bakker X Paper Plane X JS Ceramics
You know how much I love a collaboration. And this one is a clever little threesome, combining the delicate illustrations and simple aesthetic of young creative and slow-living proponent Abigail Bakker...
View ArticleTogether Journal
Covetable; collectableYour first look at Issue Seven - in subscribers' mailboxes today and on shelves this coming MondayThis INSANE cover shot is by Queenstown-based photographer Jim PollardStyle and...
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Just lovely.I'd personally steer clear of black in the kitchen if it were anything glossy (hello, fingerprints) but this stained oak is loooovely. Also, I really dig a sink at one end of a counter......
View ArticleFearon Hay's Faraday Street Studio
One most exciting things about Auckland city in recent years has been the move to transform its historic buildings. The Imperial, Seafarers, City Works Depot, Amano... there's been a rebirth of relics...
View ArticleRestful Retreats
It's a good day! The new issue of Homestyle is out, which means you can go and buy it, and refuse to do anything this evening aside from get lost in its pages. (And maybe watch The Bachelor? Don't...
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A much, much sexier Fifty Shades of Grey. Having two sinks is just being greedy, but I can't hold that against this Barcelona beauty. The herringbone flooring is everything. Love the suspended...
View ArticleAt Home and At Work with... Penney + Bennett
Loren, and SarahTesting out their own range of sleepwear (which is coming real soon)Choosing materials for an upcoming (secret squirrel) projectTweaking details for their upcoming display at Auckland's...
View ArticleWin tickets (Triple Passes) to Designday
It's almost that time again... the day on the calendar when many hundreds of design-lovers get chauffeured around Auckland city's best design showrooms. Urbis magazine pairs each showroom with a NZ...
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I like this space, and I'm forever a fan of painted-white floorboards, but think it looks a little unfinished. I'd put a nice big art or photographic print on the wall above the dining table, or a...
View ArticleMr + Mrs Ward
I'm getting that asthma-attack feeling again...NZ interior designer Janice Kumar-Ward and her husband, furniture maker Julian WardSlim Jim and Brutus robes. Slim Jim is painted in Resene Zion and is...
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You might like to go explore the rest of this Ponsonby, Auckland home - here. That shiplap style gabled roof, to-the-floor sheers, and separated dressing room of this master has turned my eyes into...
View ArticleNew from NZ designer Tim Webber...
New from NZ furniture designer Tim Webber, hisLayer sofa. Looks good from all angles, like ya girl, has different modules so you can create your own L-shape to suit any space, and comes in about 100...
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A young couple rebuilt a neglected 100-year-old farmhouse into a stylish space brimming with reclaimed pieces, clean lines, and warmth. See more here. Love the 9-foot windows, lots of textile texture,...
View ArticleCitta Elevation
A fave pattern from the new range - the pebbly Flint.Absolute fave piece of the new collection - Citta's new Eve sofa. It's also completely made in New Zealand, which is a big deal for real.Gorgeous...
View ArticleWellington's Ali Johnson and her artisan soap brand, Sphaera -
Ali makes her own Kawakawa oil to include in one of the soapsHere's some I prepared earlier (no, really - days earlier)Bevelling the edges - it's the little details...After cutting and moulding, the...
View ArticleSunday morning means Fancy Spaces...
Digging the super soft sorbet shades in this room (accidental alliteration).Also, sheers with crinkled linen make a great couple - they instantly create a peaceful, textural space.The kitchen-lounge at...
View ArticleHOLM Speciality coffee house/collective workspace
Holm wall's are a rotating exhibition space for contemporary NZ artistsThe fine art of pour over will make you appreciate a 'hand brewed' cup of coffee that much moreJoining K Road's recent renaissance...
View ArticleNib - sweet ceramic bird feeder by NZ student Sophie Lemaire-Sicre
This is Sophie Lemaire-Sicre. (Famous-sounding name - this bodes well, Sophie.)She's a bird nerd like myself. As part of a Uni project (Sophie's studying industrial design in Wellington), she's...
View Article~ WIN ~ Kid's World Rug from Pony Lane
Happy Mondaaaaaay! Got a super cute little something for you this morning if you have kidlets - our friends at Pony Lane have given us one of their OYOY world rugs to give away!The world rug (valued at...
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