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Pinhole lights from NZs Homebase Collections
The Pinhole light shade from NZ's Homebase Collections now comes in a Dusty Pink (and in a soft blue/grey).
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Five Faves
•Mesowanny - these concrete pendant lights from Paper Plane.•• Hex chopping board by designer Jonah Takagi, from the curated Field store. •••I've been looking for dapper gears for my little buddy and...
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New THINGS (for your home, bed and bathroom) from NZ designers Matt Smith and...
The Cabin - LOVE! My bathroom needs two of these. No one else use my towel, that's my towel.Excited about this! It's all new things from Thing Industries - New Zealand designers Matt Smith (Wellington)...
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NZ Design Awards 2014
Every year, those citizens of good taste - New Zealand's HOME magazine - run a Design Awards.Sponsored this year by Fisher & Paykel (we love them, they also sponsor Fancy's Day In The Life series)...
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Big (design) Day Out - now on 22nd June
That crazy flu that's been hammering so many people has infiltrated Kate Alexander's house, so this weekend's Shop With A Stylist tour has been moved to Saturday 22nd June.But the good news is that...
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Barkers x McKinlays
You know me, I love a good collab... and I love New Zealand-made. Especially made in those lovely honest Kiwi businesses that have been run by the same family for generations - the sort where they...
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Pick n Mix time!
The beautiful Rifle Paper Co (with illustrations by Anna Bond) now have wallpaper! 6 styles, 24 colourways... these two are just my personal faves.Different illustrations on each sideSuper cute...
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Ideas from this month's Homestyle magazine for The Great Indoors at your...
The Amsterdam home of a NZ couple who've started an organic perfume company. Photography by Paula Arcklin.Winter is good for wearing allll your trackies, eating a giant bowl of pasta, and nesting and...
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Kinfolk Gatherings - one night, 22 countries around the world - here's what...
Goodie bags for all the guestsHost, event planner and stylist Shaye Woolford (of On My Hand Props, Styling & Flora)Danielle of Spongedrop crafted the desserts (like burnt toffee and vanilla orange...
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Fancy Spaces
Things I love: String shelves, glass-panelled double doors to your bedroom, a favourite chair as a side table.Really like these simple shallow ledges in place of a shelf... and I saw some at Bunnings...
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The Wellington home of artist Max Patte (a sneak peek inside @urbismagazine)
Photography Jeff Brass for Urbis - the Art of Living issue.Wellington (Island Bay) home of artist Max Patté (you should definitely visit his site and check out his work - it's amazing). After 10 years...
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Best Dressed/r
There they go again, putting out future design classics like it ain't no thing. New Dressing Table from Douglas and Bec. Entirely handcrafted, justifying the $3K price ticket. Love the teeny...
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Swonderful Pop-Up!
Swonderful was one of the very first vintage-and-craft boutiques in New Zealand, one of the first to represent the work of indie makers and designers on city streets. And if you visit them on Cuba...
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WIN! A Scandi-simple stool from NDC
I've been MIA lately... I'm so sorry! To make it up to you, I'm giving away a beeeautifully simple, Scandi-style Seti stool from NZ furniture designers NDC - valued at $195!Handcrafted from white ash,...
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Fancy SPACES
Rocking Chair of my life!A little cold and 'we have only just moved in' looking, but I do love the rocking chair, the white table, and those non-standard rectangular cushions.Workspace wowwwww. And...
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Inside Out
For years, Inside Out has been teasing us with one issue every two months. 8 weeks is a long-ass time to wait for the special brand of interior goodness they style and photograph. But not anymore…...
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NEW Craft Soda from @sixbarrelsodaco
Six Barrel Soda Co. (started by Wellington mates Joseph Slater and Mike Stewart) is doing for soda what craft brewers are doing for beer. They've been handcrafting their all-natural soda syrups for a...
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2014 Best Blanket of the Year (I may have made up this award)
This wins Blanket of the Year 2014. Because grid. (And circles and R E V E R S I B L E!) It's a collab between Forestry Home (NZ designer Virigina Busmann, now based in the Netherlands) and NZ blogger...
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Pop on your bib, it's Pick n Mix time…
Oh, this? It's nothing. Just whipped it up with what I found in the fridge... I love quirky, colourful Scandinavian brand Kauniste and now I also love their new store in Helsinki! Alongside their rad...
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ILU Frank
New Zealand apparel and lifestyle label I Love Ugly introduces its debut cologne, Frank. Apparently it smells like amber, leather and wood shavings, accented by hints of spice and fruit. I think it...
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