In this serene garden village, interior designer Anya Mayo, architect Doug Weir, and landscape designer Xanthe White create a peaceful retreat that seamlessly integrates…
Interior Designer Karla Devine of House Party Interiors embraces dopamine decorating to infuse playful colours and patterns into her Te Whanganui-a-Tara home. Enduring a…
Thanks to the vision of Anna and Hamish Gordon, architect Adam Mercer, and interior designer Janice Kumar-Ward, this unassuming late-’90s home has undergone a…
Restoring this modernist gem in Tauranga has been a journey through time for its new custodians. Peeking up over a concrete-block perimeter fence, jaunty…
This reimagined Wellington villa harmonises the differing style palates of the owners into a rich and punchy experience. Like a Kinder egg, this is…
Success for this couple is a goal that’s become a present-day pleasure and privilege. Is it your ultimate ambition to own a little place…
A Devonport villa’s transformation tells a coming-of-age story, blending rock ‘n’ roll with British heritage. On any given morning at Rebecca and Michael Macfie’s…
Husband and wife duo Isaac and Beck Lindesay want to break down the walls when it comes to adventurous architecture. In partnership with Squarespace….
Among the nuances of the past few years has come a deeper understanding of the comfort and joy our abodes can bring to our…
For Toni and Dane Gale, a return to their home base of Te Matau-a-Māui/Hawke’s Bay after more than a decade away was amply rewarded…
Kate Rogan thinks about design “the entire time”. First thing in the morning, late in the evening, at work and at play, any given…
Sitting in front of the fire outside their Wānaka home toasting marshmallows with their kids was not something Alisha and Ben Goodwin envisaged when…
Words Philippa Prentice Photography David Straight Like the flax threads of the exquisite hieke/cloak framed in its entryway, everything in this extraordinary home ties in beautifully….
Along with the typical requests for renovating and extending this bungalow in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland’s Western Springs, Sam Atcheson of Dorrington Atcheson Architects (DAA) received…
Most people who manage to secure an iconic mid-century house in New Zealand might already own one or two items that would fit seamlessly…
It took the might of four men to carry the giant timber island into Gretchen Lowe’s one-of-a-kind kitchen, and four again to instal the…
When design professionals Matt Genefaas and Dan Craig started searching for their first home, they quickly realised that in order to be truly happy,…
For most of us, getting away from it all would not involve staying home. At architect Eva Nash’s, there’s no place like it for…
Having attended kindergarten, primary school and intermediate together a year apart, Catherine and Lee Wilkinson were students at the same high school when they…
Departing Ōtautahi/Christchurch on a misty morning, I travel north with some apprehension as to what the weather will be like for our photoshoot. Luckily,…
For Jackie Ashley, it’s the little things in a home that count. The co-founder of fragrance company Ashley & Co understands the emotional connection…
It’s hard to imagine this storybook Tudor cottage was ever anything less than charming, although its renovation did come about through something of a…
The expansive vistas surrounding Tāhuna/Queenstown make an enticing environment for a tree-change move. The Sydney-based couple who own this home were also motivated to…
It’s been nearly two decades since the Swedish owners of this home first fell in love with Bali, drawn in particular to Canggu and the…
Two sisters, three daughters, one husband, and a brother with a bach next door — this project was quite the whānau affair. “It was…
Depending on your sporting affiliations, it would be natural to liken the sensual sweep of the roof of this house in Muriwai, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland…
The streets of Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland aren’t well known for their deciduous foliage, but one exception is Franklin Road in Freemans Bay, where 100-year-old plane…
Laura and Brad Christie admit to feeling a little guilty when they spent their first day of possession taking to their new home’s walls…
An invisible thread runs through this home, just hidden from view. At first glance, you won’t see it, yet the lifestyle-led ways in which…
Once upon a time, this abode played a role in the television series Outrageous Fortune. The rabbit warren of ’70s rooms may have looked…