Sunny days
Meet & greet
Emma Collie (a nurse before she had Lexie and has been a full-time mother since), partner Ben Ryan, (content director), Lexie, four, and Evie, two.
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Ready to upscale
If there’s one thing about renovating, it’s that – if done right – a little can go a long way to creating a functional home that is pleasing to the eye. When Emma Collie and Ben Ryan gave their 1920s bungalow a makeover, the structural changes were few, but the impact was big. This was all thanks to efficient spatial amendments and the addition of colour.
The couple’s house story starts in 2019, when they were renting the upstairs level of a home in Grey Lynn, Auckland. A friendship formed with their neighbour
