Your Home and Garden

It Takes A Village

FAMILY HISTORY

Homeowners Gin and Ted treasure this Dick Frizzell artwork, Cow in a Dam, which was in Ted’s home when he was growing up. “We love the rural look of it,” says Gin. The beautiful bouquet here, as well as the one on the outside table is by florist Rebecca Hanke.

AT OUR TABLE

This table is close to Gin’s heart and is where her dad stored his chainsaws in his farm workshop. The chairs are also from her family home and the Craft buffet is from Citta.

“We don’t really get drawn to trends and try to keep everything classic and homely.”

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MEET & GREET

Gin and Ted Thorp (owners of The Flagship Events Company and DEK, a new online outdoor furniture company), Forbes, five, Griffin, three, nine-month-old Bella, and Macy Gray, an English Staffordshire terrier.

THE PROPERTY

Charming Havelock North bungalow with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, expansive indoor living and a backyard cottage.

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