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I’ve always had great admiration for the homeowners who find time in their busy schedules to open their doors to our writers and photographers. After years of politely prying into other people’s places, turning the lens on my own for this issue’s Las

The latest range of homeware and accessories from Melbourne-based Sage & Clare is earthy, tactile and frightfully desirable. With a fun, effortless and carefree appeal, Terra combines desert colours, folk motifs and ’70s vibes for an effect that’s co

This Dulux colour palette provides a warm, soothing starting point for a calm, sophisticated sanctuary. The neutral hues are carried through to the sofa and chair, the soft curves and velvet of which lend a luxe feel to the space. They’re offset by t

Nelson artist Georgina Hoby Scutt says her distinctive style is guided by her “creative compass”. Whatever this sorcery, it’s completely bewitched us — her acrylic, oil and chalk-pastel artworks on linen, canvas and plywood are so compelling we just

- Make your bedroom a true sanctuary by including only soothing colours and textures. If you prefer not to stick to one scheme year-round, pick a neutral shade for your duvet cover, then simply change your pillowcases, cushions and throws when the mo

In 2017 — much to the disappointment of her loyal fans — Carter Were, maker of some of the best toast and toppings in town, closed her shop in Auckland’s Grey Lynn. She’d been selling her wares and handmade gifts alongside florist Sophie Wolanski of

I live in Auckland with my 16-year-old son Jacob and IT technician partner David Foo, a few minutes’ walk from Ponsonby Road. My favourite thing about our home would have to be its location. This is followed closely by the fact that it’s a pretty vil

Estelle Martin loves how different her Point Wells home is to the others around here. “Neighbours call it the Mystery House because it doesn’t reveal itself from the street,” she says. “There’s always a ‘Wow’ when I show people around.” This exceptio

A resident of Manly with a studio in Curl Curl, ceramicist Alana Wilson spends her days in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Finding herself more in awe of Mother Nature’s work than of anything in the man-made world, she’s in or near the water every day, wh

What is it about some dwellings that draws you in, gets under your skin and worms its way into your heart? Although it’s different for everyone, when you’re on the hunt for a home base for your family, it can often come down to a gut feeling. When Am

Building “on a pinhead” is less than ideal, but in the case of Milly and Brent Stewart’s home, the result is more than satisfactory. Admittedly, the duo was well equipped to deal with the difficulties of building a 302m2 house on 269m2 of land — as o

Hedda Pier and Michiel Lenstra bought their 1930s Netherlands row house at a time when the Dutch property market was at a low. They’d been looking to downsize from their home in the centre of the Hague into family-friendly Wassenaar not far away, and

Combine manuka honey’s skills as a humectant with oils from fruit, veges, nuts, seeds, herbs and flowers and what have you got? A natural, nourishing hair oil that’s miraculously not greasy. Comb can be applied to towel-dried tresses, added to hair m

Tidying tutor Marie Kondo might know how to precision-pack a suitcase, but she says nothing about where to keep the darned thing. She’d doubtless find joy in the secret-squirrel storage space above the bed in this 50m2 studio. Accessed by a metal lad

When meandering US highway the Mohawk Trail opened in 1914, local eateries, accommodation and attractions along the route advertised their hospitality to visitors with signs bearing a single word: Tourists. Just over a century later, a new eco-lodge

My partner Nick Burrowes and I moved into our home in Auckland’s Pt Chevalier 10 days after our son, Ted, was born. It was hectic to say the least, but when our good friends told us the cottage they were renting by the sea was up for grabs, we just c