August/September 2022

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While Producing This Issue, I've Been…
… EMBRACING HYGGE, from my home office to beside the fire. I enjoy moving atmospheric accessories around the house with me, and this portable Caret lamp by &Tradition is on my wish-list to go perfectly with the New Zealand-made Cabin blanket I bought
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Crisp Mornings And Cosy Evenings Are Marking My Days At Home.
As a bit of a winter tradition, my family and I have reconfigured our living space to turn inwards and invite connection as we hunker down over the cooler months. During the recent Matariki holiday weekend, we had friends to stay, which offered me an
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EDITOR Alice Lines DEPUTY EDITOR Philippa Prentice ART DIRECTOR Adrienne Pitts CONTRIBUTORS Clare Buchanan Frances Carter Lula Cucchiara Sarah Ell Adam Gibson Melanie Jenkins Sam Hartnett Emma Kanuik Noel Kingsbury Larnie Nicolson Catherine Steel Cla
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Scout
Design fairs are being brought back to life globally in 2022, including Scandinavia's 3 Days of Design, bits of which are being brought locally to you. On display this year was Copenhagen brand New Works, and seen in this scene from their Sartorial L
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Mountain Hi
‘Mountain eclectic’. The term used by Sacramento studio Colossus Mfg to describe their renovation of this Lake Tahoe residence greets you with an immediate appeal that very much conjures the kind of snow-dusted daydreams we find ourselves having at t
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On The Shelf
House of Joy, edited by Robert Klanten, Elli Stühler and Rosie Flanagan (Gestalten, $95) In its introduction, this buoyant book — a timely antidote to dreary winter weather and pandemic pessimism — posits that “several ingredients can make a more joy
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That's Hot
Flying colours Colour can be a major (and majorly underrated) mood booster, and to successfully integrate more of its uplifting goodness into your home and wardrobe this winter, we advise opting for rich, warm-fuzzy additions guided by nature. Mossy
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Wear It's At
THE LOOK These Resene paints translate the carefree feel of bright separates into sleep and living spaces that team greens with elegant, grounding neutrals we've offset with pops of pink — you could use Resene Drop Dead Gorgeous. THE LOOK Warming, re
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In The Mood For Dancing
Founder of Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland label Mahsa, Mahsa Willis, has spent the past two years working with her team in a single room in a Grey Lynn villa, but not long ago they took over the whole house, joyfully spreading themselves out. Drenched in b
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On Balance
A childhood in a creative, resourceful family, study in fashion design and a stint in high-end streetwear behind him, mostly self-taught and entirely brilliant weaver Christopher Duncan made his start in his current craft a decade ago. He began using
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What A Wonderful World
Originally from the Manawatū, object-based installation artist Debbie Harris started out at art school with the intention of becoming a teacher. She really didn't plan to be an artist, so it was completely by chance that she became enamoured with mak
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In Her Flow
She was the first woman ever to pass Unitec's New Zealand Certificates in plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying, and until recently Kellie Hinton was the only lady tradie working at her current level in these occupations. She came to her profession th
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More Than Words
Architecture and interior design studio Bureaux renovated this fourbedroom home in Auckland'S St Heliers for a couple and their two children. When architect and director of Bureaux Jessica Walker first laid eyes on this modern, cedar-clad home in the
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Meant To Be
Andrew Watson of AW Architects and his interior designer partner Jessica Bartlett built this fourbedroom home in Christchurch's Sumner for themselves and their children Zoe (14), Jono (12) and Romeo (8). It was meant to be a bachelor pad — small, sim
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For Goodness' Sake
If Rachel Barthow was a foodstuff, she might be granola — in the best possible way. For a start, eating a bowl of this wholesome fare at her dining table while watching her two young children play nearby is one of her all-time favourite things to do.
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Moments Like This
If life is made up of moments, this Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland alteration and extension project might be a metaphor for it. The first happy happening was a serendipitous run-in that saw Mike Hartley of Lloyd Hartley Architects get chatting to one of th
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Reward For Bravery
You probably don't bet on your bathroom being the best room in the house, but put extra design thinking into these spaces and they can spark some serious joy. So what do you have to work with? Take the walls to the next level with panelling or tiling
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Raising The Baa
It's highly likely that at some stage, you'll come face to face with a sheep eye-balling you through the floor-to-ceiling windows in this house. Led by Fiona Dunin of Melbourne's FMD Architects, the design of this rural dwelling on Tasmania's Bruny I
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Dry Spell
Jo Wakelin's half-acre garden in the Central Otago region is dominated by its surroundings: mountains that reach up to 2000m. There are no obvious boundaries, and the garden, as she notes, “may be under an acre, but I feel like I've got thousands of

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