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Editor’s Note
This issue is our 100th; I know, I can’t quite believe it either — what a milestone! There have been many defining moments in homestyle’s history — surviving 2020 being one of them —and I’m immensely proud of how we’ve stayed the course and evolved t
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Alice Lines Philippa Prentice Juliette Wanty Rose Ackland Sarah Ell Wendy Fenwick Duncan Innes Claire McCall Anna McLeod Larnie Nicolson Mark Smith Sam van Kan Simon Wilson Nicholas Burrowes General Manager [email protected] +64 21 505 992 ■
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Scout
Dreamed up in Vietnam, responsibly manufactured in China and distributed from Peka Peka on the Kapiti Coast, the provenance of this painterly bedding by new brand I Am Home is a reflection of its founders’ residences in Asia and Aotearoa. This sweet
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Fair Share
Ayesha Green Known for her simplified painting style and reimaginings of historical figures and botanical illustrations, through her work Ayesha attempts to relocate and redefine the power relationships of Māori representation. Andrea Bolima Andrea
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Social Work
Balance is the key to success both in general and in interiors, and the set-up pictured here at Auckland’s The Village has it sussed. Work, life and wellbeing are the pillars that prop up this co-working, community and event space in Herne Bay. By So
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On The Shelf
As all New Zealanders are aware, the good old two degrees of separation thing means that wherever we go, there we are — and this book is no different. Surf Shacks Vol 2 follows in the footsteps of its predecessor in profiling homes belonging to colo
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A Thing Or Two
Sleep meets study in this space that caters to both equally well, thanks to a built-in desk that itself does double duty for learning and as a surface on which to arrange decorative vignettes. - Get fit This room celebrates simple, bold forms and a
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Home Style 100
Erena Te Paa, stylist The humble stool. I use them so often, as much for side tables as for sitting on, climbing on and storing things in. Annique Hessen, Gezellig Interiors My Pallarès bread knife. If you don’t have one, I highly recommend you trea
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The Luminaries
Stepping into the Christchurch office of Lume Design is like crossing the threshold of a serene warehouse apartment. Filtered light illuminates a room in which a statement pendant immediately catches the eye, a white sofa and marble coffee table conv
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Power To The People
Already half of design studio Akin and online pet-product store Dogdogdog, Auckland’s Emma Kaniuk has recently become wholly responsible for another business venture, Tradespeople. It shines a nationwide light on women and gender-diverse people worki
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Keeping It Tight
The family behind West Auckland’s Powersurge enjoy an enviable relationship. They riff off each other with such enthusiasm and synergy that it’s immediately apparent why the business that makes magic with metal has forged a path to success. “We all h
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Under The Sumner Sun
Following the sun and surf around Aotearoa, Abbie and Gus Herniman have lived in coastal towns for most of their life together, so when they decided to return to Christchurch, where Abbie grew up, the search began for a new seaside spot to call home.
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Connect Four
When fashion designer Juliet Souter of womenswear label Marle and her husband Justin bought their first place together, they didn’t think they’d be able to make it their home. The couple’s lives were centred in Auckland at the time, so they considere
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The Place To Be
‘This must be the place’, says the neon- sign writing on the wall at Kelly and Mark Pattie’s house. Two-and-a-half years, detail by detail in the making, their home is as close to the ultimate destination as they could have imagined, a place into whi
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Magnificent Seven
Sometimes in order to move forward, we must first go back. That’s certainly true of this home in Parnell, Auckland, which began life circa 1875 as five barracks used to house soldiers in nearby Albert Park. A decade or so later, the buildings were mo
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Push The Limits
The great Kiwi beach holiday is a nostalgic memory embedded in our national psyche — the days gliding along carefree, revolving around swims, barbecues and yarns into the evening, preferably around a fire. For Sue and Paul Webber, many of the memorie
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She Says Yes
Christina, what led you to a career in architecture? I grew up as a child of Dutch and English immigrant parents in an interesting house designed by another immigrant, architect Len Hoogerbrug. Despite an underlying desire to be an architect, I wasn’
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Well & good
Enough with storing your toothbrushes on your bathroom vanity or in that moudly old glass you should give the heave-ho — here’s an elevated alternative. Designed by architect Natalie Bradburn of Clean, Clean, Clean, this simple yet sophisticated shel
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That’s just Dandie
In early 2020, Rose Ackland of fashion label Beach Knickers and Josh Milward of Sitting Pretty Design set off on a road trip from their home in Tauranga to Dunedin, stopping everywhere in between to sell Rose’s latest Beach Knickers collection to sto
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Wild Suburbia
Located in a quintessential suburban cul-de-sac, this home is anything but typical. Aside from this almost entirely red dwelling being in stark contrast to the surrounding homes, the generous setback of its front fence and the peekaboo views into a s
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Catalog
BoConcept are experts at making design, furniture and colour come together in your home. If you need someone to bounce ideas off, their interior decorators are on hand to help you complete any scheme — single rooms, small apartments, big houses or co

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