Each year the Your Home and Garden Festive Home Tour raises money for the World Child Cancer Charitable Trust with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the cause. On the day, 10 of Auckland’s most beautiful houses are dressed in their Christmas best by top Kiwi stylists, with their doors open to Tour-goers from across the country. Top chefs from restaurants as diverse as Masu and Mexico are on-hand to prepare delicious canapes such as wild prawn sushi and crab quesadillas. Here’s an inside look at the day and a dose of inspiration for your own Christmas celebrations…
Photos by: Angie Humphreys
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Visitors gained plenty of festive inspiration.
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This Remuera home was styled by the Indie Home Collective team in Scandi style mixed with organic textures, lights and foliage.
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A show-stopping white fabric and fairy light centrepiece hangs above the table.
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A Festive Home Tour poster marks the spot.
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It was a cracker day for the Festive Home Tour, as this sparkling blue pool illustrates.
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Stylist Vanessa Nouwens and owner of Shut The Front Door Sarah Parker dressed this St Heliers home in layers of denim blues with metallic accents.
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Nic Watt from Masu restaurant prepared wild prawn sushi.
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Dark blue stars, copper baubles and white ceramic decorations complete this tree.
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Elaborate Christmas wreaths appeared at all 10 houses on the tour.
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A beautiful outdoor set-up at one of the Festive Home Tour houses.
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Storm & India Tea Sisters were on hand to refresh the Home Tour attendees.
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Refreshing tea from Storm & India Tea Sisters' van.
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