Home Tours

This Manawatū home embraces slow living and a bond with the natural world Home profile Meet & greet: Michelle (interior designer), Brad Webb (construction project manager) and their children Lachlan, Oliver, and Ruby. The property: Rural family home in Awahuri with four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a spacious living area. Michelle Webb loves to stand […]

A small renovation project turned into a year-long makeover that gave this Titirangi family time for much meditation and design contemplation Designed over three levels, the middle level’s big, open-plan kitchen/dining area is homeowner Anastasia Dailianis’ favourite space. It’s here where her “kitchen choir” drinks wine, eats cheese and sings cover songs. All the walls […]

Though Brits by birth, this Invercargill couple demonstrated a can-do Kiwi attitude in the DIY-heavy creation of this rural paradise.

Saving a crumbling Palmerston North villa was a labour of love for this pair of professional renovators who had a clear vision for their heritage home.

Keen to care for the planet, a savvy designer revamped a harbourside home destined for demo with a light touch – no bulldozers required Josie’s art curation adds to the thoughtfully tailored appeal of the home. “If you go to the effort of doing a beautiful renovation, you need to dress the walls in the […]

A couple move cities to embrace a new lease of life, not just for themselves but for a 1920s home as well Home profile Meet & greet: AnneMarie Tangney (health professional), Steve Moratti (retired academic) and Chihuahua-Maltese Benny. The property: Four-bedroom, two-bathroom bungalow in Mount Eden, Auckland. In January 2022, AnneMarie Tangney and her husband […]

An extensive Mount Eden renovation, 10 years after the first one, has transformed this bungalow into an open-plan oasis The luxurious kitchen features oak veneer cabinets, window seat and custom island made by BMC – Custom Designed Cabinetry. The benchtop and splashback are Dekton Entzo from Cosentino and the leather bar stools are from King […]

In an edited extract from her new book, Aussie interior designer and photographer Ingrid Weir visits designer blogger Victoria Smith’s California coastal cottage Home profile Meet & greet: Victoria Smith (San Francisco Girl By Bay blogger) and rescue dog Frances. The property: Rented 1929 Spanish revival cottage, Laguna Beach, California. Ingrid Weir’s New Coastal: Inspiration […]

This artistic enclave on Waiheke Island embodies a Mediterranean sense of warmth and welcome The wind wall blocks breezes while still allowing beautiful views of Church Bay. The pitched roof was designed as an accent to break up the wall and looked so much like a bell tower when finished that they had to find […]

A large modern barn style home was exactly what a young family wanted – and got – when they built on their Manawatū farm Meet & greet: Jules (accountant) and Stu (farmer) Bradbury, Lexi and Ted. The Design: Jules and Stu Bradbury had lived in the original ’70s farmhouse of their 24 ha Feilding farm for seven […]