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Poor soil conditions don’t necessarily mean a poor garden. Turn your wasteland of rubble into a pretty paradise Photo via Getty Images Gardeners are constantly exhorted to improve their soil conditions, to add lime, well-rotted compost and manure, to water in the evening, to do this, do that… all to give their plants their best […]

Following a whirlwind career overseas, John Fulton and his family returned home and brought their internationally acquired style to their seaside estate. We step inside their cool, concrete home in Northland When John Fulton returned to New Zealand after 17 years spent mostly in London – with stints in Athens, Houston, Mexico City, Turkey and […]

To add warmth to her concrete home, Valeria Carbonaro-Laws used layers of wood, patina and colour to create a modern yet rustic space Inside the Auckland home of Studio Italia owner Valeria Carbonaro-Laws Valeria Carbonaro-Laws is no stranger to high design. Owner and director at Auckland’s Studio Italia, she’s personally responsible for some of the […]