Grey Lynn

Denise Porter-Howland, aka Eleventeen Ceramics, pays homage to the abandoned and revered through her clay designs. Denise Porter-Howland’s world is wicked and wonderful, the underbelly of any good fairytale. From her home studio in Grey Lynn, Auckland she crafts surreal apple cores, ears and ashtrays. Highbrow fashion pieces, such as a ceramic Prada shoe that […]

The Grey Lynn family home of Hej Hej co-founder Alice Isles is as upbeat and playful as her fashion brand, but on a grander canvas meet & greet Alice Isles (co-owner of clothing brand Hej Hej), Mike Isles (corporate finance advisor), and their twin daughters, Madeleine and Matilda, both six, and Chewy the cat. the […]

With a car-share fleet, communal garden and connection to nature, Grey Lynn’s new urban village has been designed with sustainability in mind Details Address: The Hadlow, 406 – 428 Great North Road, Grey Lynn Price: 2 Bedroom homes from $985,000 Contact details Contact: Alastair Brown, 021 333 290 and Hayley Sok, 021 132 8985 Further […]

Jodi Newnham’s mingling of hand-picked mid-century gems with her own textural art is a joy to behold. She takes us through her incredible new showroom and reveals which famous designer inspires her style Something special is taking place in a former pizza joint in urban Auckland. Artist, interior designer and mid-century modern furniture dealer Jodi Newnham […]

A spacious living area beneath soaring white beams has been the runaway hit of this beautifully reimagined garden in Auckland’s Grey Lynn Under the pergola Most people start with the house first when doing up a property. Not Dianne Ensor and Geoff Cawthorn. Dianne, who is co-owner of The Makeup School and the Makeup Collective […]

This remodeled Grey Lynn villa is an exercise in restraint. We find out how its minimalist aesthetic seeks to prove that less is often more This Grey Lynn villa’s facade hides a modern, monochrome secret When media executive Jackie Campbell opens the front door of her renovated 1910 villa in Grey Lynn, Auckland, a vacuum […]