modern family home

Spatial design expertise helped turn a south-facing ’60s unit into a light-filled family home

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 […]

Connection was the goal of this Wellington renovation, which now has room for the whole tribe.

Advised to bowl this old Auckland house, its new owners opted for a transformation of epic proportions.

A coastal farmhouse-style renovation gave this Taranaki cottage a fresh look to suit its pasture-to-sea outlook Jane loves the textural contrast of the brick fireplace in this white-painted space, but added a new wood burner. The dining suite is from Danske Mobler. “I have always longed for a French farmhouse table and iron cross-back chairs,” […]

Designer Natalie Du Bois took an awkward, cramped 1980’s kitchen and turned it into a modern, streamlined space perfect for a growing family This kitchen by Du Bois Design proves family-friendly living can be stylish With a toddler walking around on shaky legs and another baby on the way, updating the small, awkward 1980’s kitchen, which […]

After a long stint overseas, a pair of clever renovators landed in Herne Bay and transformed an historic villa into a home fit for the modern family This freshly renovated Herne Bay villa is an oasis in the city Fraser Wallace, builder, Anna Reinstein, freelance event manager, Frankie, 6, and Jude, 2. Problem  The house […]