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Arbiter of taste Beck Wadworth has turned her creative eye from stationery to furniture in a collaboration with New Zealand design house David Shaw. With a passion for interiors equal to her interest in fashion and design, founder and creative director of An Organised Life, Beck Wadworth, had been on the hunt for a daybed for the Auckland apartment she calls home for a...
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Reading list: Our new favourite books
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Wind down with chill new homeware from Città
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This ‘stealth bomber’ build is full of big reveals
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National Kitchen & Bathroom Association Excellence in Design Awards 2020
And the supreme winners are… Supreme kitchen design + Supreme Kitchen Manufacturer + Kitchen Distinction $60–$80K + Lighting Design + Bay of Plenty Chapter Kitchen Recognition THE WINNER Chelsey Mathieson Vekart THE DESIGN Natural beauty welcomes you at the top of the stairs when you enter the living area of this new beachfront home, and the matarazzo marble used in the kitchen is the ultimate complement to the...
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A modern whare
Bull O’Sullivan Architecture renovated this former state house in Lyttelton with whānau and whenua at its heart. This two-storey former state house on a Lyttelton hillside sports an exterior paint scheme that’s loud and proud for good reason. Boaties navigating the harbour use it as a landmark and the citrusy orange speaks a similar visual language as a neighbouring state house in apple green. Although...
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