homestyle

homestyle is New Zealand’s freshest home and lifestyle magazine. With a focus on clever ideas and intelligent spending, homestyle offers a mix of accessible luxury and practical inspiration giving you the confidence to create your own living environment with a personal touch. From new homes, to renovations and even rentals, homestyle is the magazine for anyone looking to transform their house into a home.

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Style

Scout • We’ve been shopping for your home.

Cut & colour • For an interior that looks like it just stepped out of salon, consider this playful yet poised palette.

TWO OF A KIND • A helping hand for families, this pay-it-forward project keeps both you and a child snug with every purchase.

Slow march • As we inch towards autumn, this excerpt from UK florist-with-a-following Anna Potter’s second book, Flower Philosophy, shares a way to capture her luxe and wild style.

Big idea • Serving several purposes and a generous helping of good looks — that’s what you call functional art.

Frieze frame • Trim a space with a classic decoration made simpler than its traditional counterparts but still as snazzy.

People

MULTIPLE THREADS OF INQUIRY FORM EACH BODY OF WORK CREATED BY ARTIST EMMA FITTS.

CARINA WEBB OF FRANGERE STUDIO’S LAUNCH COLLECTION LIGHTENS THINGS UP WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH.

IN THE WORKROOM OF FASHION LABEL KOWTOW, WITH CREATIVE DIRECTOR MARILOU DADAT.

Homes

GIMME SOME SUGAR • This layer-cake of a dwelling is filled with features that gracefully show how well-considered design can make life that much sweeter.

THREE’S COMPANY • A trio of barn-like structures forms one big hit that’s a favourite for this family by a country mile.

RARE BIRD • Don't call this home an empty nest — it's feathered with some of the finest finds you ever did see.

ALL IS CALM • Danish designer Kristina Dam's strategically serene spaces are the height of cool and heavenly peace.

Design

GRAND TOUR • Ōtautahi/Christchurch is home to some iconic architecture, and Open Christchurch — brought to life by Te Pūtahi Centre for Architecture & City-Making — lets everyone in on it. Te Pūtahi director Jessica Halliday shares her top picks.

BLURRED LINES • Tendrils of nature and the ultimate ease cross the threshold of this home, enhancing life for its occupants in their golden years.

IN THE MOOD • Some clever planning and planting have made an immersive, atmospheric sanctuary out of a special, if somewhat dicey site.