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A home office should never be the kitchen table. Confusing work and living is not a way to encourage output. For efficiency’s sake set up your office in a room away from the communal living space. Make it a place you want to go to, complete with personal touches

Open for business

A home office should never be the kitchen table. Confusing work and living is not a way to encourage output. For efficiency’s sake set up your office in a room away from the communal living space. Make it a place you want to go to, complete with personal touches

The dining chair is a quiet workhorse. As family and friends gather around the table, it should be shared conversations they remember – not a rickety seat. Make yours a well-designed support act

Take a load off

The dining chair is a quiet workhorse. As family and friends gather around the table, it should be shared conversations they remember – not a rickety seat. Make yours a well-designed support act

Japandi is the brilliant fusion of the Japanese acceptance of imperfection with Scandi’s warm minimalism. It’s a trend coming to a room near you

Flash in Japan

Japandi is the brilliant fusion of the Japanese acceptance of imperfection with Scandi’s warm minimalism. It’s a trend coming to a room near you

Novelist Ernest Hemingway was right about the importance of a clean, well-lit place. Achieve ambience with beautiful table lamps and the odd freestanding floor lamp so you can dim the glare from overhead. Mood lighting at its best

It's all light

Novelist Ernest Hemingway was right about the importance of a clean, well-lit place. Achieve ambience with beautiful table lamps and the odd freestanding floor lamp so you can dim the glare from overhead. Mood lighting at its best

Bathe in beauty – and enjoy how having a good-looking bathroom enhances your spa-like experience at home

The Bathroom Report

Bathe in beauty – and enjoy how having a good-looking bathroom enhances your spa-like experience at home

Somehow, the kitchen is where family and friends inevitably wind up. Make yours a highly-functioning hang-out

The Kitchen Report

Somehow, the kitchen is where family and friends inevitably wind up. Make yours a highly-functioning hang-out

Q & A with Auckland's Me & My Trend Homewares director Karina McGregor

The new and interesting. This is a round-up of the season’s best

The Update: Market Report

The new and interesting. This is a round-up of the season’s best

Q & A with Wellington-based design duo Kate Symes and Tania Hussey

More than anything a coat of paint or covering of wallpaper can change the entire mood of a room. Express yourself

Resene Update: Quick change artists

More than anything a coat of paint or covering of wallpaper can change the entire mood of a room. Express yourself

Q & A with Mount Maunganui interior designer Jacqui Mitchell

The Japanese admire imperfection in their domestic environment. Mary Lovell-Smith takes a leaf out of their book

The Imperfect Garden

The Japanese admire imperfection in their domestic environment. Mary Lovell-Smith takes a leaf out of their book

Q & A with Christchurch interior designer Larissa Hamilton

Q & A with Napier-based interior designer Dael Brady

Q & A with Queenstown interior designer Emma Gould

Q & A with Nelson interior designer Wendy Osborne

Q&A with Cambridge-based interior designer Juliet Coleman

Q & A with New Plymouth interior designer Mette Kirchhiener

A new build in Christchurch and a renovation in Wellington have been recognised as New Zealand’s best homes, winning Supreme Awards at the prestigious 27th Registered Master Builders 2017 House of the Year Awards.

New Zealand’s Supreme Homes Announced 25 November 2017

A new build in Christchurch and a renovation in Wellington have been recognised as New Zealand’s best homes, winning Supreme Awards at the prestigious 27th Registered Master Builders 2017 House of the Year Awards.

Anyone will tell you, you can never have too much storage. Build a house with many cupboards. Then invest in shelves, drawers, hooks and baskets and you’ll be sorted.

Stowaways

Anyone will tell you, you can never have too much storage. Build a house with many cupboards. Then invest in shelves, drawers, hooks and baskets and you’ll be sorted.

There's plenty of action happening for walls this year, including exciting paint effects

Wonder Walls Resene Update

There's plenty of action happening for walls this year, including exciting paint effects

The new, the interesting, and even the made-it-myself. A round-up of the season’s best.

The Update

The new, the interesting, and even the made-it-myself. A round-up of the season’s best.

The new naturals combine comfort and texture in wood, linen and leather layers. The result is a home worth hibernating in.

Natural Wonder

The new naturals combine comfort and texture in wood, linen and leather layers. The result is a home worth hibernating in.

Don’t accept pot luck when it comes to house plants, writes Mary Lovell-Smith. Bringing choice botanicals inside is an easy way to commune with nature

Gardens

Don’t accept pot luck when it comes to house plants, writes Mary Lovell-Smith. Bringing choice botanicals inside is an easy way to commune with nature

The kitchen really is the heart of the home. Lavish yours with beautiful hardware and interesting details.

Kitchen Report

The kitchen really is the heart of the home. Lavish yours with beautiful hardware and interesting details.

Think of the bathroom as a sanctuary, an escape from the madding crowds, where you can indulge in everyday rituals

Bathroom Report

Think of the bathroom as a sanctuary, an escape from the madding crowds, where you can indulge in everyday rituals

Q&A with Wellington interior designer with Libby Beattie

Q&A with Auckland with interior designer Lynda Patridge and Hannah Mirbach

Q&A with Bay of Plenty interior designer Corrine Mossop

Q&A with Taranaki interior designer Trudi Povey

Q&A with Canterbury interior designer Lucy Wilkie

Q&A with Nelson / Marlborough / West Coast interior designer Amanda Lavender

Q&A with Waikato interior designer Amanda Gow

Q&A with Mid South Canterbury interior designer Stacey Anderson

Q&A with East Coast / Manawatu / Whanganui interior designer Wendy Giltrap

Q&A with Southern interior designers Melanie Craig & Gaynor Rodgers

Compiled by editor Leanne Moore

Dark & Light

Compiled by editor Leanne Moore

What's new and interesting in the world of colour

Colour Trends

What's new and interesting in the world of colour

Compiled by Catherine Steel

Bathroom Trends

Compiled by Catherine Steel

Let brass, bronze and copper highlight your home

Metallic Trends: Shine On

Let brass, bronze and copper highlight your home

Compiled by Catherine Steel

Kitchen Trends

Compiled by Catherine Steel

with Carol Bucknell

Great Gardens

with Carol Bucknell

Compiled by Catherine Steel

Deco Delight

Compiled by Catherine Steel

Interior designer of Auckland's Fibonacci.

Auckland Design Trends Q & A with Fiona Wilson

Interior designer of Auckland's Fibonacci.

The owner of Flux Boutique, MOUNT MAUNGANUI.

Bay of Plenty Design Trends Q & A with Emma Walash

The owner of Flux Boutique, MOUNT MAUNGANUI.

New Plymouth-based ceramics artist.

Taranaki Design Trends Q & A with Paul Maseyk

New Plymouth-based ceramics artist.

Wellington interior designer.

Wellington/Wairarapa Q & A with Bridget Foley

Wellington interior designer.

Christchurch interior designer

Canterbury Design Trends Q &b A with Jessica Close

Christchurch interior designer

Joanne Richards Design in Nelson

Marlborough/Nelson/West Coast Design Trends Q & A Joanne Richards

Joanne Richards Design in Nelson

Owner of Hamilton furniture and homeware boutique, Le French Quarter

Waikato Design Trends Q & A with Vicky den Hertog

Owner of Hamilton furniture and homeware boutique, Le French Quarter

Creative Director of Design Federation in Omaru

Mid & South Canterbury Design Trends Q & A with Annabel Berry

Creative Director of Design Federation in Omaru

The owner of Izzy and Jean Co. in Manawatu

Manawatu Design Trends Q & A with Claire Ongley

The owner of Izzy and Jean Co. in Manawatu

One half of Hawke's Bay design duo Bibby+Brady

East Coast Design Trends Q & A with Vic Bibby

One half of Hawke's Bay design duo Bibby+Brady

Owner of Janet Brown Furniture and Tussocks Homeware in Wanaka.

Southern Design Trends Q & A with Anna Young

Owner of Janet Brown Furniture and Tussocks Homeware in Wanaka.

Design Directions - Making your house a home

Canterbury Design Directions - Angelique Armstrong

Design Directions - Making your house a home

Design Directions - Making your house a home

Waikato Design Directions - Mel Oliver

Design Directions - Making your house a home

Design Directions - Making your house a home

East Coast Design Directions - Amy Tennent

Design Directions - Making your house a home

Design Directions - Making your house a home.

Marlborough/Nelson/West Coast Design Directions - Sue Cunningham

Design Directions - Making your house a home.

This and That

This and that

This and That

Design Directions - Making your house a home

Mid and South Canterbury Design Directions - Maree Hynes

Design Directions - Making your house a home

Design Directions - Making Your House a Home

Manawatu Wanganui Design Directions - Rachel Brandon

Design Directions - Making Your House a Home

Design Directions - Making your house a home

Southern Design Directions - Talia O'Connor

Design Directions - Making your house a home