Innholdsfortegnelse for June/July 2023 i homestyle

“We had a party for 70 16-year-olds here last weekend” is not a statement you hear very often when arriving to photograph a property. But a conversation such as this (at Emma-Jane Hetherington and Tim Dorrington's house, featured on page 106) tells you you're in a home that's all about living — with teenagers! If those walls could talk… Photographer Emma-Jane and I have worked together before, and I really enjoyed spending time at her place. She gave me a fresh perspective on making your home somewhere your family can grow together; in her and Tim's case, the house itself grew too as they renovated it bit by bit to fit their changing needs. As their interior illustrates, you can enjoy nice things while not being too precious about them,…

Grounded foundation Interior designer Fleur Delesalle aspires to one charming objective: to create harmony. In the apartment opposite, large, vivid objects are deployed in big, simple spaces, surrounded by not-quite-whites, neutrals and more restful shades. “Get colours to interact with each other,” she says. “For example, replicate a shade in a rug elsewhere in the room.” Deliciously eclectic Pictured right, the home of Emma Morley, founder of interior design practice Trifle, and Simon Goff, owner of rug brand Floor Story, is one big adventure. Each room is its own colourful island, floating unconnected to the space either side of it. “The kitchen was white, but now it's buttermilk, which feels more like a colour you can eat,” says Emma, who suggests beginners “go bold in a small room first”. Tonal…

“I fell in love with the process and the wonder of making sculptural forms out of balls of clay and hope. I love the journey because it never ends and I continually inspire myself to try new things.” Dave, ceramics are part of a wider creative practice for you — tell us about the various mediums you explore in your art. As early as 1981, I was featured in the paper painting something, I can't remember what, and won a ‘design a mural’ competition for the local intermediate school. I was 13. I got sidetracked for the next 12 years being a wayward teen and young adult, then woke up in the middle of the night one night and decided I was going to make films. I left my factory…

A journey through the Canterbury high country is a series of scenic moments that feel otherworldly. Majestic mountains rise around you, with surfaces of sun-parched screes, tussocks shimmering in the breeze and swathes of deep green beech trees, and perhaps most magical of all are the rocks that rise out of the ground at Castle Hill. When tasked with designing new accommodation for the farm at Flockhill Station — 36,000 acres in the Craigieburn Valley — project principal Jonathan Coote and the architecture team at Warren and Mahoney took all of this in and saved the best view till last. Right from the first visit, they knew the spectacular site commanded a sense of arrival. “You drive onto the property, weave your way through a number of farm buildings, barns,…

OBJET OF AFFECTION When you don't quite have the dosh to hire a professional but sure could use their expertise to help you source special stuff, you need a savvy alternative like that offered by interior stylist Ange Dye of The Untrained Eye. As well as procuring international pieces for her private clients, she's starting doing so for everyone else as well, through Objet, her inventory of extraordinary objects and artworks from around the world. Add rare interest to your spaces by keeping your own peepers on her edit as it evolves — at this stage, everything's vintage and uncommonly beautiful, like this crush-worthy Muranoglass vase from Italy and lamp by Gabriella Crespi from France. the-untrained-eye.co.nz PUT YOUR PIEDS UP Take a load off on a sought-after piece of the…

WEBB'S — Specialist profile As Manager of Art at Webb's — Aotearoa's premier auction house, specialising in the sale of art, jewellery and accessories, wine and collectors’ vehicles in Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland and Pōneke/Wellington — Tasha Jenkins oversees the entire art department. We picked her brain in the run-up to Twenty, the inaugural live Webb's auction in Pōneke/ Wellington, which on July 5 will showcase 20 exemplary artworks by 20 artists whose investment level is on the up and up — the most exciting prospects in the local art market today. So Tasha, how many art auctions does Webb's host each year? We have various tiers of art auction, ranging from high-value art sales at live auction to more accessible art sold online. We have seven mainstay live auctions a…

HOMES When, in October 2020, the new owners of this Lake Tarawera property walked into the home they'd bought remotely, they'd only just stepped off a plane from Melbourne and out of quarantine. The daylight was fading fast and butterflies of excitement churned their insides like a tumble dryer. Until then, they'd relied on a family member making visits to the for-sale property. The real-estate photos had been imbued with a red tinge and the floorplans they'd been emailed had some discrepancies, but still the home's design credentials shone through. Although built in 1983, the dwelling tucked into native bush was a showcase of late-'70s style. Beneath a soaring monopitch roof, there were multiple levels (mezzanine upon mezzanine of sunken and raised spaces), a wealth of rich timbers that were…

THE PROJECT Photographer Emma-Jane Hetherington and her architect husband Tim Dorrington renovated this three-bedroom home in Auckland's Westmere for themselves and their children Jasper (16) and Charlotte (14). At heart, architects always want to build new. Particularly when it comes to their own homes, their heads are brimming with ideas they're itching to trial. Renovations are a compromise, and Tim Dorrington of Dorrington Atcheson Architects felt no differently, but with his wife, photographer Emma-Jane Hetherington, pregnant with their first child, it was a case of needs must. This was no time for flights of fantasy. The couple had been living in a cottage in Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland's Arch Hill, which involved navigating three flights of stairs to access all areas. It was impractical, so when a bungalow in Westmere within…

COFFEE GROUP Designer profile — PEOPLE “WE DESIGN PRODUCTS THAT ARE NEEDED AND COULD BE BETTER, ALWAYS WITH FORM AND FUNCTION IN MIND,” SAYS PADDY. Having worked their way up in the business founded by Bridget Dunn and Jeff Kennedy in 2011, the new owners of Pōneke/Wellington's Acme, Megan Wyper and Paddy Kennedy, already know the company like the back of their hands. They're devoted to designing functional products from the perspective of coffee professionals for coffee professionals and the rest of us, while Bridget and Jeff continue to run Prefab, Acme's flagship café, roastery, bakery, event venue and testing ground. You've both been with Acme for a while now — what paths led to your current position? MW: I was working in another industry that paid really well, but made the…

Purple carpet. It's not the average request, but that's what the owners of this home wanted, so that's what they got. They also acquired a blue front door, apricot walls, chequerboard flooring, jungle wallpaper, a glasshouse wing and, says homeowner Holly Turner, “when I said I wanted three disco balls in the kitchen, Janice said, ‘Don't be silly, that's a bit naff. You can have two, though!'” Holly says nothing was too hard or too wacky for director of JK-W Interior Architecture & Design Janice Kumar-Ward during the renovation of the heritage home Holly shares with her family in Ōtepoti/Dunedin's Māori Hill. If disco balls make dishwashing fun and lilac carpet in the lounge was non-negotiable, it was a case of so be it. Although a steadfast focus was placed…

Outside in —— FIRST WINDOWS & DOORS When a young couple based in Pōneke/Wellington decided they'd had enough of their busy schedule juggling a bungalow renovation with burnout, they made like the reality-TV show and escaped to the country. The first step of their lifestyle change was to buy a section in the Wairarapa. Happily landing on a site in Kahutara, they felt as if it was all coming together, although finding someone to design their new home proved to be less easily achieved — until… “Years before, we'd seen an article in the local paper about two young architects who'd designed and built a house for themselves in Whanganui,” says one of the homeowners. “Time went by, then up popped another inspiring project by the same pair in Pōneke.…

Built for use as a workshop and warehouse in around 1950 and latterly home to a hair salon, the CBD Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland premises of financial advisor and broker Alex Wang and his team were special from the start, but just look what Wonder Group creative director Buster Caldwell and co have done with them. Buster says it wasn't entirely deliberate, yet somehow Alex's warmth, quiet intelligence and cool but casual and bubbly character became very much infused into the update. Buster, what elements of the existing building were you able to retain? Space planning was a little complicated on this project, as we were fighting to retain the open, arched aspect of the building, while also needing to box out enclosed volumes for amenities and private spaces. Restoration was a…