Innholdsfortegnelse for April/May 2017 i homestyle

“Is it time to say goodbye to that collected summertime ephemera? How’s your winter-weight bed linen holding up after being stashed in a cupboard for six months?” CAN YOU BELIEVE IT’S AUTUMN ALREADY? I never feel entirely ready to say goodbye to summer, but I do enjoy the opportunity that the change of season offers – autumn’s invitation to turn inwards. The prospect of coats, knits and boots returning to my wardrobe helps ease the transition too… If you’re looking to switch up your home’s interior, you could always start by purging unnecessary clutter. Is it time to say goodbye to that summertime selection of shells and other collected ephemera? How’s your winter-weight bed linen holding up after being stashed in a cupboard for six months? I’m trying to let…

UPGRADE. EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY GESTALTEN, $100. Open your mind to possibility with this book in which ideas for revamping existing structures are explored in a showcase of amazing European properties. Disused chapels, water towers, workshops, factories, barns and garden dovecotes that have been turned into divine dwellings are profiled in prose and photographs that are incredibly inspiring – it’s recycling taken to extremely beautiful extremes. Admittedly a) the average Joe is unlikely to have the chance to turn the silos of a former factory into an office space, and b) New Zealand’s not as dotted with sturdy historic structures as other parts of the world, but still, there is something in this for all of us. The best argument ever for dreaming of one day residing in a home…

In the zone Don’t be afraid to venture to the dark side in your living areas – a jewel-toned paint such as Resene Zinzan will have a restful effect. Offset the deep wall shade with in-built shelving in a soothing mid-grey, such as Resene Steam Roller. Choosing hues with similar undertones allows for contrast yet keeps the look cohesive. Hero colours: Supporting palette:…

INTRODUCING ONE OF HAMILTON’S coolest kids on the block, Needle in the Hay, and its co-owner, Kate Woodcock. Hankering after a new record store and unable to convince anyone else to open one, she and her husband Glen decided to do it themselves, while realising their dream of creating a print workshop. But once the ball was rolling, this rad retail space took on a life of its own. How did Needle in the Hay come about? Glen and I found the old warehouse and it was too good to leave empty, so we thought we’d put the printing presses in, print a few posters and postcards, make coffee on Saturdays – Glen is co-owner of Rocket Coffee – and sell some records we love, a few books, second-hand finds,…

WHEN YOU MARRY A CARPENTER, IT’S almost inevitable that you’ll build your own home one day. For newlyweds Clare and Simon Cato, that day came sooner than expected when they found themselves purchasing a piece of land in their coastal home town of Snells Beach. “Simon has been bursting to construct his own home since the day he became a builder and began making homes for other people, just over a decade ago,” says Clare. “But it was quite by accident that we ended up building a house here.” Having grown up in Snells Beach, Simon has always had an affinity with the area. Clare spent her childhood in Taihape, but when her parents sold their farm and moved to Snells Beach during her university years, Cupid stepped in. “We…

THE PERFECT WAVE – IT’S THE EQUIVALENT OF THE elusive Sasquatch to surfers. Tales of its existence are told as lore around bonfires. But die-hard riders, like American actor/interior designer Channon Roe, will chase these mythical swells to the ends of the earth and back, come hell or high water. He has dropped in on some of the best breaks in the world, from Hawaii’s North Shore to Raglan. But unfortunately for him – or rather, his lovely wife Bianca – one of his most epic rides, his first in Australia’s Byron Bay, did in fact involve high water… and hail, and frogs (yes, frogs). It was Channon’s first trip to Australia with Bianca, who’s originally from Melbourne, and it was Christmas. After doing the rounds of family and friends,…

SHE’S A FOOD WRITER, A STYLIST, a photographer and a mum, and she has the energy to create recipes that are nourishing and delicious in equal measure. We want what Aucklander Kelly Gibney’s having. And happily, now we can. Her debut cookbook Wholehearted: Inspiring Real Food for Every Day includes 100-plus wholefood recipes you’ll be raring to sink your teeth into. Having worked in hospitality in Auckland, Melbourne and New York, and helped to open and run Auckland’s hipster haunt Golden Dawn, it’s clear this lady knows how to have fun, and it comes through in her food. Be it with or without meat; vegan; or gluten-, sugar- or dairy-free, it’s designed to both make you happy and keep you firing on all cylinders. Kelly doesn’t believe cooking for yourself…

“One of the perks of having very high windows? We can get out of the shower and wander around without anyone seeing!” Warren serendipitously found The Hall online while searching for one-bedroom places and we thought we’d check it out out of curiosity. Now we can’t imagine life without it. Our first year has been one big experiment. I move our mismatched collection of furniture and objects around all the time and with each shift the large space feels more homely. For us it’s the little moments that build a strong connection to our unconventional home: the cups of tea in bed, dinner together at the dining table, our games of backgammon and my obsessive desire to keep The Hall clean and orderly – this is a somewhat futile attempt…

#STYLEYOURSPACE   Here, homestyle editor Alice (left, @lineslikes) and Città stylist Sam van Kan (@samlillianvankan) add the finishing touches to one of the bedroom settings we share this issue; shop the scene on page 39. We’d love to see how you bring the look to life, so head to Instagram to enter our #cittahomestyle competition. There’s a $1500 voucher from Città up for grabs, plus a chance to be featured on these pages. #TEXTILEDESIGNAWARD We visited Bolt of Cloth textile design comp winner Nellie Ryan (@nellieryan_design) at her home studio in Auckland to have a natter about her lauded collection of fabric prints, which are available in a range of cushions and also by the metre. Flip to page 50 to find out the motivation behind the patterns in her…

NELLIE RYAN’S PRINTS AREN’T backward in coming forward, and certainly couldn’t be ignored by the judges in the recent Bolt of Cloth textile design competition: her collection Bold & Beautiful won the annual award. Referencing the jaunty vibe of vintage Hawaiian shirts and the work of two of her favourite artists, Henri Matisse and David Hockney, she’s created designs that look like they’d be great company. How did you get into textile design? After completing a degree in visual communication, I moved to London where I gained work experience with UK fashion designer Jasper Conran, which fortuitously turned into an eight-year career with the brand. It was a relatively small studio, so I got to work in many areas, from designing commercial collections for the high street, to helping design…

“We wanted the two levels to have a connection, so the atrium works really well. It also adds an unexpected element to the design that we love.” ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A house built on sticks, set atop an ancient lava flow and painted in a fetching combination of red and green. Then along came Nikki and Matt Willis. Reconfiguring a home constructed on solid rock is no mean feat, yet it was precisely its position that brought exciting possibilities to this otherwise “extremely unappealing” old villa and has seen it turned into a true beauty. “It was a nail-biting experience,” says Nikki of the purchase of their heritage dwelling in Auckland’s Mt Eden. “While we were in the process of selling our previous home, we were shown…

DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? A FEW HUNDRED years ago, you probably could have in the Paris apartment Rod Fry, his wife Laurence Varga and their son Arlo share – it’s situated between Place de la Bastille and Place de la Nation; key events of the French Revolution actually took place in their neighbourhood. Rod’s own story is also pretty exciting. “I grew up in Pakuranga, Auckland,” he says, before getting to the good bit. “I left New Zealand almost 24 years ago [and ended up working] in Taiwan. Two years into my stay, I met my [French] wife Laurence, and we later moved to Shanghai. Then we were faced with the decision of whether to go to New Zealand or France – and we opted to try France…

ASK THE OWNER: Model/actress Bianca Roe Bianca, how would you describe your interior aesthetic? ‘Laid-back California bohemia’. We’re storytellers – we like our life to have a narrative, which comes through in the items we choose. We have a lot of respect for primitive art, the patina that comes with time and the tradition of handmade. Our indoor spaces easily transition into our outdoor area, which is the key to California living. A five-metre live-edge wooden dining table is central to our garden, and our mismatched chairs all live together comfortably. The teepee is a focal point for many of our visitors, who love sleeping under the stars or in our Airstream, which acts as our guest house. The front yard is landscaped so we can host friends who…

YOU WILL  NEED: Interesting pieces: leaves, sticks, branches, seed pods (these can be fresh or dried/pressed; dried items will hold paint better and last longer) Paper and pencil Paint (stick to a limited colour palette for your paint, stickers and thread, so you don’t overpower the natural hues of your found materials) Small pots or containers Small paintbrushes Small round stickers Embroidery thread PVA glue Pins Natural wooden beads White sewing cotton A ready-made round scarf hanger (or wire to make your own), or a 25cm length of 1cm-wide dowel Arrange your items on a table and consider their size, shape and form to work out which pieces sit well together. You might like to write a plan or sketch a few ideas about the techniques you’ll use on each…

JUST BREATHE How are you? No really, are you okay? You seem a bit stressed. May we suggest some time out in the soothing visual embrace of Emma Hayes’ Cloud wallpaper? Originally created from watercolours and subtly pearlescent, it’s designed to instill calm, while others in the new MM collection offer a more dramatic effect, such as Reflection, a graphic, metallic depiction of light shimmering on water. They’re available in fabric form too. emmahayes.co.nz NEW HORIZONS If you’ve not been to Bolivia, after clocking Città’s winter range, you might want to put it on the list. Drawing on the beauty of the country’s snow-capped peaks, shimmering salt flats and russet earth, it’s all warm colours, chunky textures and simple geometrics. Pictured is the Eve sofa, which we love for its…

RUST & BONE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Bungalow bedhead, $649/queen, wallacecotton.com. Monstera Deliciosa cushion, $129, boconcept.co.nz. Regal Velvet cushion, $90, alexandcorban.co.nz. Linen duvet cover by In Bed, $329/queen, superette.co.nz. Vintage linen throw, $201, aurahome.com.au. Moss Stitch wool throw, $229, cittadesign.com. Key side table by GamFratesi for Hem, $378, timwebberdesign.com. Noble Tassel cushion, $60, wallacecotton.com. Sove linen pillowcase, $70/pair, cittadesign.com. KHAKI TO SUCCESS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Basket bedhead, $499/queen, shutthefrontdoor.co.nz. Picnic Stripe alpaca blanket, $320, kateandkate.com.au. Cube side table by Home Industry, $769, homeindustry.net. Fringe cushion, $64, aurahome.com.au. Velvet Kombu quilt cover, $269/queen, kipandco.net.au. Flat sheet, $165/queen, dehei.co. Noble Round Button cushion, $40, wallacecotton.com. Cinnamon linen pillowcases, $135, threaddesign.co.nz.…

RELAXIN’ ALL COOL 1 When restyling your bedroom for autumn, begin by coming up with a tight edit of just a few hues. Having a defined colour palette in mind means you can rest assured that any new additions will work in harmony with the pieces you already have. 2 Here we kept things cool and calm by teaming an ash-coloured chambray linen duvet set with an oatmeal linen pillow and matching euro for tone-on-tone simplicity. Additional cushions in complementary shades but different textures dial up the luxury. 3 A private space such as this is the ideal place in which to dedicate a wall for use as a gallery for artwork, family photos and mementos that you want to admire every day but don’t want to have on display…

HAILING FROM A FAMILY THAT “loved art and beauty”, artist Zana Lokmer says her eye was trained from a young age. Born in Bosnia, she’s lived in Harare, Sydney and now Wellington. “My life has taken me to places and people that I never in a million years could have imagined,” she says. “And for that I am thankful.” Funnily enough, as we found out, Zana’s also kind of a homebody, who finds creative inspiration in the curios she feathers her nest with. How long have your been living here? My husband Stasa and I bought this house in 2011. It was built in 1963 and no work had been done on it since, but the first time I walked in, I had a feeling that I could turn it…

AFTER MANY HAPPY YEARS UNDERTAKING THREE extensive renovations, Annika and Brad Rowson – the husband-and-wife team behind New Plymouth’s Rowson Kitchen & Joinery – began thinking that the ease and simplicity of a contemporary dwelling might be better suited to their busy lifestyle. In 2012, Annika had a thunderbolt moment and sketched a design for a new family home. “The place we were living in at the time was quite dark, so I had this idea for a floor plan where light was directed into the interior,” she says. Suddenly, the search was on for a section to fit their fantasy – but when they couldn’t find what they were after, the plan was filed away. With their business going from strength to strength, two years quickly passed – and…

TAKE ME WITH YOU By way of a chic shout-out, Kate Sylvester has named her new collection of leathergoods after artists she admires. Including a day bag, an evening bag and a wallet, the range has all your bases covered. Pictured is the Beecroft bag, named for Italian performance artist Vanessa Beecroft. It also comes in black croc and olive. katesylvester.com DAILY SPECIALS Marimekko has a swish new home collection (by Carina Seth Andersson and Sami Ruotsalainen) that includes tableware, kitchen textiles and fabrics intended to improve your everyday and convey a sense of character – whether discreetly, with fine forms, or directly, with bold prints. What you’re looking at here are a pair of Flower vases and a lavender-filled Urna vase. They’d go down well for Mother’s…

CHAIN GANG Decorating Chain Gang’s ultra-chunky knit throws, bed runners and scarves will keep you snug and warm this winter. All handmade in Christchurch, their products are made using beautifully soft, 100% New Zealand merino wool. Plus, all New Zealand customers receive free shipping. Custom knits are also available. hello@chaingangstore.co.nz  chaingangstore.co.nz ESCEA Heating Escea makes remarkable gas fires. From the powerful and striking multi-room DX Series that ducts heat to other rooms, to the AF Series that will make your living room feel intimate and cosy, there’s one for every home. info@escea.com  escea.com AFD STORE Decorating AFD (Alex Fulton Design) Store sells design, pushes colour and peddles function from New Zealand and abroad. Alex is obsessed with objects of colour and things that stand out from the crowd. The portal…