Innholdsfortegnelse for December/January 2020-21 i homestyle

I love putting together our December/January issue — we’re always fizzing with the anticipation of summer days ahead and the chance to down digital tools. Having a stack of must-reads on hand is one of my top offline priorities for the holidays, so figuring you might feel the same, we’ve filled this issue with more great stories for you to get stuck into. In the past few months, we’ve dodged the spring rain to capture some truly inspiring homes and pulled together a selection to share with you based on the idea of home as a summer sanctuary. This concept can be expressed in many different ways, and we’ve included projects that vary in scale, style and budget, but what they have in common is a certain sense of ease.…

Road Trip Cooking by Arno & Mireille van Elst (Hardie Grant, $33) Caterers and food stylists Arno and Mireille always take the scenic route and believe you can eat well on it. With this book, the drive to get organised and the odd supermarket stop-off, you can forgo takeaways for days and everything on toast on your next roadie in favour of a much more delicious and nutritious menu that we predict will be a highlight of your trip. In four key chapters, you’ll find super-simple recipes for morning, afternoon, evening, nibbles and drinks. Give eggs and bacon sizzled in paper bags over your campfire the green light, and bread baked in a tin on the barbecue. Prep some spiced apples, secure them under the hood, then serve…

Get the look - Design an outdoor space with an indoor feel by creating a private room-like look using solid furniture and a screen. Follow our lead and elevate an inexpensive trellis with a dark stain. We painted ours with Resene Waterborne Woodsman CoolColour in Resene Sheer Black — an easy weekend project that brings a satisfyingly instant and sophisticated finish to an off-the-shelf item. - Resene Woodsman stains are also ideal for timber decking — ours is in Resene Driftwood. If you prefer a darker finish, just apply another coat or two. - To add weight to the sense of solidity, we opted for a concrete-like wall. On top of our base coat of Resene Quarter Scarpa Flow, we brushed on Resene FX Paint Effects Medium coloured with Resene…

After completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking, a lack of money and equipment saw Wellington’s Tom Mackie fortuitously move from creating works on paper to experimenting with sculpture. For his early exhibitions, he created site-specific works that highlighted galleries’ inherent qualities and celebrated their subtleties — works that sat in corners, for instance. He’s since experimented with a wide range of mediums, but keeps coming back to exploring a hybrid of print and sculptural, reworking found and ready- made materials to evoke new narratives and draw attention to what often goes unseen. Right now, his work questions how the painting and picture frame work cohesively together. So the painting came before the sculptural exploration? Yes, but I’d overthink it and question my hand in the making. I’m more…

It’s a dilemma many of us face at some point. As our family grows bigger along with our weekly grocery bills, do we renovate our existing abode or sell up and search for one that’s a better fit? For Rickie Dee and Onny Kaulima, the former option was the perfect choice. From the street, their Pt Chevalier home looks like your typical Auckland bungalow, with weatherboard cladding and bay windows showcasing the architecture of its time. Step inside, though, and it exceeds expectations, the interior having been updated by a strikingly modern renovation. It’s a clever trick that’s created exactly the juxtaposition the couple were after. But it didn’t happen overnight. Rickie, Onny and their three children lived in the original three-bedroom home for four years before embarking on the…

ALL BASES COVERED They had us at ‘three-way tilt mechanism for all-day shade’, plus we also love how deeply Raglan’s Tātahi Merchants care about their environmental impact. As well as their Koi umbrella being made from recycled plastic and aluminum with no unnecessary waste, they offer great tips for upcycling it later as a beach mat, drying rack, kids’ teepee and all sorts. taatahimerchants.com SUPER NATURAL Never not on a mission to stock our self-care cabinet with all-natural potions, we jumped on Sans[ceuticals] new Superdose Luminosity Masque. Packed with actives, it promises to deliver a whole host of skin benefits (such as enviable radiance) with just one application a week, and it visibly does the trick, while smelling really nice — kind of cinnamon-y. sansceuticals.com TWITTER & FEED Our feathered…

Look at this space and what do you see? Virtually unrecognisable from other offerings, this fireplace and TV form a minimal focal point you can customise to your liking. Available in various sizes and finishes and a range of fuelbeds, Escea’s DS Series fires use Zero Clearance tech to keep the wall cool, so Samsung The Frame 4.0 TVs can become part of the architecture above them. The latter provide high-end entertainment when they’re on and high art when they’re not by displaying your picks from an online gallery within a bezel in the colour of your choice. Ours is screening Aleph by Anuar Patjane Floriuk, its natural wonder well suited to this palette of raw, textural materials. Learn how you can go bespoke at: escea.com/flame-meets-frame.…

Waiheke House by Cheshire Architects SUPREME WINNER PURPLE PIN & GOLD PIN — Residential architecture The dwelling was intended to support a version of life that leaves the hum of the city far behind, delivering a slower rhythm that’s tuned in to the environment. Covered with native bush and with a steep contour running down to the water’s edge, much of this property located on the furthest reaches of Waiheke Island is unhabitable, but the owners had long used it as an escape from their fast-paced city lives and saw an opportunity to establish something special here. Entertainers, they sought a home in which they could dine with up to 30 guests, and wanted to concentrate on this living aspect without the need for endless supporting spaces such as guest…

For Auckland’s Jen Sievers, creating colours and applying them to a surface to see what will emerge is the embodiment of happiness. She describes the act of painting as a soulful expression of pure joy, one that lets her lose herself in her colours for hours at a time. So, Jen, tell us about the pivotal moment when you really engaged with painting… It came about five years ago, just after I’d moved up into the Waitakeres with my husband Jorin and our daughter Mila. I hadn’t really painted much since dropping out of art school in 1998 and had been working as a graphic designer for 15 years. Mila was two at the time, and one spring day, after spending a lovely morning with friends, I took her home…

THE PROJECT With architects Pac Studio, graphic designer Sarah Melrose and her PR consultant husband Gez Johns renovated this three-bedroom home in Auckland’s Freemans Bay for themselves and their daughter Stella (9). You don’t need to be a regular churchgoer to appreciate a cathedral-esque space — just ask Sarah Melrose and Gez Johns, whose update of a 1900 villa in Auckland’s Freemans Bay has turned a typical student rental into a glorious, light-filled sanctuary with soaring ceilings they can really look up to. “We definitely followed the mantra of buying the worst house in the best street,” jokes Network Communication senior account director Gez about their purchase of the home with its nicotine-tinged walls, cheap carpet and mounted TVs in virtually every room; ’80s extension tacked on the back with…

You could roll a ball from one side of this house to the other when Gem Adams and Nathan Speeden moved in. So wonky were the piles, Gem, who was pregnant with their daughter Margot at the time, says, “I’d feel the slope of the floor as I went into the bathroom and almost had to steady myself!” Add that to a list of laments that included carpet thick with animal hair and ceilings lowered so far they partially concealed the stained-glass clerestory windows, and it presented a bit of a challenge. Despite appearances, though, the Hastings couple had a hunch the circa 1915 villa was actually a lovely old lady — and hunches are kind of their speciality. “I can’t help but see the potential in something, so I…

Louise, what inspired you to take up architecture as a profession? As a child, I loved building blocks, Lego, drawing, and making huts in the bush by our home near the Hutt River. My father was a ministerial secretary in Wellington and I’d spend weekends with him in the Beehive and his corporate offices, which fascinated me. I was interested in the city and drew a lot of houses, castles and other structures. I studied design and technical drawing at high school and went on to architecture school at Victoria University, where I was awarded a scholarship to study architecture in Rome, Italy. From then on, I was quite hooked on architecture and its influence on living. You and your husband Justin have been running your studio Assembly Architects for…

An hour from Christchurch, 10 minutes from Methven and 2km from the Mt Hutt ski area, Kererū Retreat in Canterbury’s Pudding Hill is a micro-cabin that reinterprets the rural New Zealand vernacular and blends effortlessly into the landscape. It also has the ability to be relocated — similar to the way birds migrate with the seasons (its name also references the kererū that roost in the kōwhai trees currently surrounding it). We spoke to its owner, architectural designer Ben Comber of Studio Well. So Ben, what was the inspiration for your Tiny Retreats project? It was born from a desire to find balance from our jobs in the city and have a space where we could relax and reconnect with nature. My partner Jasmine Truman and I both have desk…

POWERSURGE —— Homeware Elevating essentials into artisanal accents, Powersurge’s Spring 20 collection sees arches and spheres find form in mirrors, hooks and soap holders, while handles (also available in custom lengths) are reimagined, pairing luxurious brass with timeless oak that can be matched to your cabinetry. Visit the website for the full Home collection of furnishings and accessories handmade in Powersurge’s Auckland studio. info@powersurge.co.nz powersurge.co.nz DULUX —— Colour design service With Dulux’s Colour Design Service, a skilled interior designer can help you select the right hues for your home. Choose either the In-Home option (from $125 per hour) or the new Online Colour Consultation service ($89 for one hour). Conditions apply; to book and for more information, visit the website or call the number below. 0800 800 424 dulux.co.nz/services THE…

You’ll get to Hôtel le Sud in the resort town of Juan-les-Pins in good time, and for now you can easily borrow ideas for updating your boudoir in its image. Interior architect Stéphanie Lizée drew on the hotel’s relaxed, southeastern France setting in her use of crafted details that effortlessly articulate a laid-back summery ambience. That classic French je ne sais quoi strikes again in this bedroom in the understated yet highly effective trim painted around the headboard and at the top of the wall, and in the combo of organic shapes, natural materials, sunshiny yellows and calm neutrals. We’ve sourced some stuff to help you get le look:…

Reset. Retreat. Nourish. The names of the palettes alone are uplifting and soothing. And the paints themselves? Let’s take a look… The Dulux Colour Forecast 2021 is both a reflection of where we are now and where we’re headed. At its heart is connection — with ourselves, our loved ones, our communities, our environment, our homes. Each of the three hero palettes has been curated with a focus on natural colours and textures that provide familiarity and security while looking to a brighter future. Off-whites to blue-greens to energetic reds, the Reset palette provides gentle encouragement to keep your chin up and remember to have some fun. Renew your outlook with this playful range of shades that includes subtle hints of the ’70s. Enrich your interior with a blend of…

GOLD PINS 1 Città Design Studio’s modular Point Lighting series can be combined to form everything from a single pendant light to a grand stairwell feature using a daisy-chain connector system. 2 Inspired by the fluted detailing of ancient Greek pillars, the Io pendant by Astro uses gravity-fed glass extrusion to take a circular 2D design and extrude glass upwards to create a perfectly ribbed cylindrical form. 3 By Cheshire Architects, the Fulcrum lamp has a shade that can be gently rotated, allowing it to take on new forms and altering the light output. 4 The dynamic Noho chair by Formway promotes freedom of movement and comfort via its auxetic pattern that enables the seat shell to change form, flexing with you to support your body. bestawards.co.nz…

These are productive times for founder Jessie Wong and her team at luxury leather-goods label Yu Mei. Among the many irons in their fire, they’re currently working on their Autumn and Winter 21 ranges, taking their already robust commitment to sustainability even further by creating collections and colourways that run together like chapters in a story, allowing you to build a wardrobe of bags that’ll never go out of style. We spoke to Jessie about her work life and philosophy. The past couple of years has been busy for Yu Mei — what have been some of the highlights? I consider us lucky that we get to come to work every day, but one of the main highlights has been opening our two Yu Mei retail lounges in Wellington and…

This waterfront site in the Bay of Plenty’s Papamoa deserved something spectacular. And that’s exactly what it got. Its owners called on the talents of the team at award-winning Herbst Architects (led by principals Nicola and Lance Herbst, and including project architect Andre Fourie) to design their beach house, and the result thrills them and intrigues passersby alike, whether viewed from within, the street or the sand. It was also met with an enthusiastic response from the judges of 2020’s New Zealand Institute of Architects Awards, who declared it a Waikato/Bay of Plenty winner. This retreat makes no secret of the fact that the rolling ocean out the front is the hero feature of the property. With the home’s entrance positioned closer to the beach than the road, it’s apparent…

Making your way through a valley where Hamilton’s city limits meet Waikato pastures, you can’t miss Kylie and Noel Jessop’s new home. A dark form rising from the ridgeline catches your eye on approach, though it’s not until you’re much closer that you realise this glistening upper storey is clad with a glossy membrane of fish-like scales. “The metal scales were an idea I wanted to experiment with to give the exterior depth and texture,” says Noel. When you’re an architectural designer, that’s the sort of thing you get to trial when you’re crafting your own abode. It becomes a testing ground for pushing ideas further than you might get to with your clients. The couple hadn’t really been looking for a personal project, but their blended family with four…