Secure your garage: Garador
If there’s one thing that Kiwis love, it’s a garage. ore than just about parking the car, this multi-purpose space is used nationwide as a brewery, band rehearsal space, extra storage, an at-home office, a hangout space, and so much more. It’s an important area to keep safe and secure. When it comes […]
Cosy Sanctuary
As the days grow shorter, and cooler, many people spend more time tucked up in their bedrooms. Your bedroom is a sanctuary for your peace of mind (and sleep). Having a cosy yet luxurious space to wind down in every night, or stay-at-home days, is one way to achieve this. Here are a […]
Build your bathroom oasis: Butterfield Bathrooms
Bathrooms carry notions of purification and detox, a space where we cleanse and refresh our minds and bodies. For most, the bathroom is the first room entered in the morning, and the last room left at night. A shower untangles our deepest thoughts, and a long soak in the bath rids our biggest […]
Rug confidence: Carpet Binders
Rugs are an essential element of interior design, and they have the power to transform a room’s look and feel. A well-chosen rug can make all the difference in a room. Bringing warmth, style, and comfort to an otherwise uninviting space. Modern interior design trends lean towards a minimalist and industrial style with […]
Bespoke furniture: Gavin Cox Furniture
When it comes to purchasing a new item of furniture, you want something that has been hand-crafted and built with the highest attention to detail – a piece that will stand the test of time. In their new Sydenham showroom, the team at Gavin Cox Furniture lovingly craft solid timber furniture – they […]
Break out the secateurs
Autumn in New Zealand gardens is often a time to start bringing out the loppers, secateurs, and shredders, and start the big prune. A s temperatures drop, so too do the leaves of many deciduous and seasonal plants, shrubs, and trees. Avid gardeners deadhead flowering species regularly, gaining up to three flowerings during […]
Doggy day care: Sharna’s Dog Care
Day care for children is an integral part of our society. Now too, day care for dogs has become more popular. People who work all day may still want the joy of owning a pet, and they know it is not in a dog’s best interest to be left at home alone all […]
Hydrotherapy care: Anatomie
Humans have known for millennia about the healing properties of water for injuries and aching joints. Now, dogs (and cats) are starting to enjoy the benefits of hydrotherapy, through treatment involving the therapeutic use of water to aid, and improve, health. Animal hydrotherapy is beneficial in treating a wide range of injuries and […]
Turn on the sun
As at December 2022, almost 46,000 solar power systems had been installed in New Zealand. For new installations added in December 2022, the average residential system size was 5.7 kW and the average commercial system was 38.4 kW The benefits of using solar energy are constantly extolled, and many new builds are set […]
Go eco
As concern for our environment has grown, so too has the demand for eco-friendly paints, which are non-toxic alternatives that don’t contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Traditional paint products are often oil-based with a mixture of plasticisers, adhesives, hardeners, pigments, and drying accelerants, eco-friendly paints are non-toxic and often water-based, containing organic materials […]
