Setting the Scene
Award-winning interior designer Angelique Armstrong from Armstrong Interiors shares her ideas for creating exceptional Christmas centrepieces. Love it or loath it, it’s Christmas. Whether you are planning a formal Christmas dinner or a casual barbecue on the deck, it is always special for you and your guests to enjoy something […]
Old World Glamour
Design cues from the past are injecting old world glamour into our interiors. Make a luxurious style statement and bring a little French antiquity or Victorian manor into your world. Chic chandeliers It doesn’t matter if your home is all downlights, hang one from the rafters anyway – just for […]
Interior Design Style Choices
Which choice is your pick? 1. MODERN Modern is a broad design term that typically refers to a home with clean, crisp lines and a simple colour palette that uses materials such as metal, glass or steel. Modern designs use simplicity with their furnishing and accessory statements. Sleek is […]
All Locked Up
It seems the latest in trends to hit the home will have you heading back to the school yard. Yes, lockers are hitting the mainstream, with colours and styles to suit a range of homes and decors. These playground staples are being transformed into bedside cabinets, laundry storage and a […]
Connoisseurs in Cleaning: Perfect Cleaning MF
Let’s be honest, sometimes our busy day-to-day activities get in the way of keeping the house clean. However, Perfect Cleaning MF is here to take the stress out of housekeeping by keeping your home, flat or office spick and span on a regular basis. Based in Riccarton since 2015, Perfect […]
From Home to Castle
Whoever first uttered those immortal words about a man’s home being his castle was a wise person indeed. Our home is our sanctuary; it’s our haven of rest and relaxation; it’s our blissful place where all the hassles and worries of the working day slip from our weary bodies as soon as […]
Pillow Talk
When it comes to the humble abode, the expression ‘your house is your castle’ is something we’ve long held to be true. At the heart of this saying is the understanding that your home should be the antidote to stress, not the cause of it. Furnishings and, more specifically, the […]
Organic themed rooms
It’s ideal to take design cues from the characteristics of a place. The perfect room for a geometric or organic wallpaper might, for instance, be one with a window overlooking a stunning copper beech tree, if the chosen pattern repeats the leaf shape or colour. So before going shopping, take a […]
Durable & Stylish: Woven Veranda
From the extreme cold, to the heat of summer, Woven Veranda’s range of quality, easy-care outdoor furniture, has been specifically designed to cope with New Zealand’s harsh environment. Based in Ohoka, Lisa and Guy import the stylish Scandinavian-designed wicker furniture that can be used both inside and out, making the […]
Coastal Dreaming
Bring the calming influence of the seaside into your home, aesthetically, emotively and practically, coastal themes have ridden an eternal wave in interior design. They’re having a huge resurgence now though, as we crave the lifestyle they elude. The colours of the coast. Sigh! Glistening pale aquamarines to bright turquoise […]
