Lift your game
Art Deco is all around us. If you have ever wanted to inject some edge, a dash of difference to your home, now is the time to embrace all the quirks in recent homeware collections. With events season just around the corner, it’s the ideal opportunity to truly get your guests talking. CURATED […]
Add harmony to your home
Turning your home into a happy, healthy environment may be as easy as adopting the principles of the ancient Chinese form of feng shui. The name (pronounced fung schway) literally means wind-water and is believed by many to use energy forces to harmonise individuals with their surrounding environment. Practitioners arrange objects in their […]
Garden tourism
Local homes and gardens in gorgeous rural settings, each with its own story. Garden tours have been long-loved since their origins across the globe. Drawing from differing cultures and life practices, through royal and religious spaces, countries worldwide developed signature home and garden styles that others yearned to visit. Thus, ‘garden tourism’ was […]
The right impact: Impact Outdoors
First appearances count, and that is especially true with homes, and how they look. Some additions, alterations and tweaks will add street appeal, value, and create better indoor/outdoor use, while others won’t. If you want to transform your outdoor living spaces into seamless extensions of your home’s refined aesthetic, you need to talk […]
Latest trends on show
Building, renovating, or freshening up a home means keeping up with the Joneses, or rather the latest trends. According to New Zealand Registered Master Builders, 2024 building trends highlight a commitment to sustainability, technology, flexibility and personalisation. With standard homes currently said to cost $3500 to $4000 average per square metre, and prestige […]
Explore, be inspired
A home show stands out. It’s not a detached online shopping experience, or an afternoon racing around the city looking at multiple stores in search of one product. It’s more than tangible, it’s the ease of having everything you could dream of for your home and garden under one roof, plus all of […]
New location, same great service: Carpet Binders
Getting rug ready is easy in Christchurch, with a spacious all-in-one carpet and rug binding premises, newly open in Sockburn. Once working across three separate buildings, to now in one easily accessible premises. Carpetbinders is highly respected for quality carpet edging and binding services with a personal touch. With five decades of experience […]
Coffee date with a side of décor: Station Coffee
What started with a retro coffee trailer, became a destination sip and shop location in Methven. The family-run business brings delicious coffee and gorgeous décor together under one roof, with a special play area for children. Station Coffee, having just celebrated its second birthday, and Farmhouse Design & Décor bring two of the […]
You customise, we deliver: Ruru Furniture
An indicator of both a well-chosen life and self-care is owning furniture you love, tailored to both your taste and your dimensions. By dimensions we don’t just mean the size of the room you are dressing, but your actual size. That seems impossible right? A cursory Google indicates the era of hand-made furniture […]
Herb heaven
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Growing your own herbs can be one of the most satisfying forms of gardening. You don’t need a large space, and they can be grown indoors or outside. Herbs will add a touch of colour to your décor, and there are the obvious benefits of being able to […]
