Officine Voluptas

A winning window combination: Officine Voluptas has you covered

The right window dressing can change the look of even the simplest of homes, making it beautiful and sophisticated. Textured materials, fabric coverings and blinds come in a myriad of different styles and colours, giving you the opportunity to choose those that match your home’s theme. A relative newcomer on the Christchurch curtain […]

Landmark Homes

Hill work’s hot demand: Landmark Homes steps up to meet Canterbury’s needs

Landmark Homes Canterbury’s specialist hill building team has been in strong demand for the past three years. From Moncks Spur to Westmorland, it has worked on many projects, from bare land sites to ‘remove and rebuild’ projects.   “It takes a certain level of experience to get hill builds right, there are more […]

Halkett Barn

A haven of beauty: West Melton’s Halkett Barn delivers the goods

Robbert Van den Broeke always had a passion for beautiful antiques. Over the years he collected an extensive array of European treasures and opened his antique-lovers’ paradise ‘Halkett Barn’ in 2016. Situated in West Melton, just 15 minutes west of Christchurch, it is a ‘destination’ antique store. Robbert specialises in exquisite European antiques […]

DULUX CARDRONA, PHOTOGRAPHER & STYLIST MIKE BAKER, BREE LEECH

Colour me cosy: making your home hygge for autumn

With a chill in the air and the long nights settling in, there’s no better time to up the cosiness factor in your home. So why not make your home a haven with a harmonious blend of autumn’s hallmarks. This season, sophisticated earthy shades partnered with light neutrals will dominate, alongside tribal-inspired textured […]

Total Food Equipment

Culinary mastery: the experts at Total Food Equipment keep us current in the kitchen

You can always count on Total Food Equipment (aka tfe) to be at the forefront of changes in thinking about homewares, cooking and kitchen accessories. We have been hearing a great deal about the amount of plastic that is finding its way into our planet’s oceans and about how we should reduce our […]

Corcovado

Worldly artisan treasures: Corcovado explores the wilder side of furniture and homewares

Inside Corcovado, the Pampas plains of Argentina and the volcanic mountainsides of Iceland meet the steamy forests of Borneo, with both soon to be joined by the azure skies and coast of Mozambique. You’ll find artisan treasures of the world at Corcovado, chosen with regard to complete authenticity and integrity, and of course […]