Destination gift shop: Coco gifts
When a gift shop becomes a destination place, attracting customers citywide, you know there is a reason for its popularity. Coco Gifts opened in 2012. This long-established gift store enjoys a large and loyal customer base because its quality giftware is for everyone, irrespective of gender or age. Owner Liz Bloomfield says being a one-stop […]
Style and function: BLR Projects
A great bathroom makeover can turn a small, cluttered space into a practical and functional room, that looks much bigger, and better, than before. R edesigning the structure of your bathroom, along with the placement of fixtures and fittings, can change the whole dynamic of the room, turning it into something completely new, giving you […]
Buy vintage
Adding character to your home may be as simple as buying one or two outstanding vintage or antique items, from art to furniture, and crockery to glassware. Remember that anything 40 years or older is classed as vintage, while items 100 years or older are antiques. Here are three things you should consider buying vintage, […]
Just add ice
The Little Car Company recently showcased four of its scaled, electrified icons at the International Concours of Elegance (ICE) at St. Moritz. An event like no other, the ICE brings together car collectors and enthusiasts from across the globe to celebrate beautiful and historic feats of engineering, in an equally beautiful setting. Visitors test drove […]
Torque talk: Car Design
Within the last century of motoring, the look of the motor car has undergone many stylistic revolutions. There have also been key figures, who have given us fresh, beautiful, striking, and sometimes controversial designs. Harley Earl of General Motors was a pioneer for big fins and chrome during Detroit’s halcyon days of the 1950s. Leonardo […]
Full of character: Armstrong’s Christchurch
Look back on the history of Opel and you find everything from bicycles to rocket powered land speed record cars. Now this German marque steeped in history is beginning to make waves in New Zealand. This brings us onto the Opel Mokka-e you see here, one of a handful of new models now for sale […]