Gift a French-inspired style this Christmas. French Blue has a collection of beautiful and antique pieces, each carefully selected by owner Catherine Matthews. Vintage grain sack and linen cushions, gorgeous European jewellery, bags, scarves, rugs, and linen are just some of the choices. An array of fragrant candles, diffusers, soaps, and atomisers, mix beautifully with […]

The different, the unusual, the creative – these are concepts that often hold considerable allure as we strive to stand out from the crowd. Something as small as a Christmas decoration can help achieve that point of difference. The team at the Cosi Fan Tutte Christmas Shoppe in The Tannery have made it their mission […]

Celebrating its 71st anniversary, Lockwood Homes is reinvesting in an extensive South Island network. The company opened its second Christchurch show home in July, on its display site and Southern Regional Office in Hornby, and is now gearing up for further expansion. Outfitted by a group of carefully selected partners, the show home opening formally […]

The contemporary home is all about contrasts in texture and colour, be they elegantly subtle or inspiringly vibrant. Combining aesthetics with practical hardwearing use asks for joinery that covers the gamut from traditional hardwoods to the latest and greatest in synthetic polymers. Any joiner operating at the top of their game in the twenty-first century […]

If last year taught us anything, it’s that is is a good idea to be prepared with a functional home office space. Whether you were unable to cross everything off your to-do list at work or perhaps a global pandemic has suddenly made remote working the norm for you, having a dedicated home office zone […]