Protecting your home investment: Craig South
For those preparing to make one of the biggest investments of their lives, building a new home, analysing and understanding all possible risk is paramount to ensuring a successful outcome. But where do you start? How can you protect yourself from all potential perils when planning for your future nest? […]
Top quality trending: Home Trends Builders
It takes a tight-knit, experienced team to consistently bring home Registered Master Builder awards, year on year. It’s something that Home Trends Builders Ltd (HTB) repeatedly achieves. The company recently garnered three gold medals and two silvers from its five entries. Home Trends Builders is accustomed to such success, despite […]
A growing service range: Oderings Landscaping
Oderings Landscaping is living up to its motto: Consult | Design | Create | Live. From the outset in 2016, Oderings Landscaping has gone from strength to strength, gaining a reputation as a professional and reliable landscaping specialist. Its point of difference is its level of industry experience and knowledge. […]
In its interior element: Armstrong Interiors
Design has no limits and neither does Armstrong Interiors. The team behind this local firm is passionate about all things interiors designing your dream kitchens, bathrooms and living spaces, both large and small. Working across new builds and renovations, incorporating the right mix of trends, textures, materials and colour […]
Creating an ‘extraordinary’ city: Jason Whitelaw
“There has to be a point of difference,” says Jason Whitelaw, hospitality specialist, developer, builder, foodie and regular globetrotter. Jason practices what he preaches; even back in in his living in London days, he ran an upmarket Mayfair pub – so far, very Kiwi, but Jason’s pub became renowned for […]
Geometric Vibes
This is a recipe for cool vibes at home: a blast of geometric wallpaper. ‘Blast’ is a technical term for one wall, but don’t hold back if you don’t want to. Go ahead and wallpaper the whole room. It may sound scary, but the reality of wallpaper these days […]
Sustainability in mind: NKR Builders
Gold Award winners in the House Under $450,000 category of the New Zealand Master Builders House of the Year Regional Competition, NKR Builders believes ‘South New Brighton Project’ is a great representation of the company’s building philosophy: ‘To provide the highest quality workmanship to clients and bring their dreams to reality’. […]
Tiles with flair: Giovanni Tiles
If you are after premium quality tiles to give your home that distinctive flair, then look no further than the Giovanni Tiles 100m2 tile selection studio – just off Dean’s Ave at 3 Lester Lane, with more than 1000 premium tile selections. Giovanni Tiles has a dedicated team of friendly experts in […]
Canterbury designs steal the show: National Kitchen & Bathroom Association
Canterbury’s kitchen and bathroom designers have stolen the show at this year’s National Kitchen & Bathroom Association (NKBA) Excellence in Design Awards. Locals Ingrid Geldof of Ingrid Geldof Design, Vicki Andrews of Vicki Andrews Design, Emma Morris of Eterno Design, and Emma Gourdie of Lume Design led the pack at […]
Beautiful Buffets: Add instant storage
They’ve been the after-thought of the interiors world for the longest of times, but buffets are increasingly playing a starring role in the home, with their ability to add instant storage. Falling smack bang between function and form, there’s a buffet to suit almost every space. No matter what your […]












