Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2018 i Your Home and Garden

It’s true, trends come and go. Like fashion, interior trends can be short-lived, so it pays to make sure you’ll love something long-term if it’s a big ticket item. That being said, sometimes you’ve just gotta treat yourself! This issue is all about celebrating the beautiful new-season looks and showing how just a wee sprinkling throughout the home can make a big impact. I know for myself that a new set of cushions, a vase, or even a new mug can bring me SO much happiness, even more so when I know it’s something I’m going to love for many years to come. It’s great we’re all becoming more mindful of our spending habits and our advice is always to choose things that speak to you and will enrich your…

Wall skills > Wall-mounted shelves are an attractive, useful and versatile item that can bring any plain walls to life, as well as covering up unsightly marks or holes. > Wall shelves add interest in areas such as your bedroom and lounge but can also be handy in the laundry, garage or pantry. > Replacing or adding shelves is a simple trend update which can be easily swapped out later or painted to suit new decor. > Depending on weight, a wall shelf can be mounted anywhere you choose (heavier shelves or items will require fastening to a wall stud). > The items you choose to place on your shelves can add extra colour to a space or simply give you a fun way to show off some objects that…

The walls were mushroom coloured when Haley Williams moved into her 1960s weatherboard house in 2012. It didn’t take long for her to bring her signature touch to the place. “I’ve been a painter, DIY enthusiast and maker of things since before I could talk,” she says. “There always has been and always will be a project on the go.” The Avondale, Auckland, homeowner, who does prop work for the film and television industries, chose Resene ‘Jet Stream’ for her living room, dining room, bedroom and kitchen. The colour was chosen with former housemate Kirsty Cooper, and the pair painted the house with help from Kirsty’s brother. “It was a home job, done by perfectionists,” says Haley. “I’m impressed how well it’s lasting, considering how rough we are with the…

HONESTY BOX + Best lesson learned? Candice: Ask around before hiring tradies. Our first electricians were rough and ruined some of our walls, left the house in a mess, were slow and the final invoice didn’t match the quote. When confronted, they weren’t easy to deal with. Our second electrician was awesome. + What would you never do again? Manage tradies remotely. It’s best to be around to assess their progress and deal with them face to face. + One thing you would change about your home if you could? We’d love the kitchen to be more modern-industrial in style. + Most memorable experience you have had in your home? All the dinners and celebrations with extended family have been awesome. COLOUR PALETTE BUDGET + How much did you spend…

Once upon a time, every Kiwi dreamed of a quarter-acre section complete with a house, two-car garage, rotary clothesline and vege garden. This ideal persists for many, but some are rewriting their home ownership dream to include more efficient spaces, communal areas and green technology. At the end of the day, the question we all ask ourselves is: what kind of home will allow us and our families to live well in 2018 and beyond? Small living offers some appealing solutions, and every year there are more and more options for small homes on the market, as well as ideas for shrinking our environmental footprint. In this year’s small homes report, we’ve rounded up the key choices, as well as suggesting some ways to reduce your lifestyle for the benefit…

Just the hue of us Choosing a bold new colour for your space is just the first step – you’ll also have a range of decisions to make about what fittings and furnishings will offset your choice to best effect. Knit designer Rikke Gravengaard used a brooding blue in her hallway, but paired it with crisp white doors, ceilings and skirting boards, warm natural timber and a metallic pendant light that reflects all the colours and moods of the space. See the other bold and beautiful choices Rikke made in her home on page 104. Kids’ corner Page 96 Workshop: the wonders of wallpaper Page 98 Colour works Page 104 Room reveal: a feast for Easter Page 110 Then & now Page 112 Finder’s Fi Page 116…

“Vintage napkins can be bought as sets or mixed and matched for a modern look” Pass on paper As single-use items fall out of favour, there’s one sustainable switch that we’re finding easy to make. Swapping paper napkins for linen or cotton ones makes sense on a visual and tactile level. While there will be extra washing to be done, there is a feeling of luxury provided by a fabric napkin which can’t be matched in paper. Napkins haven’t always been de rigueur, of course. The ancient Greeks were said to have used small pieces of dough to wipe their hands. Large communal cloths were also common in ancient times. It was Louis XV of France who introduced individual table napkins at the Palace of Versailles. However, they were a…

Anthurium Here we have cut anthurium at varied lengths to create a sculptural floral arrangement. The stems are quite strong so we were able to place them in a block of wet oasis to hold them in position. As long as the water is changed daily and the flowers are not in direct sunlight, anthurium can last for up to 2-3 weeks.…

HELLO SUNSHINE PAGE 48 Ceilings painted in Dulux ‘Okarito’ throughout. Walnut laminate floors in kitchen, laundry, bathrooms, living and dining. Carpet in bedrooms is charcoal cut pile. LIVING Wall painted in Dulux ‘Ohai’. Curtains made by Fran Munro in white gauze linen from Martha’s. Pendant from Lighting Plus. Floor lamp and stool from Bambery Trading. Magazine rack, Tretchikoff painting and glass vase from Trade Me. Coffee table from Sage Lifestyle. Rug from Armadillo & Co at The Ivy House. Pouf from Let Liv. Armchair from mod.com on Trade Me. Side table from Douglas & Bec. Artwork above sideboard from Laureen Pipkin. Sideboard (by fire) from Trade Me. Shelves made by Adam Sinclair Furniture. DINING Walls painted in Dulux ‘Basin Reserve’. Window joinery by Cherrywood Joinery. Blinds made by Fran Munro…

SAVE SPLURGE…

NATURE’S BEST Texture is a key trend at the moment, especially texture inspired by nature. Natural textures remind us of the outdoors and are important to integrate into the home. Start with light wooden flooring, then layer a large carpet piece such as Dry Martini Shaken from Carpet Court on top. Try this concept in your homeware too – woven wall hangings, bamboo light shades and woven baskets all work well. CHANGE IT UP Tired of your boring floor? Try the Scandia range of luxe vinyl plank flooring from Carpet Court for an on-trend update. Next, add a warm, textural carpet piece on top. The beauty of a non-fixed carpet is that if you want a new colour or just need a change, you can easily select and install a…

The batten pattern Board-and-batten cladding has made a big comeback in recent years due to its versatility, resilience and geometric good looks. Warren and Christine Drinkwater chose to outfit their Pauanui bach in board-and-batten Shadowclad painted black, a colour that was used as a feature throughout the house. Turn to page 58 to see inside this gorgeous, architecturally designed holiday home.…

The best baches have plenty of space for family and friends to bunk down and join in the fun. The very best baches go a step further and offer friends and family their own separate space, giving them somewhere to retreat when they want privacy or quiet time. With three grown daughters (one married with a child and the others recently engaged), Warren and Christine Drinkwater knew they wanted their Pauanui bach to be one of the very best, with the capacity to accommodate their growing family. “We built it for Christine and I to enjoy, but with a view that we’d have space for overflow when the kids visited,” says Warren. THE BRIEF However, the couple wanted to avoid rattling around in an oversized house when they were on…

HONESTY BOX + Best lessons learned? Rachael: Be as organised as possible but don’t sweat the small stuff. Enjoy the journey of the building process; it can be an emotional rollercoaster. Accepting that there will always be something that will go differently than planned will help make the process less stressful. + What would you never do again? Attempt to complete the landscaping without the right tools and equipment. This resulted in over 10 tonnes of dirt being dug with a shovel by Andrew! + Most memorable experience you have had in your home so far? Any time we have friends or family over. We love entertaining and sitting back and enjoying the views from our deck. COLOUR PALETTE BUDGET + How did your budget compare to your actual spend?…

THE ‘PURRFECT’ ROOM A child’s room is one space in the home where both you and your son or daughter can indulge in a sense of fun with the decor – or in this case, go cat-crazy! MAKE A FEATURE OF THE FLOOR With any interior design, it’s best to decide on the ‘hero’ piece first as this will form the basis. In this room, it’s the beautiful, bold leopard print on the floor. To create this effect, paint the floor in two coats of your base colour (Resene Walk-on in Resene ‘Paper Doll’). Then draw on the leopard print, either by hand or by using a home-made stencil (use our floor as a guide), and carefully paint it in (we used a single coat of Resene Walk-on in Resene…

CHICKEN COTOLETTA PANINI SERVES 4 Crumbed chicken and crisp slaw tucked into a bun – delicious! Dress the slaw just before serving for lots of crunch. INGREDIENTS 100g coarse breadcrumbs, made from day-old white bread 30g parmesan, finely grated Finely grated zest ½ lemon, plus lemon wedges (optional), to serve 2 skinless chicken breasts Seasoned plain flour, for dusting 1 egg, lightly beaten Olive oil, for frying 4 small panini rolls, halved Aioli or mayonnaise, and fresh mint, to serve PARMESAN SLAW 300g shaved white cabbage 50g parmesan, finely grated 1 shallot, thinly sliced 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil Juice ½ lemon, or to taste 1 Combine breadcrumbs, parmesan and lemon zest in a shallow bowl and season. Pound chicken breasts between two sheets…

+ Some experts advise leaving a few flowers on rose plants at this time of year so they can produce rose hips for winter, which is part of their natural cycle. + If you live in warmer places, it’s not too late to trim hedges so they stay shapely through winter. Wait until spring in areas prone to hard frosts as the cold may kill any new growth that appears after trimming. Ideally, clip them while you can still see the shape and line of last year’s cut but don’t go too hard as some hedge species won’t grow new leaves on bare wood. + When dividing up overgrown clumps of perennials such as canna, daylilies, dietes, clivia and helleborus, split them into sections with a sharp spade. Keep newer…

When Craig Wilson of Form Garden Architecture admired some mature trees next to a bare section in the Christchurch suburb of Strowan, his first thought was to borrow the view for a garden he was designing for the site. “It was a bare section down a long right of way,” he says. “The neighbouring sections had some established trees which I could see would create a lovely backdrop and a ‘borrowed’ landscape that would provide a sense of scale to the two-storey home.” SITE With the trees’ foliage screening out the neighbouring houses, the 556-square-metre site provided just the right amount of privacy – a quality that Craig’s clients, Walter and Paulette Scott, were after. “We were not interested in being in a new subdivision,” says Paulette. “This section is…

A • ADAIRS adairs.com.au • ADAM SINCLAIR FURNITURE adamsinclairfurniture.com • ALEX & CORBAN alexandcorban.co.nz • AMARA nz.amara.com • ARTEDOMUS artedomus.co.nz • ASPIRING WALLS aspiringwalls.co.nz B  • BABELOGUE STORE babelogue.shop • BACKHOUSE backhousenz.com • BAMBERY TRADING bambery.co.nz • BASE FURNITURE basefurniture.co.nz • BED BATH & BEYOND bedbathandbeyond.co.nz • BED BATH ’N’ TABLE bedbathntable.co.nz • BLACK SAND FURNITURE blacksandfurniture.co.nz • BOCONCEPT boconcept.com • BOLT OF CLOTH boltofcloth.com • BOX box.co.nz • BRISCOES briscoes.co.nz • BUILD TINY buildtiny.co.nz • BUNNINGS bunnings.co.nz • BYRON BAY HANGING CHAIRS byronbayhangingchairs.com.au C • CARPET COURT carpetcourt.nz • CARROL BOYES carrolboyes.com • CHERRYWOOD JOINERY cherrywoodjoinery.co.nz • CINTESI cintesi.co.nz • CITTA cittadesign.com • COUNTRY ROAD countryroad.co.nz • CRAVE HOME cravehome.co.nz • CRISP HOME crisphome.co.nz D • DOUGLAS & BEC douglasandbec.com • DULUX dulux.co.nz E • EARLY SETTLER earlysettler.co.nz • ECC ecc.co.nz • EMMA HAYES emmahayes.co.nz • EVERYDAY NEEDS everyday-needs.com • EZIBUY ezibuy.com F • FACTORY FRAMES factoryframes.co.nz • FARMERS farmers.co.nz • FATHER RABBIT fatherrabbit.com • FLOORING XTRA flooringxtra.co.nz • FLUID INTERIORS fluidinteriors.co.nz • FLUX BOUTIQUE fluxboutique.co.nz • FOLKLORE folklorestore.co.nz • FREEDOM freedomfurniture.co.nz…

JEWELLERY DISH Roll 2 packets of pale blue Fimo in your hands until soft. With a rolling pin, roll out to a 2-2.5cm thickness. Break off tiny pieces of Fimo from a navy and a white block and randomly place on the pale blue to create a terrazzo look. Roll over top with rolling pin. Place Fimo over a small ovenproof condiment dish to form the shape of your jewellery dish and trim edges. Place on a baking paper-lined tray and bake at 110°C for 30 minutes. Leave to cool. WALL SCULPTURE Take 2 packets of navy Fimo and roll in hands until soft. To create a marbled look, add some pale blue Fimo and roll until colours swirl together. Roll out to a 2cm thickness. Use a large cookie…

La belle époque A dose of faded glamour is the perfect antidote to the approach of winter, and French Country Collections has just what the doctor ordered. The company’s new collection blends old world and new in a collision of styles and eras. And while luxury reigns with oxblood and ruby tones, velvets and smouldering smoked glass, simple styling makes these pieces perfect for modern living.…

The stars of Folklore are a host of New Zealand-made pieces designed by Sarah and Todd which feature the pair’s photos of Central Otago and the wider South Island. As well as linen cushions, cashmere scarves, note-cards and furniture, there is a range of soaps, skincare and candles packaged in their prints. They’ve also designed ceramics, log carriers and chopping boards. “Sarah has a background in graphic design and we wanted to be able to share the images in more design-led mediums,” the couple say. Handmade ceramics designed by Sarah and Todd feature a depiction of the Central Otago landscape, which is dear to the couple’s hearts. The South Islanders, who met at Canterbury University, have lived in the area for 10 years and were in Dunedin prior to that.…

FLOORING FLOOR PLAY Hard-flooring trends this season are inspired by the colours, shapes, motifs and mosaics of Morocco. Rusty, earthy terracotta tones are key, while dark wood and blackened steel create depth. Time-honoured techniques such as terrazzo and parquetry add texture, with natural surfaces such as marble upping the luxe factor. TIPS + Balance warm colours with a cool element – for example, anchor a busy feature tile with blackened steel or brass. + You can find beautiful tiles and pottery pieces secondhand on Trade Me. Their lived-in appearance will add to this look, which is all about character and time-worn charm. + Don’t be afraid to layer different shapes and patterns as long as there is a consistent colour or element that links it all together. LIGHTING LIGHT TOUCH…

OUT OF AUCKLAND Candice and David Pardy are no strangers to tackling big projects, having recently built a large family home from scratch in Auckland’s southern suburb of Pukekohe. But after a health scare with their younger son, Oscar, the couple found themselves seriously re-evaluating their busy, big-city lifestyle and contemplating their most ambitious project yet – moving the whole family down to the Gisborne region. “There were a lot of unknowns initially with Oscar’s condition,” says Candice. “Between specialist appointments, our work schedules and a two-hour-plus daily commute we were finding there wasn’t enough time left for our young family. Something had to give, and we knew our way of life wasn’t sustainable.” Moving out of the city was affordable thanks to the Pardys’ foothold in the Auckland property…

Editor of Your Home and Garden Kristina Rapley shares her favourite laundry hacks 1 Washing I love crisp white sheets but they’re so impractical and can stain easily. Persil Dual Capsules make washing them easy. They dissolve quickly and have built-in stain removers so there’s no need for scrubbing, soaking or bleaching. Just throw one in the machine, pop your laundry in and it’s done! 2 Drying I work long hours during the week and like to keep my weekends as free as possible, and that includes being free of housework. I do all my washing on Friday night, even if it’s multiple loads, and hang it out on the line no matter how late. That way most of the hard work is done and I…

ENTRANCE Your entranceway should reflect your personality and be the first indication to visitors of your interior style. With so many unique and exquisite wallpaper designs available, you can personalise this space as much as you would any other room in the house. As it’s a place where no one lingers for long, you can afford to go bold and brave! Think about the furniture and decor items you wish to have in this area as this will help determine the style of wallpaper you opt for. BEDROOM The addition of wallpaper in a bedroom can create a great focal point, especially when placed behind the bed. While papering the whole wall behind the bed is still very much on trend, wallpapering a strip along the wall to act as…

The flick of a tail, the blink of an eye, the twitch of a whisker and the flutter of an ear are all visual cues for decoding the inner workings of your frisky feline’s mind. Sure, they may appear aloof and uncaring most of the time, but your fur pal is capable of expressing more than just a side-eye. In fact, your cat is communicating with you all the time. By learning to understand their body language we can begin to peel back the layers on these complex creatures, who really do love you (and not just because you spoil them with DINE® Creamy Treats). THE BODY LANGUAGE OF CATS > Tummy time A cat who shows you their tummy may be doing so because they’re happy and relaxed, however…