Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2024 i Your Home and Garden

Just when I thought I was entering the age of restrained, elegant interiors, eagerly embracing brilliantly veined marble and brass accents, along comes our DIY expert Nikki Kettle and her wonderfully kooky laundry (on page 106). With a striped awning-style ceiling and old-school signage painted on the walls, it serves up all the fun of the fair. Or perhaps it’s best described as caravan park chic. Whatever we call it, it’s about creating interiors that bring you joy in a far more literal way than Marie Kondo will ever know, and not taking life too seriously. How can you walk into that room and not smile and want to eat a Jelly Tip? So life-affirming. So, instead of repainting my entrance a grown-up beige, I’m thinking red and white stripes,…

IN THE HOT SEAT Bar stools can make or break a kitchen; it’s an unavoidable fact of life. So when Mocka dropped its latest collection featuring rich green velvet and modern mid-century style, it’s safe to say we were seated. The solid wood frame feels durable, while the cushion is plusher and softer than anything we could whip up in the kitchen. Jamie bar stool, $279.99 (pair), from mocka.co.nz. Cabana girl If you’re the type to park up at the dunes all day long, you’ll be sure to fall head over sandy heels with the Sundae beach cabana. $314, thesomewhereco.com. SHELL LIFE You’ve heard it here first – we’re suckers for the Hamptons trend revival that’s been flooding our feeds. So, of course, this Seashell table lamp from Fraser Country…

DINING AREA Miki loves entertaining in the open-plan dining area, which has Tolv inlay chairs and a Classique oval dining table, both from Globe West. A custom bar and wine-storage cabinet dominates one wall, featuring Woodmatt joinery in prime oak and steel-framed glass doors. home profile MEET & GREET Miki (a property paralegal) and her husband Nihad Turcinovic (owner of HNT Builders), their sons Amar, four, and Arian, one, and their groodle, Frankie. THE PROPERTY A new-build that draws on European farmhouse style. COOL CHARM A Regency Panorama fireplace takes pride of place in the living area, while an abstract artwork, Movement by Krystal Bradford, hangs above it. Built-in ledges topped in Stone Ambassador Ottoman Grey are perfect for displaying ornaments. American oak engineered flooring, used throughout the downstairs, is…

home profile MEET & GREET Helen (interior designer) and Greg Lay (retired). THE PROPERTY A three-bedroom villa, relocated to a site in Hauraki, on Auckland’s North Shore, and renovated. It’s been two years since Helen and Greg Lay sold their family home in Hauraki on Auckland’s North Shore, and the journey to their new home has been a truly family affair. In 2021, the couple looked to downsize to a lock-up-and-leave property in the same area, which would free them up to spend more time in their second home at Mangawhai, while keeping them close to their family. At the same time, their daughter Jess Ryder and her husband Tom sold their home, bought a section in Hauraki, and began searching for a relocatable villa to place on it. Having…

KITCHEN A covered deck on one end of the courtyard has an alfresco dining area with a long wooden table and cane chairs. VINTAGE VIBES In the lounge, as in the rest of the house, restored vintage furniture predominates, with a bias towards mid-century design, including Wassily-style chairs and a Noguchi table. home profile MEET & GREET Abigail Rands (designer), Alessandro Gigli (musician) and their children, Alexander and Leonard. THE PROPERTY A converted former monastery, mission school and artist’s studio. A bigail Rands likes beautiful architecture, raw materials and good art. So when she stumbled across a former monastery and artist’s studio while visiting a small town in South Africa’s Western Cape region about six years ago, it took hold of her imagination and wouldn’t let go. She was exploring…

Very vanilla Vanilla extract traditionally contains alcohol, but Heilala has managed to make an alcohol-free alternative (not easy, apparently) that still has the same bourbon-like vanilla flavour, for those who eschew alcohol in everything. Launched in Saudi Arabia, Heilala Alcohol-Free Vanilla Paste is now in supermarkets, $25.94. heilalavanilla.co.nz JUST THE TONIC ALCHEMY & TONIC’S LATEST TONIC MIXER IS YUZU & LEMONGRASS. TOUTED AS THE PERFECT BALANCE OF BOLD CITRUS NOTES, WITH A PINCH OF SEA SALT, THIS CAN PERK UP ANYTHING YOU CARE TO PUT WITH IT. ALSO, AMAZING BY ITSELF. $8.99 FOR FOUR, ALCHEMYANDTONIC.COM BEAT IT ClickClack – yes the storage container people – has branched into kitchen appliances, just in time for pav season, with the new Equip Hand Mixer. Good looks aside, it’ll deal to those egg…

OUTER SPACE In the compact outdoor area, a soffit provides shade from the famous Mt Maunganui sun while creating a seamless extension to the family room and dining room, via glass sliding doors. FUNCTION MEETS FINESSE Concrete block creates a sustainable statement both as an exterior cladding and an interior feature . A scullery, which doubles as a laundry, helps to keep clutter out of the kitchen. Eastwood Kitchens created the striking main kitchen cabinetry, paired with Plumbline tapware and a Powersurge aged brass light. home profile MEET & GREET Monique Hemmingson-Hopping (writer and wellness advocate), James Hopping (owner of Hopping Homes), their daughter Lulu, four, baby son Auggie, and dog Remy. THE PROPERTY A four-bedroom cedar and concrete block new build on a half site in Mt Maunganui. When…

home profile MEET & GREET Dan Adams and Sophie Riddle, (owners of The Drain Company and The Olive Grove Home), kids Poppy, five, and Holly, three, and golden retriever Bailey, pet sheep Delta, Dobby and Dr Bloomfield, plus ducks, chickens, and Neil the eel. THE PROPERTY A newly built four-bedroom, two-bathroom farmhouse on the outskirts of Auckland. SETTING THE TONE For the entranceway, Sophie wanted a wow factor with a European/Middle Eastern influence, so she chose D’segni Macro 4 Angolo tiles from Tile Space and had them laid both outside and inside the front door. The House of Travertine poolside tiles (left) were imported from Greece. Standing outside the home of Sophie Riddle and Dan Adams, with its views of paddocks, towering trees and bushland and the sounds of native…

There’s no point in creating a beautiful kitchen if it’s not centred around your way of life. Maybe you have kids to consider, or an eye-watering amount of pickle jars to store (trust us, we do). Whatever you love should be reflected in your interiors, and made brighter for it. Whether your Friday nights are romantic, pasta-slurping affairs or your Sundays are reserved for military meal-prepping and plotting the week ahead, we’ve got your dream kitchen all mapped out, including the tiles, appliances and surfaces to make every day a perfect one. Imagine warm wood tones and wipe-friendly surfaces – perfect for letting little ones experiment. There’s loads of bright colour, from appliances to tapware, but by sticking to tonal palettes, such as jewel or pastel hues, you can keep…

There’s no two ways about it, doing laundry is a chore so why not inject a sense of fun into it with a quick refresh? I painted a striped ceiling, used blackboard paint to make a blackboard, stencilled a word onto the wall, then added some waves to the shelves. Suddenly, the laundry isn’t such a bad place to be. You will need • Sander or sandpaper (240 grit) • Resene Quick Dry waterborne primer • Painter’s tape • Resene Lustacryl Kitchen & Bathroom semi-gloss waterborne enamel in Resene Surf Crest, Resene SpaceCote Flat in Resene Half Forest Green, Resene FX Blackboard Paint in Resene Black, Resene SpaceCote Flat in Resene Half Resolution Blue and Resene Enamacryl in Resene Clockwork Orange • Brushes/rollers • MDF or other timber, around 10mm…

TUBERS FOR TEA When peak dahlia has been reached and passion for the flower spent, then what? Then you can eat them. Yes, the petals of this globally popular flower are edible. As are those gnarly-looking tuberous roots. Roast them. Boil them. Fry them. Or just chomp on them raw. Usually, as in their native Mexico, they are cooked much like a kūmara. Although dahlias have been eaten for thousands of years in South America, their introduction in the 1800s to the west as an edible crop was a flop. Not for lack of trying. In the 1970s, William Mitchell, an American scientist, brought the world Tang, Jell-O, and Hot Rocks. He also had one notable failure – Dacopa, a coffee substitute made from roasted dahlia tubers, which sunk without…

Post on the coast The iconic Sculpture on the Gulf is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a walk like no other. Take a ferry to windswept Waiheke and stroll two kilometres of ambitious art and grand vistas. 24 February to 24 March, $20 entry (free for kids under 15), sotg.nz. 138 Carpe diem, again Dead poets and Darcy – welcome to the new old cool. 139 Inspector Gadget OOO or WFH? On the case of the Logitech Casa Pop-up Desk. 140 Women we love An abstract painter adapts her nostalgic landscapes for a softer art form.…

Auckland-based artist Alice Berry’s popular paintings have been spotted in numerous houses featured in Your Home and Garden. From abstract florals to texture-rich terrains, her work is a lively depiction of alfresco life. So when she entered the 2023 Bolt of Cloth Textile Design Award, for which she had to design a series of cushions, she looked to her beautiful verdant green hillscapes. “The texture of the canvas is quite similar to the texture of the Panama cotton used for the cushion covers, and I often paint on a square canvas, so the hills transfer really well,” she says of her designs, which went on to win the competition. She did, however, have to tweak the placement of the art on the cushion to take into account the curved shape…

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1 Living & Co deluxe umbrella, $49, from The Warehouse. 2 Basil Bangs aquatic beach umbrella, $345, from Bolt of Cloth. 3 The Weekend umbrella, $245, from Basil Bangs. 4 Business & Pleasure Amalfi beach umbrella, $299, from Paper Plane. 5 Outsidings hula party umbrella, $89.90, from Bed Bath & Beyond. 6 Living & Co retro beach umbrella, $20, from The Warehouse. 7 Checker beach umbrella, $269.99, from A&C Homestore. 8 Mandala umbrella, $42, from Kmart. 9 Coolum beach umbrella, $49.99, from Cotton On. 10 Nouveau watermelon beach umbrella, $19.98, from Mitre 10.…

DINING ROOM Replica Hans Wegner Elbow chairs from Cintesi kit out the Lawson cypress dining table, paired with a bench that Sean built himself. Ceramics from Author Ceramics sit atop the table. In the corner is a freestanding lamp from Kmart, while a custom-made deer antler light shade from Poland, found on Etsy, hangs overhead. home profile MEET & GREET The Brookers: Holly Jean (PR specialist and co-founder of Makes Sense) and Rico Brooker (construction engineer and business owner), kids Hudson, 11, and Billie, eight, and Sushi the Siamese ragdoll cat. The Falconers: Marianne (marketing consultant and business owner) and Sean Falconer (owner of Falcon Build), kids Frankie, eight, Cohen, six, and Albie, three, and Coco the kitten. THE PROPERTY A four-bedroom, two-bathroom 165sqm new-build in Kuratau, Taupō, with separate…

Resene the paint the professionals use COLOUR HOME AWARDS FINALIST N° 4 GOLD STANDARD The Khandallah home, built in the 1970s to accommodate “a very steep site and a very small budget”, glows in Resene Buttercup. Designed by iconic Aotearoa architect Roger Walker, Mary and Michael Donn’s 1977 Wellington home is a burst of sunshine in the often-cloudy city. When it came time to paint the exterior, the couple initially planned a white facade with a contrasting trim. However, Roger strongly advocated for Resene Buttercup, to create a “gorse bush” effect against the dark Wellington hills, with Resene Bunker on the foundations, and Resene Sepia on the weatherboards and window frames. Three pipe windows – “the only frivolous 1970s Walkerism we could afford”, say the couple – were painted in…

TIP Use red-fleshed plums rather than yellow for this recipe as they hold their shape well and are less watery. TIP Goats’ curd is a loose-textured fresh goat’s cheese. If you find it hard to source, mix a soft goats’ cheese with a tablespoon of natural yoghurt, or substitute fresh ricotta or labneh. TIP When you brown butter you are evaporating the moisture content. The butter fat can then be heated to a higher temperature, caramelising the butter solids. This gives the browned butter its sweet, distinctly nutty (and delicious) taste. TIP Choose a red-fleshed plum variety for this recipe. Our favourite is the satsuma plum, which has good flavour and holds its shape well during baking.…

Dark academia is a creeping aesthetic phenomenon that’s been lurking in the corners for some time now. They’re blazerclad, satchel-slung creatures who speak in dead languages and sonnets. Drawn to dark themes of literature and art, dark academics are not your usual preppy scholars. They quote Shelley, smoke clove cigarettes and have trust funds the size of small countries. Here’s how to know if you’re one of this romantic, shadowy clique. + You’re low-key obsessed with Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. The fact that the Joan Didion’s screenplay for it never came to light is one of the great tragedies of the 21st century. + An old, dusty library with rolling ladders is all you’ve ever dreamed of. You’ll have all the classics, and then some, plus a thick leather…

01 Paola and Joy Cora lamp. I love mood lighting and always felt this, as well as being able to find beautiful lamps that are a bit different, used to be a little lacking in New Zealand. It has been so nice to see this change. This lamp is from Bohzali. 02 West Coast keep cup. It leaves the house with me every day. I love that it is New Zealandmade and I have a couple in different colours. When she’s not at home with her husband and three children, Emma Martin has a passion for travel. This wanderlust, combined with her love for unique interiors and vintage items, became the driving force behind the creation of Bohzali, her Mount Maunganui store and website. Inspired by the rich colours and…