homestyle

homestyle is New Zealand’s freshest home and lifestyle magazine. With a focus on clever ideas and intelligent spending, homestyle offers a mix of accessible luxury and practical inspiration giving you the confidence to create your own living environment with a personal touch. From new homes, to renovations and even rentals, homestyle is the magazine for anyone looking to transform their house into a home.

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Style

Scout • We've been shopping for your home.

Naturally gifted

COLOURFUL CHARACTER • “Do it. Do it. Do it,” says interiors writer Amy Moorea Wong in her new book. She's talking about expressing yourself with a rainbow of hues, and some of the people she profiles have done so like so.

Bidding genius • Keen to invest in art but no idea where to start? We quizzed Webb's specialist auctioneers and valuers.

Social function • Invite a quality piece into your home that'll become central to many memorable moments and life as you know it.

Intense chemistry • These shades seem to be drawn to each other.

People

EMELIA FRENCH LETS CLAY RESPOND AS HER CONVERSATION WITH IT UNFOLDS.

IT'S A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS AT ACME, WHERE THE CUPS RUNNETH OVER WITH IDEAS.

IN DAVID AUSTIN'S WORK, JAPANESE RAKU FIRING FUSES WITH MĀORI & PERSONAL WORLD VIEWS.

Homes

ON THE LEVEL • To be honest, few dwellings compare to this multi-storey, timber-filled marvel.

BRIGHT FUTURE • It's onwards and upwards for this kaleidoscope home that's been given a shot at another lifetime.

VALLEY HIGH • bLook at that view — and what's on the inside of this luxury lodge counts for everything as well.

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL • Maybe you don't need a brand-new home when what you've got's evolving right along with you.

Design

THE ELEGANT SHED • For the happy owners of this humbly constructed abode, there's no place like home in the middle of a paddock.

MUST VISIT • The easeful sophistication of this showroom echoes that of the Danish-designed pieces you'll want to take home with you.

All the feels • Pro tip: closely consider your points of contact.

DOLLARS & SENSE • At this atypical office, financial advice is supplied amid equally sound design decisions.