Inhaltsverzeichnis für April/May 2022 in homestyle

“It’s almost as if this 1970s pole house was where they were meant to end up all along.” I’m penning this note from my new home office, where I’ve just unpacked the last box from my family’s recent move, and I can happily say it’s starting to truly feel like mine. Rearranging your possessions in a new house is a funny sort of puzzle to navigate, and we’ve really been enjoying that satisfying feeling when pieces slot perfectly into position. Some of our things fit better in this home than they did in our previous one — it’s almost as if this 1970s pole house was where they were meant to end up all along. There are, of course, a few things I’m dead keen to upgrade, but I’m doing…

You could make a hero of just one of these hues or combine several to create a symphony of colour. Whatever you prefer, achieve a harmonious effect with the rest of your interior scheme by considering the balance between warm and cool, and light and dark. Imagine your palette coming together like a lead singer and backing band, then experiment with shades until you land on a few that are in tune with your style.…

Down a winding side road, over a one-lane bridge and up the last rise to the driveway, an arrow reading ‘This way’ is your guide around the final gravelled bend to the door of a Tauranga home affectionately named the Ranch House. Its owners Sjan Johansen and John Guise didn’t set out to live in the country, but now they’re the proud owners of this one-hectare haven with an unparalleled panoramic view, they hope never to let it go. “We’re still in awe,” says Sjan. “We’ll do everything we can to hold onto it.” That’s saying something for these serial renovators, who’ve updated three houses in Noosa, one in Brisbane, one in Queenstown and one in Mount Maunganui prior to this, and tend not to believe there’s just one dream…

Kiwi architect and interior designer Annabel Smart and Netherlands-born interior architect Marijne Vogel are Studio 11:11, a design studio that explores the boundaries between interior architecture, objects and leathergoods. Having starting their business as a leathergoods label in Melbourne in 2014, they picked back up where their formal training left off, and today their work also encompasses architectural design, interior styling, and furniture and object design — plus they stock a collection of vintage designer lights they source from Europe. Annabel recently moved home to Aotearoa, where we had a few questions for her, like: Does Studio 11:11 have a signature aesthetic? Rather than strive for a signature aesthetic, we’re more dedicated to our brand ethos. No matter the output, what defines every 11:11 project are the notions of functionality,…

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE TE ARAI BEACH HOUSE by Fearon Hay Architects With interiors designed in collaboration with Sonja Hawkins, this home in the upper reaches of the Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland region is sited amid Te Arai’s dunes and pine forests. It comprises a pair of gabled timber sheds referencing those found in rural Aoteroa, with an area for seating and an outdoor fire between them. To moderate the light, air, view and privacy, the house is layered with sliding timber shutters that, along with the roof and cladding, will develop a patina over time, further integrating the buildings with the landscape. The use of timber inside (oiled to provide warmth as a subtle counter to the exterior) brings the building together as a whole, and blurs indoors and out. A combination…

Multidisciplinary artist Cora-Allan Wickliffe is represented by galleries in both Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland (Masterworks) and Pōneke/Wellington (Bartley & Company Art), and has lived and practised her craft overseas. These days, however, she’s happily based in Waitākere/West Auckland, where she grew up. Of Māori (Ngāpuhi, Tainui) and Niuean (Alofi, Liku) descent, she completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts & Design in Photography at AUT, then graduated in 2013 with a Masters in Visual Arts & Design in Performance. In recent years, she’s turned her talent to traditional hiapo barkcloth painting, and is thought to be the only current practitioner using methods and materials similar to those used in Niue before the early 1900s. So Cora-Allan, you’ve expressed yourself through various means in the past — what methods and materials are you…

Everyone knows that renovating a character home — such as this one built in the ’30s — is like opening a box of chocolates. In Forrest Gump style, you never know what you’re gonna get. Forrest’s momma was wise in this respect: once the lid came off this Westmere property, there was a selection of surprises inside. The roof itself needed replacing, the insulation was shot, the exposed ceiling beams had done their dash, and many of the kauri floorboards had moved past characterful to downright dangerous. “In the initial couple of weeks when parts of the house were being demolished, I thought, ‘What have I done?!’” recalls the Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland owner. “It was emotional to let go of the old.” But then, once building started, a bit like childbirth,…

Growing up in Heratini/Geraldine, South Canterbury, Beth Cameron was profoundly affected by her parents’ interest in architecture, and their design and build of their family home and garden. It shaped her perception of what’s possible in terms of creating environments, and turned the kid who was always making (with paper and cellotape her preferred media) towards architecture as a career. Has it delivered on those dreams so far, Beth? The journey has been one of growth, challenge, exploration and constant research — to be honest, it’s exceeded what I thought was possible. I feel incredibly lucky that it’s provided so many opportunities, and introduced me to so many incredible people and places. What have you been up to since you graduated from Victoria University with a Master of Architecture in…

Visually, there’s a lot going on at Volare, this new Italian restaurant/bar in Amsterdam, much of it more adventurous than you’d want at home — but overall, the fab fit-out by Studio Modijefsky contains relatable lessons. It shows how to avoid overt clichés by taking your interior to another time or place with subtle references only (here, the shades and stripes of the Amalfi Coast in the ’60s), use a bold hue in a doorway to transition from one space to the next (a bedroom to a walk-in wardrobe, say) and be decoratively daring in a dining room to create a mood and a talking point. Any one of these techniques could transport your home, as could this good stuff:…

Forever Flowers by Antonia de Vere (Schiffer, $60) Do you believe in destiny? Reading the introductory chapters of floral designer Antonia de Vere’s new book, you just might begin to. Several serendipitous happenings in the life of the more tattooed, pink- and platinum-haired half of creative duo Mark Antonia (the other side of the coin being her designer husband, Mark Seeney) have led her to become the maker of some of Aotearoa’s most sought-after dried florals. Ever artsy, she grew up in the Garden City, Ōtautahi/Christchurch, exploring its civic green spaces with her family and immersed in the activities in their own floriferous backyard. She loved pressing petals between the pages of her books filled with fairytales; went on to study fashion, jewellery and floral design; and has long had…

So Rachel, PPG’s been collaborating with New Zealand creatives as part of its Makers range, and the latest coupling is with charity Play It Strange, which supports young songwriters to write, record and perform their own songs. How did that happen? Whether it’s a beautiful song tugging at your heartstrings or a beautifully painted room lifting your spirits, sound and colour both provoke an emotional response. We tend to be comfortable deciding what music we like but are reluctant to trust our instincts when it comes to colour selection, so we wanted to explore the idea of combining the two as a different way to consider and choose colour for our homes. For PPG Paints, being part of the communities we operate in globally is stitched into our DNA, so…

Australian-born, with Filipino and Caucasian heritage, Genevieve Black was raised in a little place called Woy Woy, north of Sydney, and moved to Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland 11 years ago. She brought her bartending/management and landscaping/gardening background with her and carried on doing both, before unexpectedly finding her calling in construction. So Genevieve, who or what inspired you to become a builder? I randomly found building after a drunken night out on which I met my first boss, Steve Holmes of Calibre Construction. I’d always enjoyed physical work, and offered up my — lack of — skills while out on the town, talking shit. I never had any kind of interest in that sort of thing whatsoever, but with him teaching me as I went along, I ended up helping him build…

Once you’ve spent a bit of time with Bailey Meredith, you realise it’s a no-brainer that she’d have created a chic dwelling for herself and her husband Ali Williams in West Auckland. With a background in fashion, and with the towel brand, Baina, she co-founded stocking the shelves at big-name international outlets Liberty, Nordstrom and Goop, there’s seemingly little she touches that doesn’t become beautiful. In the lush, bush-clad hills of Titirangi, Bailey and Ali’s two-bedroom, white-brick home is threaded with contemporary simplicity. Its interior fuses artwork, furniture and ceramics from near and far with a pared-back palette that calls to mind Californian cool. However, it wasn’t always so desirable. Bailey and Ali were in their late twenties when they bought the house in 2013. “We wanted to get on…