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 and wardrobe.

Narrative direction • Colour-kissed walls do much of the talking in a reimagined heritage building that invites guests to find sanctuary in this vibrant port city.

THE ART of ANCHORAGE • A new book gathers 36 creatives who decorate their rentals boldly, proving any room can be made entirely yours, whatever the lease.

DÉCOR DISRUPTER • In the third feature of this five-part series with Aalto Paint, we explore neutral and accent schemes with their Master Palette.

STUDIO STORIES • A must-see interiors destination, with a Scandinavian narrative to make your own.

BAND TOGETHER • Use singular shades for painted surfaces and furniture, and you’ll soon discover the collective power of colour drenching.

HAND ME DOWN • RAISED AMONG FURNITURE WITH STORIES, AWAYDAY FOUNDER GLORIA GRIFFEN HAS BUILT A BUSINESS AROUND THE THRILL OF THE GOOD FIND AND THE LASTING VALUE OF PIECES WITH A PAST.

IN A TITIRANGI WORKROOM, LIZ WYCHERLEY AND SIMON OOSTERDIJK MAKE CERAMICS, AND CANDLES DESIGNED TO DRIP, SLUMP, RESIST AND ALMOST FALL APART.

Hold your ground • In a Waterview duplex, Atelier Jones makes the case that half a house can carry the full thinking.

HOMES

VIEW FINDER • A new home in Tāhuna/Queenstown where the sky gets in before the mountains do.

RAINBOW MAGIC • Using colour inside and out has proved a treasure found for the owners of this renovated and extended 1930s home, where art and collections keep up the lively theme.

ESCAPE ROOMS • The peacefulness of an alpine backdrop is magnified by a palette that embraces soft, natural tones and textures — and spaces that invite contemplation and connection.

Cover to cover • In this clever 1930s bungalow renovation, the dysfunctional floor plan is remade into a programme that finally opens up from front to back.

Quiet achievement • A clever collab on an exclusive wool carpet collection brings the understated wonder of wabi-sabi home.

LONG EXPOSURE • Photographer Biddi Rowley on what keeps her coming back to Japan, and the slow practice of looking that has grown from it.

INSIDER GUIDE

CATALOG

Inner glow • Sophie Poelman handcrafts pendant lighting from a largely undervalued natural resource.