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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Scout • We’ve been shopping for your home and wardrobe.

ACTIVIST WEAR • Solar shades and driftwood hues. The future looks bright, cued by a sanctuary of protest.

CLOSE FAMILY • In the fourth feature in this five-part series with Aalto Paint, we explore analogous schemes with their Master Palette.

WHOLE TRUTHS • Sarah Sherman Samuel sees home as a living autobiography, where art, architecture and memories meet. The celebrated designer shares the process behind the Showhouse — her own new-build in the Michigan woodlands.

SHINE BRIGHT • Dial up the lustre levels using Resene paints with a bit more bounce back, for spaces with commanding presence.

THE COPENHAGEN HOME OF AMERICAN DESIGNER CASSANDRA BRADFIELD, WHERE NEARLY EVERYTHING WAS MADE BY HER STUDIO OR SOMEONE SHE KNOWS.

THE END OF TRENDS? • This extract from The Unmaking Of, a publication to mark Kowtow’s 20th anniversary, is written by an award-winning climate journalist, and presents a clear-eyed view of the ugly side of fast fashion.

FIBRE OF BEING SARA SANTORO WORKS FROM A GARDEN STUDIO IN AHURIRI/NAPIER, WHERE SHE DYES AND WEAVES TEXTILES, EVER WITH A SENSE OF DISCOVERY.

SPARE CHANGE • This light-touch renovation to a heritage-inspired alpine home gives it a calm, grounded feel.

FREE REIN • A new Taranaki home for an owner whose brief was two phrases, and whose method was to trust the people he chose.

MADE IT • This talented couple poured their creativity and craftsmanship into every element of this long-running renovation — but the finish line may finally be in sight.

FINDING ANCHOR • Set within pioneering territory, this modestly sized Glenorchy retreat has its foundations in kinship grounded in the past, celebrated in the present and steering towards the future.

HOME & AWAY • Our editor’s dispatch from 3 Days of Design, Copenhagen’s citywide summer fair, where endless daylight, a century of heritage and the antipodean contingent all made their case.

THE ANATOMY OF A CHAIR • How a lounge chair takes shape, slowly, between Note Design Studio in Stockholm and Resident in Aotearoa.

INSTANT APPEAL • Sculptural to look at and a joy to use, this multi tap brings confident kitchen design home.

THE ART OF SHADE • Turn your windows into a design-led opportunity for shadow play.

Ground vision • There’s more to see than at first meets the eye when coloured concrete responds to natural dynamics.

Melting point • Abel founder Frances Shoemack takes her Aotearoa brand global with new vanilla Double Scoop.

Last word • Born in Japan, raised in Aotearoa and based in Italy, designer Keiji Takeuchi talks about walking sticks, and a world without borders.