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.

Brush with greatness • Use paint and props to colour-block, creating spaces with their own shade-y character.

ON THE SHELF • Got a heritage reno on the horizon? This new book is full of epic ideas for guiding the past into the present.

KNOW & TELL • In which an auction expert shares how to score decorative objects you won't find everywhere else.

Big news • One lucky neighbourhood just got an upgrade, with an elevated space dedicated to extra all things design.

FOLK LAW • Follow the rules and make your own by adding an artsy headboard to a classic scheme.

People

PRACTICE MAKES IMPERFECT • POTTER ELENA RENKER'S PROCESS IS A VISIBLE PART OF ALL OF HER PIECES.

AT HOME WITH… • … KELLY AND JOSH MÜLLER, FOR WHOM BLENDING BUSINESS AND PLEASURE, AOTEAROA AND AUSTRALIA IS ALL IN A DAY'S WORK.

Homes

WHEN STARS ALIGN • This extremely thoughtful abode is totally at one with the world.

POWER MOVES • What are the key strengths of this dwelling? Texture, cosiness, colour and design details like no other.

THAT'S THE SPIRIT • A mid-century icon lives on.

FANCY FOOTWORK • Great skill has manoeuvred a family's house into a home that provides everything they could ask for.

Design

KEY TO THE CITY • Here's director of Te Pūtahi Centre for Architecture & City Making, Jessica Halliday, with a preview of some of Open Christchurch's upcoming festival highlights.

GET YOUR GROOVES ON • Tactical and tactile moves to make when designing your bathroom.

Hard to beat • Coloured concrete flooring flexes on both form and function.

Great & small • Self-directed change can be a very good thing. Build success into your future with a little investment that can add a lot of value.

NATURE'S CANVAS • Irish artist/gardener TJ Maher has written a book on how to grow in harmony with the environment and plant colour like a painter. Dig into it with this edited extract.

Behind the design • We wanted to know more about the Woodwrights x Seear-Budd Ross SBR T01 table and C01 chair.