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Editor’s note

Like it says on the cover, we’re channelling easy living here at Haven this month. With the mercury rising, we’re dreaming of entertaining outdoors, lounging poolside with a homemade berry shrub in hand, eating yummy chilled treats in a secret shady garden, and filling our houses with laidback curvy cane furniture. We’ve got all the latest interior trends covered, from arches and curves to ribbed glass and built-in cabinetry. And speaking of hot stuff – are you thinking of giving your home a complete makeover? The creative trio from Three Birds Renovations take us through a Hamptons-style do-over that is effortlessly cool and endlessly inspirational. What was once old can be new again with some careful planning and clever cosmetic upgrades. An homage to Cape Cod (via suburban Sydney), take this…

Teva has stepped up this summer with these chic and comfortable Midform sandals. As practical as the originals – just better looking! I’m a fan of anything in this soothing colour, as are several of my friends, who also bought themselves a pair. nz.teva.com Can you ever have too many mirrors? I think not. This extra-large brass beauty is the perfect size to be hung pride of place above my fireplace. A round of applause! cocorepublic.co.nz I’m religious about cutting blooms from the garden for my kitchen. My homegrown summer hydrangeas have never looked as godly as when they are arranged like a floral crown atop Apollo’s head. superette.co.nz…

Where do you call home? We live in Massey, in West Auckland. Who do you live with? My fiancé David Long, our baby girl Lennox, and pugs Penelope and Malibu. How would you describe your interiors style? Fun and vibrant with mid-century features. Do you prefer shopping for second-hand finds or modern design, or a bit of both? Shopping-wise, I love supporting New Zealand and Australian fashion designers. Some of my current local favourites are The Knitter, Olivia Cashmore and Emma Mulholland on Holiday, and international brands Ganni, Story mfg and Sandy Liang. My homewares are a mix of old and new, from department stores to op shops and online – I love local makers Simon Lewis Wards, Kate Mitchell Glass and Flex Factory. Where do you find your creative inspiration? From all corners of…

Fibre optics Right in time for the rattan renaissance, hardware store Bunnings has released a range of affordable furniture and homeware made from this classic natural fibre. The Home Bazar collection includes dining chairs, a coffee table, mirrors and planter baskets, suitable for use indoors and out. There’s even a cute pet bed and a chic cat cave, so your fur babies can be on-trend too. bunnings.co.nz Sunshiny days The talented textile designers at local bedlinen and homeware company Wallace Cotton have rustled up a gorgeous new towel to take you from poolside to seaside and back again. The Crusoe towel is made from soft cotton velour with a tasselled fringe, with a lush tropical design in ocean blues and leafy greens. wallacecotton.com FULL OF BEANS Kiwi design company Lujo has created a mini-me version…

BOOK OF THE MOMENT

Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci Who else but Stanley Tucci could charm us with his negroni-making skills, eat and flirt his way through Italy for a TV series and publish a food memoir, all during a pandemic? He may be better known for his roles in films such as Julie & Julia and The Devil Wears Prada, but in his third book (the other two are cookbooks), Stanley feeds our appetite for his wit, wisdom and, let’s be honest, ability to fill out a polo shirt. Unspooling across several delightful chapters are tales of the actor and unabashed foodie’s treasured memories and favourite food stories, including the vibrant characters behind those tales. He covers a lot of ground. There’s his childhood in New York, growing up as the son…

BOOK OF THE MOMENT

STAY OF THE ART

What is it? Cordis Auckland, a luxury hotel. Where is it? 83 Symonds Street, Auckland. The project: Increasing the size of the hotel by adding a 17-storey building – the Pinnacle Tower – to the existing hotel. The new $170 million space includes 244 rooms and suites, including a 252.6sqm luxury suite, a club lounge for guests and a function space. Is it open? It certainly is. With Auckland moving to the traffic light system (hurrah!), the hotel opened in December. “We are looking forward to welcoming guests to the Pinnacle Tower, where they can revel in spectacular city skyline and Waitematā Harbour views and enjoy the warm hospitality Cordis Auckland is renowned for,” says the hotel’s managing director, Franz Mascarenhas. Say more about those rooms with a view. Guests from the fifth floor…

STAY OF THE ART

Photographer and graphic designer Beka Hope spent a lot of time online looking for the perfect plates for her colourful, cosy Mt Eden flat during the first 2020 lockdown. “I scoured every website for plates, but there was nothing like what I imagined,” she says. “So I decided I should just make some.” Beka was working as a freelance graphic designer and was keen to try something that would get her hands dirty and stretch her creative skills. “The first day that I could, I bought a bag of clay and just started making things. I didn’t have any tools or anything, so I decided I’d try hand-building. I rolled things out with a wine bottle and used a kitchen knife,” she says, laughing. As it happens, plates are some of the…

For most of her adult life, Mandy Williams has been edging ever closer to her ultimate coastal home. The Mt Maunganui artist and her investor husband Carwyn both grew up in the Waikato and have lived in England, then Australia, then in homes on Tauranga’s rural outskirts and most recently in a Tauranga city suburb. The latest move has fulfilled a long-held wish to cross the city’s harbour bridge, with teenagers Kobe and Jade, as well as two cats and Ccino the Cuban Havanese dog. “We always dreamed of being on the beach, in Mt Maunganui,” Mandy says. “We’ve always loved it, were just drawn to it. When we were younger, this is where we’d come for holidays. Even when we were living in Ōmokoroa or Te Puna, I’d always still drive…

WORK IN PROGRESS

Artist and creator Lynda Wilson turns her hand and mind to all manner of materials. Her creative practice is varied and her work is inventive, other-worldly and imaginative – and her rural home, on the outskirts of Hamilton, provides a restful backdrop for both her love of art and her artistic pursuits. Lynda and her chartered accountant husband Ross built the gabled home in 1998, in a simple three-bedroom-plus-office design that fit their budget and their young family’s needs. Their spacious section is also put to good use, with a pool on its northern side that links to a studio and guest annex, and is surrounded by established gardens and mature trees. In latter years, with their children Kerin and Jared grown up, they’ve quietly gone about making subtle but significant alterations…

WORK IN PROGRESS

People buy houses for many reasons: shelter, sanctuary, an investment… But how many can say they bought their house for a dog? Kirsten Matthew can. The Aucklander bought her Red Beach home in 2019 because she needed somewhere for her dog, Mabel. “I’d owned an apartment in Ponsonby for eight years that wasn’t dog-friendly,” says Kirsten. “But I was desperate to have a dog, so when friends told me they had to rehome their two-year-old Labrador because they didn't have time for her, I told them to give me six months, and started looking for a house.” Although the real estate market wasn’t quite at peak craziness, the owner of boutique PR firm Mabel Maguire (named after Kirsten’s grandmother, not her dog) still had trouble finding a place to call home. “There was nothing…

COLOUR ME HAMPTONS

DON’T DITCH THE ARCH How many older homes have these arches? Before you swing the sledgehammer, ask yourself if you could make a feature out of that curved creation. We clad this side of the wall and sprayed the brick on the other. Now the archway creates a peek-a-boo portal into the room beyond – making the whole scene a piece of art in itself. Bubbling just under the surface of this typical double-storey plain Jane was a Cape Cod queen waiting to bust loose. It was up to us to coax her out of her shell. Her owners loved their neighbourhood and loved their home, but they needed a layout (and look) that would suit their family of five much better. Thankfully, this brick home had a lot going for it: a…

COLOUR ME HAMPTONS

Colourful curves

COLOUR ME NOW If you’re naturally restrained when it comes to colour, this is your moment. Right now, the most fashionable shades in decor and design are slightly removed from their pure tones – a little dusty or muddy. You can still head for a sunshiny shade, just one that’s a little more muted. Think softer shades of terracotta, taupe, turmeric and pink – all of which exude warmth, comfort and a grounded sense of familiarity. Tray bien A handmade piece doesn’t need to be perfect to be charming: leave behind (for now) all that perspective stuff you learnt at art classes, and free-flow your way through a curve-filled design until your piece brings you joy. GET THE LOOK WITH… A plain plywood tray and Resene testpots from your local Resene ColorShop. Choose complementary shades…

Colourful curves

Designer’s guide to WHAT’S HOT

When it comes to renovating or building, there will always be trends and popular styles to follow. But choosing a look that won’t date is a bit of an art – and that’s where a good interior designer can help. They can pull your ideas together with key trends to create a cohesive look that will stand the test of time. Personally, I dislike the idea of trends when it comes to interior design. It implies we’re following what is already popular, whereas I love to pull together different colours, textures and products to create a bespoke look that no one else has. I like to take a good look at what trends are out there before jumping on board, embracing only the ideas that I think will stick around. In saying…

Designer’s guide to WHAT’S HOT

Raspberry shrub Shrubs are so refreshing to sip away on in the summer, and they’re so easy to make. Makes 200ml of syrup 450g fresh raspberries1 cup caster sugar½ cup red wine vinegar Soda water to serve Ice to serve 1 In a bowl, toss fruit with sugar, cover with a breathable cloth and leave to sit for 48 hours, stirring every now and again. 2 Push fruit through a sieve, collecting the syrup. Stir red wine vinegar into the syrup and store in a jar in the fridge until needed. 3 To make the shrubs, pour syrup into glasses and top with soda water and ice. I use a ration of 1:4 syrup to soda water, but adjust to suit your taste. (You can also stir the fruit pulp through ice cream, add it…

PEA-UTIFUL These are frozen peas in stealth mode – no one will know the veges are in there unless you tell them. Frozen pea brownies In this wholesome treat, frozen peas are whizzed up with chocolate and LSA (a blend of ground linseeds, sunflower seeds and almonds). Makes about 15 small brownies 1½ cups frozen peas¼ cup extra virgin olive oil¼ cup tightly packed brown sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract¼ teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons cocoa½ cup LSA or ground almonds½ teaspoon baking powder1 cup roughly chopped good-quality dark chocolate (about 100g) 1 Heat the oven to 180°C. Line a standard-sized loaf tin with baking paper. 2 Cook the peas in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain and put into a food processor. Add the olive oil, brown sugar, vanilla and salt and whiz until smooth-ish, scraping down…

Who lives here? Viticulturists and winemakers Claudia and Bill Small and their three children, Ted, 14, Sylvia, 11, and Penelope, 10. Where is it? Blenheim. When did you move in and what was the garden like then? “We moved here in 2010. The house was built in 1947 and sits on 2600sqm of land. When we arrived, the garden had a walnut tree, beech, kōwhai, lots of brown trellis, and a volleyball net. One of the first things we did was to move the garage and driveway. The kitchen and living area looked out onto them, and Bill suggested we move them around to the other side of the house. Initially, I thought that was a crazy idea because it would be too expensive, but then Bill’s parents, who were amazing gardeners,…

SHH, IT’S A SECRET

A lost key. A curtain of ivy concealing a forgotten door. An overgrown tangle of greenery beyond. Frances Hodgson Burnett sure knew how to amp up the mystery and magic when she published her children’s novel The Secret Garden in 1911. In it, misplaced orphan Mary discovers a hidden sanctuary at Misselthwaite Manor and embarks on a journey of healing and self-empowerment. In fact, the classic tale is one of the best examples of how good gardening is for our mental health. While I’m yet to dig up a rusty key that leads to “the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place that anyone can imagine”, I can remember the delight of discovery of every unexpected green space I’ve ever come upon. There was the deliciously cool dampness of the ponga-clad fernery at my…

SHH, IT’S A SECRET

Tasks for February

SOW The heat is on and your soil is aching to grow things. Sow heat lovers such as sunflowers and zinnias from seed and you’ll be amazed at how quickly they bloom, plus you’ll get flowers right until the first frosts. It’s salad season, but lettuces and other leafy greens go bitter in dry soil, so put the plants in a spot where they will get a bit of shade. My favourite leafy green, because it can hack the heat, is perpetual spinach – it looks like silverbeet but has a softer leaf. You can also start sowing winter veges such as cabbages and broccoli. PICK ME! Harvest tomatoes, zucchinis, cucumbers capsicums and beans on the regular as they ripen so that your plants keep working hard to to produce more fruit and…

Tasks for February

Make a frozen flower bowl 1 “Once upon a time” is how I feel I should introduce this project – there is something so fairytale-ish about flowers encased in ice, especially when moulded into a vessel for holding drinks or cold treats. All you need are three metal or plastic (but not glass) containers that will nest together – one small, one medium, one large – plus water, flowers, rice and tape, and some space in your freezer. 2 Choose flowers that aren’t too bulky, so they will fit easily between your containers when the smallest one is nested inside the medium one. I opted for a blue, green and white palette, and used pansies, delphiniums, gypsophila, hellebores and statice. Take the medium-sized bowl and make a ring of flowers around the…

Lindsay Phillips loves dogs so much that she named her Wellington restaurant after her late husky/Lab rescue dog, Smuchi Bambuchi. After Smuchi went to doggo heaven in early 2020 and a planned holiday in her native Canada was scuppered because of Covid, Lindsay decided to heal her heartbreak with a new pal. “I thought, ‘Screw it, I want a new dog to help fill the huge void in my life,’” she recalls. She found what she was looking for at a farm in Dannevirke: an eight-week-old kelpie/huntaway puppy she named Brisket. “I’ve worked with food for most of my life, so the name had to be food-related, and a name no one else had.” Brisket soon made himself at home in the container that Lindsay’s engineer partner, Manu Pouajen-Blakiston, converted into a tiny…

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