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All in Outdoor Living
Outdoor edit
abode stylists curate the latest colours, furniture and accessories for the summer season.
Outdoor edit
abode stylists curate the latest colours, furniture and accessories for the summer season.
Where have all the daisies gone?
The tiny flower symbolises simpler, freer times to Tony Milne of Rough Milne Mitchell Landscape Architects.
Outdoor edit
abode stylists curate the latest colours, furniture and accessories for the summer season.
Restorative nature
Tony Milne of Rough Milne Mitchell on the great outdoors and the pleasure of bringing it inside.
In the limelight
The plan was for this new Rangiora home to be a standout and, as both homeowner and builder, Elliott Dale of Daleco Built knew exactly how to achieve it.
A big shift
Dean McGuigan of Golden Homes on the uplift in customers wanting their new builds in small towns.
Step out in style
Sprucing up your space? Here’s your one-stop guide to the best backyard or balcony.
The making of an oasis
Green Therapy creates a leafy idyll centred around an outdoor fireplace.
More than meets the eye
It’s a killer view, so of course this new-build home by Aaron Jones of Urbanfunction drinks it in from every angle. But there are plenty of other factors at play.
New view
The prime location and perfect lifestyle ticked all the boxes for the owners of this Chilton + Mayne architecturally designed home.
Black-tie affair
A dapper addition by Rogan Nash Architects means this 1960s weatherboard home is now perfectly tailored to modern living.
For the love of family
Designed to cater to the needs of a multi-generational family, this bach, built by Petrie Construction, is all its owners could have dreamed of.
Inner circle
A modest Melbourne Federation-style architectural home takes on grand proportions thanks to the inclusion of a cluster of courtyards.
Beyond infinity
This Mayfair Pool of the Year winner was taken to the next level – literally.
Let there be light
Only a little, though, says Tony Milne from Rough Milne Mitchell. Here’s his take on light emissions.
Ahead of the curve
Kamo Marsh Senior Landscape Architect Emily Hastie updates us on the freshest trends in garden design.
Heating up
As demand for saunas increases, Sam Jameson of Sustainable Saunas creates New Zealand-made models in the most eco-friendly of ways.
Made for shade
For a nation that loves to live outdoors, we don’t do enough to shield ourselves from the harsh sun. Luckily SunCraft is here to help.