TWENTY TWENTY TWO We had high hopes for 2022! The last few months of 2021 left us all exhausted, perhaps a little bit fearful and most definitely tired of counting down the days of isolation on our calendars. We welcomed 2022 with vigour; opening our doors in January to our family and friends, to the sunshine and to possibility but sadly the new Omicron variant of Corovirus crept in. We haven’t quite shut them, they remain a little Product Launch
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TWENTY TWENTY TWO We had high hopes for 2022! The last few months of 2021 left us all exhausted, perhaps a little bit fearful and most definitely tired of counting down the days of isolation on our calendars. We welcomed 2022 with vigour; opening our doors in January to our family and friends, to the sunshine and to possibility but sadly the new Omicron variant of Corovirus crept in. We haven’t quite shut them, they remain a little 
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LIGHTING SOLUTION I am a little obsessed with lights, not the ceiling downlight variety, but pendants and lamps of all description. The hardest thing about hanging your pendant is the position you want it to hang is most likely NOT where the electrician has wired it and so enter looped lights. Yes you can love your light cords, now available in a variety of pattern and colours they are something to be admired not hidden away as in days That Shop
THAT SHOP “Have you heard about That new shop?” Those were the words that inspired Wendy Martin to open one of her very own. When she and her husband Simon moved into the property in rural Auckland two years ago she knew that one day the little outbuilding next to the house would become her own little cottage shop. After Simon had done the hard yards with the structural and electrical work, Wendy set about making the interior My Christmas Nest
MY CHRISTMAS NEST If you have been following me for some time you will know I have embarked on a journey of living a little more simply. Taking time to appreciate the beauty in simplicity and quality. I have shunned the chain store market in search of a more sustainable lifestyle where perhaps less is more. And so to Christmas, in the spirit of giving and receiving gratefully and with a clear conscience for my Lagom lifestyle I Sundowner
SUNDOWNER The name Sundowner comes from Africa, it represents the early evening when you can celebrate a good days work with a drink, preferably a G & T, while you watch the sun go down. I prefer my Gin and Tonic pool side, well before the sun goes down, on a lazy Summer weekend and sometimes I think it’s best not to mess with a good thing; G & T and a wedge of lemon has done us How to Spring Clean your home
HOW TO SPRING CLEAN YOUR HOME Its getting close, you can smell it in the air, warmer weather is just around the corner! I can tell its close at my little house due to the layer of yellow pollen I just dusted off my dining table. It got me thinking, that layer of yellow dust, its time for a Spring Clean. Spring-Clean, why just Spring, what about Autumn, Winter and Summer? Well its like coming out of Perfect Place Setting
PERFECT PLACE SETTING Monsteras seem to be taking over my life. I buy them little wishing for them to grow but when they grow I wish them little again. Looking at my overloaded plant I am thinking those beautiful big green leaves will make the best placemats! I am teaming it up with this gorgeous dinner set from Wundaire and Fisher & Paykel and I think it looks amazing! Lunch Date Set! Photography and Styling by My Little A Guest Room Joosh Up
A GUEST ROOM JOOSH UP My Guest Bedroom is a tricky space to furnish, the pitched ceiling means a much lower bed which means that most bedsides towered above or just looked a little, well little. This clever shelf, part of the Made of Tomorrow Fold range is the perfect alternative. Being wall-hung it can be positioned perfectly, its powder coating is durable enough to take any knocks and its curves add a bit of softness to the The Kiwi Kitchen
THE KIWI KITCHEN All my life the name that has personified the Kiwi Kitchen is Fisher & Paykel. There is much more choice these days but I have always remained faithful and happy with F&P. Though, had Olive Paykel not have been flicking the pages of an American Home Journal in the 1930’s and seen the new home appliance, the refrigerator, this iconic kiwi brand may never had eventuated. Since then Fisher & Paykel have gone from strength to Happy Easter
HAPPY EASTER The Easter weather forecast here in NZ was a little foreboding with Cyclone Cook heading our way fast and furious. The warnings were enough to shut down the central Auckland City sending workers home early. Schools closed and everyone shunned the usual night before Easter long weekend drinks and headed home loaded with water and candles. It didn’t arrive in Auckland; last minute it veered off its anticipated path. Parts of NZ did get a battering