Zavedo
When Jo Azevedo started creating interiors for her husband’s building business six years ago, she became hooked on forming the ultimate space. “I designed interiors for entire new-builds and smaller...
View ArticleWhitegold
Most visitors to Whakatane’s Whitegold. presume it’s named after the modern precious metal. Not so, laughs owner Kate Clark – it’s actually a cheeky reference to the milk cheque that gave the lifestyle...
View ArticleThe Mood Store
In 2014, brothers James, Sean and Thomas Daniels took over their father Grant’s furniture workshop. “Dad had owned his own furniture business for 30 years so we decided to refresh the brand,” explains...
View ArticleThe General Store
It can be hard for Bec Roberts to leave work behind. That’s because the owner of The General Store, the iconic Wellington outlet which specialises in vintage, refurbished and unique new homeware, lives...
View ArticleThe Foxes Den
Enduring household items can be found at The Foxes Den, where eco-friendly, handmade designs all have their own story to tell. Here you’ll find beautiful linens, stylish laundry items and essential...
View ArticleThe Fabulist
The hunt for the ultimate vintage find – it’s what Kristin Seth and partner Jason Hall always have on their minds. Whether they’re near their home in West Auckland or travelling throughout the country,...
View ArticleThe Clever Design Store NZ
The Clever Design Store is a marketplace for a design-hungry audience. They are a one-stop-shop where people can hunt for unique ideas that are considered in their design and beautifully crafted....
View ArticleThe Birdcage
Knowing how market-fresh flowers can transform a home, Tina Heffer had always wanted to make them available in Te Awamutu. But she was wary of the risks of buying and selling a fresh product. “You have...
View ArticleThe Axe
For six years, Meg Domett, husband Duncan and daughter Grace have run Stacks Furniture Store, which specialises in locally made sofas, chairs and tables. When the dilapidated shop next door came up for...
View ArticleThat Little Shop
The Art Bunker was a local art gallery and somewhat of an institution in Titirangi, West Auckland, for many years. When the property, including a home at the back, came on the market in mid-2014 –...
View ArticleSunday Homestore
The lure of the beach, a love of New Zealand design and a belief in the power of a relaxing Sunday inspired the opening of Alana Broadhead-Fryer’s new homeware store, Sunday, in Waihi Beach. The...
View ArticleStudio Black
Studio Black is the brainchild of interior designer Hayley-Anne Brown and textile designer Paige Keene. It’s an interior design studio and homeware store in one. Their Riverhead barn is the ideal...
View ArticleStorehouse cafe & homewares store
Located in an industrial area of Taupo on a street full of warehouses and car yards, the unassuming facade of Storehouse is easy to miss. Look closer and you’ll notice the hanging pots, table and...
View ArticleSo Vintage
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. This rings especially true for French-born Mehdi Sanssar. Growing up on the outskirts of Paris, visiting the antique markets every weekend was a ritual not to...
View ArticleShut The Front Door
When Sarah Parker was sourcing industrial-style lockers for her brand General Eclectic, she had a bright idea. “Instead of their typical grey, how great would they be in a bright colour?” she thought....
View ArticleShooting Sparrow
It was a leap of faith for Aucklander Ben Dundas to leave his job in the fashion industry and start his own homeware label Shooting Sparrow, but one that he doesn’t regret for a moment. “It’s been an...
View ArticleRepublic Home
One of the first things that hits you when you walk into Republic Home is the variety. David Peez, the owner of this Auckland homeware institution, says he prefers his Ponsonby and Parnell stores to...
View ArticlePrecinct 35
Prak Sritharan’s Wellington store Precinct 35 shares space with the Milk Crate café, allowing coffee drinkers to wander in and browse homewares from near and far. Objects by Japanese design houses...
View ArticlePlump & Co
Plump & Co offer a bespoke range of extra large felted wools and tools for creating your own chunky wool blankets, plus a ready-made range of custom hand-constructed homewares. Their focus and...
View ArticleOrient: Modern Asian Home Store
It’s hard finding a slot in Tania Siladi’s diary. Not only is the Wellingtonian co-owner of Dragonfly Restaurant and the Asian Food Republic range of fresh and vac-pac foods, she’s also raising four...
View ArticleMuck Floral & General
A florist, cafe and homeware store in one. Florist Sophie Wolanski and baker and shopkeeper Carter Were’s design destination in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn is big on locally sourced freshness and...
View ArticleMr Bigglesworthy and Good Form
Mr Bigglesworthy is a premier vintage design store located in Auckland. Their focus is to source rare mid-century furniture, that they find both in New Zealand and abroad. Throughout their years of...
View ArticleMr & Mrs Ward
Husband and wife duo Mr & Mrs Ward started crafting top-quality one-off cabinetry ten years ago. The idea first came after they drew a TV unit on the back of their power bill and all their friends...
View ArticleMooi Mooi
What started as a pipe dream for Mooi Mooi business owner Kim Hewitt has morphed into a successful homewares retail outlet, run solely out of her rural property in Matakana. “While living in South...
View ArticleMonmouth Glass Studio
Stephen Bradbourne and Isac Katzoff of Monmouth Glass Studio create functional and decorative pieces using traditional hot glass techniques. They have a strong focus on balancing their time and...
View ArticleMoi On George
When Dunedin interior designer Sandy Cubitt opened the doors to her pop-up store in October 2014, it was only meant to be a short-lived affair. With her homeware store Moi already well established in...
View ArticleMatisse
Matisse is an international furniture company with the mission “to be New Zealand’s leading supplier of future proofed sustainable world-class designs that create ‘inspirational’ places to work and...
View ArticleMarkantonia
Markantonia is a florist with a difference. Pioneers in the dried floral revival, owners Mark Seeny and Antonia De Vere create bespoke dried floral work. It’s the result of their combined talents in...
View ArticleKoko Classics
Koko Classics are a market leading interior solution provider in Auckland. With a particular focus on industrial and classic inspired collectables, there is a wide range of the finest historical style...
View ArticleKing Living Furniture
Australia’s King Living has had a big presence across the Tasman for 35 years and is now doing the same with its furniture in the New Zealand market. The firm is probably best-known for its...
View ArticleKina NZ Design + Space
Ceramics, sculpture, original paintings and more can be found at this New Plymouth-based art space. Kina resides in the historic Exchange Chambers Building, one of the oldest timber buildings in the...
View ArticleJS Ceramics
JS Ceramics is a family owned and operated business. Husband and wife duo Jen and Tom Watt work alongside Jen’s brother Pete, and they have a small team to help out. Jen loves working with ceramics,...
View ArticleIzzy and Jean Co
Izzy and Jean Co was opened in 2013 after owner Claire Ongly returned from abroad. Having always wanted to start her own business, she decided to launch her carefully curated store of “beautiful,...
View ArticleIndustrial Design NZ
The saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” certainly rings true for Paul Roest from Industrial Design NZ. You’ve probably seen some of Paul Roest’s wood creations without realising it. He’s...
View ArticleHouston Design Co
Having come from a long line of creative women, Houston Design Co’s owner Holly Houston filled her time with crafts until realising it could become a career. After taking a sculpture course, she...
View ArticleHome Industry
What started out as a weekend project for Terry Curtis is now very much a full-time role as creative director, designer and owner of homeware store, Home Industry , previously called Weekend Trader....
View ArticleH&M Home
International fashion giant H&M have blessed New Zealand shores once again, this time launching their H&M Home concept store. Following H&M Fashion’s 2016 launch, interior lovers rejoice...
View ArticleGerty Brown
Morag Sinclair started Gerty Brown by creating cushions from recycled fabrics and coffee sacking and selling them in Wellington stores. Now, she works full time designing and creating cushions and...
View ArticleFourth Street
Operating as an online store, Fourth Street offers an edit of home accessories and antique pieces, mixing past and present effortlessly. Built on the idea we can be elevated intellectually, spiritually...
View ArticleFolklore
Husband-and-wife duo Sarah and Todd Sisson are putting Clyde on the destination-shopping map with their unique homeware store and photography gallery. After 10 years as landscape photographers and the...
View ArticleFather Rabbit
Head to Father Rabbit for simple, stylish, vintage-inspired wares. All of Claudia Zinzan and Nick Hutchinson’s stores, in Orakei Bay, Newmarket and Herne Bay, are large, dreamy spaces full of household...
View ArticleFactory Ceramics
From their workshop on beautiful Waiheke Island, the team at Factory Ceramics produce handmade kiln-fired pieces with a nod to beauty as well as function. Previously The Garden Party Factory, the...
View ArticleDesigners Candy
Designers Candy is a one-stop-online boutique shop for design professionals who want unique, quality pieces for their clients. Specialising in sourcing handmade products from around the globe, its the...
View ArticleDesign Federation
Oamaru based interior-design specialists Design Federation aim to keep their designs “abreast of trends, but never trendy.” Their impressive portfolio of timeless designs across both residential and...
View ArticleCreated Homewares
Damian Townsend and Jonathan Smeets – Damo and Jono to those who know them – have been on a whirlwind journey which has taken them from designing a few decor pieces for their home to becoming the proud...
View ArticleCotton & Clay
Michelle de Klerk moved from South Africa to Wellington in 2014 and immediately started seeking out creative and unique decor and accessories to fill her new home. She was naturally drawn to the work...
View ArticleCopper + Pink
Originally opened as a pop-up store, Merivale boutique Copper + Pink moved into a larger, more permanent space in mid-2016. Owner Paula Grant, a photographer and former photography teacher, grew up in...
View ArticleBen Glass Furniture
“When people ask what I do, I say, ‘I make chairs’, but what I really do is draw pictures of furniture then find the best way to manufacture them into a functional piece,” says Ben Glass, owner of Ben...
View ArticleAnnabelle’s
Having opened its flagship in Havelock North, Annabelle’s has opened its Ponsonby doors, offering a fresh new addition of homeware to the Auckland scene. After being founded in 2016, Annabelle, the...
View ArticleA&C Homestore
Alex and Corban Walls’ stores are small but sweet, packed with luxe homeware, furniture and artworks from around the world. As well as the pair’s own line of linen bedding, you’ll find throws, wall...
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