A design for the heart of the home is something that can be hard to visualise from drawings or renders alone; how the elements interact with each other, how the spaces feel, and what works best where.

Interior designer Rebecca Bailey on kitchen facelifts, sustainability and floating between contemporary and traditional asethetics.

French private chef Arno Jullien began his culinary career in Provence after graduating from Paul Augier Culinary School in Nice. We talk to him about creating a local French cuisine in Auckland.

Design duo Kelly Gammie and Sean Monk, the creatives behind Rarebirds Interiors, produce work that is highly distinctive and individual, pushing the boundaries between a global outlook and a vibrant local design language.

Elegant frames and dividers for bespoke configurations define this drawer insert by Blum.

A new launch by Greens Tapware with Kontact Technology is providing some soulful moments of ease in the kitchen.

Like jewellery for the body, accessories for the kitchen create an added allure; they’re the finishing touches to a well designed space – the memorable moments in beautiful kitchens. 

Spanning diverse palettes and tones, here are five bespoke kitchens that deliver an alluring personalised luxury.

When it comes to designing and renovating compact kitchens, the options are limited only by the imagination. We’ve rounded up five small kitchen designs that deliver inspirational results.

Poliform, the Italian brand synonymous with luxurious and innovative kitchen solutions, has redesigned their long-standing model Alea.

In product design, elegance comes from simplicity, and simplicity is often a result of considered and thorough design thinking.

With a career in interior design spanning two decades, Nicola Manning has had proven success in the industry.

We spoke to kitchen designer Gemma Mills of Fluid Interiors about how the architecture and environs of a Mangawhai home influenced the kitchen design. 

Partly inspired by Josh Emmett’s home kitchen, this space in Auckland’s Mt Eden is versatile and highly customised for its client. HOME spoke to Hewe’s designer Gunnar Friese about its detailing and brief.

A careful balance of textures and colour transforms this renovated Mt Eden villa into a calming oasis.

This North Canterbury house was conceived by architect Gareth Ritchie (of Rangiora’s firm Archco) as his own family home.

This kitchen is part of a villa extension by Jones Architects in Auckland’s Mt Eden. The idea was to create a contemporary, open-living kitchen and dining space at the back of the home and create a second tier for the master suite, robe, and ensuite.

This traditional villa in Herne Bay underwent a significant extension (by Ponting Fitzgerald), and the kitchen acts as a pivotal space between the outdoors and the interior social spaces.

We talk to kitchen designer Ingrid Geldof about her Estuary House kitchen.

This Mt Eden kitchen by at.space design is part of a larger renovation of a classic villa (for a family of five) which included modernising it, improving some of its internal flow, adding much needed insulation, light and storage.

It’s a brave homeowner who dares to attempt an entirely monochromatic space, but in this Westmere home, the brief didn’t shy away from causing intrigue. For this is a home that steals itself from the neighbourhood, and stealthily hides its contents from neighbours.