The elegant lines of the Thomas Bina Blaine media console from Frobisher are accentuated by this playful, French-inspired colour palette featuring Resene Half Resolution and Resene Smashing. A bold electric blue wall in Resene Half Resolution elevates the ordinary, turning this living space into a gallery with pops of crisp white and Resene Smashing red.

Better writers, philosophers, scholars, poets – and even some wildly famous for everything but common sense – have had something to say about beauty. Let’s face it, who hasn’t delivered a brushstroke onto this particular canvas?From Confucius with “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it” to Shakespeare’s “Beauty’s a doubtful good, a glass, a flower lost, faded, broken, dead within the hour.” To Gwyneth Paltrow, who believes beauty is being comfortable in your own skin or a kick-ass red lipstick.

With a brief of clean lines and a modern, low-maintenance take on the gable form present in the existing neighbourhood, this Innes Road development fits into the urban fringe of Merivale with a refined prominence. This project had an aim for a mid-range market but in a superior location.

So, let’s hear it for the boys and here’s to the special men in my life and the numerous things they’ve taught me.

I live in a male-dominated world; my family consists of two sons and my husband, and my business includes myself and three male partners, with my husband being one of these.

“Hauora is a concept that encompasses an individual’s entire well-being: physical, social, and mental or emotional well-being, as well as spiritual health. Like four legs on a table, these elements support one another whilst providing strength and balance to the whole structure.”

Lynette McFadden discusses the ‘DIY dream’ of renovating property, whether your reasons are financial, personal, or just to get on the property ladder to own your own home.

A premium site nestled on the cliffs above Moncks Bay in the seaside suburb of Redcliffs has been in the Cochrane family for two generations. John Cochrane’s parents built the first home on the site in the 1950s and moved there when he was four years old.

Time flies as we all know, with Christmas very close now and yes- it only seems that last Christmas has just been, but the decorations are with us again. For us at Whittle Knight & Boatwood Ltd we are completing our 53rd year as a real estate company.

Buying your first home is often one of the most exciting – and potentially scary – moments in your life.

With: Harcourts Gold Real Estate