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The year of the Horse: Equestrian style

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1ov60R7oUSu7OzORvi2w9q5w4f0HeMbtuOlNAVdKqTiflg-UfztwRvz53g-Qi697KWSxkPtnbiI6hqNKEaaDr62vB06Bw_e5UM9ffNDvsKhya99m9hr_5hrl9xmqm0N1Ayt34fcs2SI2/s1600/Joe+Maer+stylist.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595398429605925890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1ov60R7oUSu7OzORvi2w9q5w4f0HeMbtuOlNAVdKqTiflg-UfztwRvz53g-Qi697KWSxkPtnbiI6hqNKEaaDr62vB06Bw_e5UM9ffNDvsKhya99m9hr_5hrl9xmqm0N1Ayt34fcs2SI2/s400/Joe+Maer+stylist.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 666px; width: 513px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Joe Maer Stylist</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">According to Chinese calendar this year is the Chinese year of the wood  horse which doesn't really predict many positive outcomes, on the other  hand however, “The upcoming Horse year is also a 'yang wood' year, when people will  stick more to their principles and stand firm. So it is hard to  negotiate or compromise as there are more tendencies for people to fight  for their ideals.” Reuters.  The first sentence sounds good enough for me.  Have a good one.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_19lTur_6lonaubLt-hxdHXs0J2bHVO2ZlDdZQte5VDf8THnrNFfZYsBNTo3mxRAqoEN0Ac1asRieTekTwiJKelVB9O2i0Eul_CVrlEweQcGebmfA7ypi6EmPHKQ4gHNM0UtHWAycKImj/s1600/KWID%252BInterior%252B20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595408127732970626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_19lTur_6lonaubLt-hxdHXs0J2bHVO2ZlDdZQte5VDf8THnrNFfZYsBNTo3mxRAqoEN0Ac1asRieTekTwiJKelVB9O2i0Eul_CVrlEweQcGebmfA7ypi6EmPHKQ4gHNM0UtHWAycKImj/s400/KWID%252BInterior%252B20.jpg" style="height: 668px; width: 513px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Kelly Wearstler.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LynbZZowfC-4HVhD8QFqzwrmNub83lcNRC8p8H8s_z62alXluNnhhstMas9GU7EqNk5pCzULGBrVXEAtoseKg33UXUioQVAkYndiw1zKsBpcMgwAxSwI7APhxGWG1ZBGj9UoRH61T5oy/s1600/francisco-costa-via-bellevivir.blogspot.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595408122589945890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LynbZZowfC-4HVhD8QFqzwrmNub83lcNRC8p8H8s_z62alXluNnhhstMas9GU7EqNk5pCzULGBrVXEAtoseKg33UXUioQVAkYndiw1zKsBpcMgwAxSwI7APhxGWG1ZBGj9UoRH61T5oy/s400/francisco-costa-via-bellevivir.blogspot.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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The year of the Horse: Equestrian style

Joe Maer Stylist According to Chinese calendar this year is the Chinese year of the wood horse which doesn't really predict many positi...

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Preview: The Art Issue 2014

<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our annual Art Issue is always one of our favourites, and we're especially delighted with the way this year's extravaganza has worked out. There are plenty of highlights, including New Zealand jewellery designer Jessica McCormack's remarkable London townhouse, which features in the the beautiful shot by James MacDonald that stars on our cover. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaftB45A3kYyTli5CTmvgKlxGBColTXWhApvZ4ike6ZniTkcGWK3U4I7Janm797_o9BTnf-GvvMipxsshhIpV8m3t2tOpTwLEsuorAdiB7PBe197w1FyotFItNPOQG_fRqA9DCzFOFZq0/s1600/HOME+cover+Feb+Mar+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaftB45A3kYyTli5CTmvgKlxGBColTXWhApvZ4ike6ZniTkcGWK3U4I7Janm797_o9BTnf-GvvMipxsshhIpV8m3t2tOpTwLEsuorAdiB7PBe197w1FyotFItNPOQG_fRqA9DCzFOFZq0/s1600/HOME+cover+Feb+Mar+14.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There's much more to see inside. HOME editor Jeremy Hansen visited Jessica in London last June, and details her stellar career - her jewellery designs have been worn by Rihanna and Madonna, and she has a list of well-heeled clients from all over the world. She's also a dab hand at creating an art-filled interior, as you'll see in our pages. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another rising star in this issue is New Zealand artist Simon Denny, who won the prestigious Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel in 2012, and has been selected as New Zealand's representative at the Venice Art Biennale in 2015. Photographer Steffen Jagenburg visited Simon (below) at his home and studio in Berlin, and took some marvellous shots. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OIbr7p2EG2Vymt0_7wR7giOIPP_ZKC1AwE6a-yEEOphvN6OV-TDs0vNC01mp0W_N-vTSYA5wbsghFfYvZ5E9PjKMOGHOLfzruBOhjfYCwSdCcG24iv9OWxL5YISSVn2tT0_SBEdhXRs/s1600/HE0214_DENNY_MG_4840x018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OIbr7p2EG2Vymt0_7wR7giOIPP_ZKC1AwE6a-yEEOphvN6OV-TDs0vNC01mp0W_N-vTSYA5wbsghFfYvZ5E9PjKMOGHOLfzruBOhjfYCwSdCcG24iv9OWxL5YISSVn2tT0_SBEdhXRs/s1600/HE0214_DENNY_MG_4840x018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And there's more New Zealand artistic talent that we've tracked down offshore: our Art Issue features Fiona Connor at home in Los Angeles, a former shop in the Echo Park neighbourhood that she also uses as a studio for her sculptures (one of which is the outdoor lounge chair in this photo by Emily Andrews below). Fiona has a fascinating art practice that we're really delighted to tell you more about in this issue. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLY9vRVW05FXRTLA2BS0j-WqUczDK2vRpuEwZvi_Bc_GlRcWN923XCon71oP_br5GcKdCrTMridssE0LCOISp9fGxRkPQ3HM5Vy1JPxf8JdPZ0YDmRWzf-4jzYCSja6UNFpnkRiaAH2ks/s1600/AR45528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLY9vRVW05FXRTLA2BS0j-WqUczDK2vRpuEwZvi_Bc_GlRcWN923XCon71oP_br5GcKdCrTMridssE0LCOISp9fGxRkPQ3HM5Vy1JPxf8JdPZ0YDmRWzf-4jzYCSja6UNFpnkRiaAH2ks/s1600/AR45528.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Many of you will know 'Wind Tree', the fantastic sculpture in Auckland's Silo Park (if you don't, here it is, photographed by Simon Devitt).</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplAfsD8kmfWR6nLdAufxtYkboG0JSbQpR8TthwSDAoeKAig0ljgIXcpcMNMRuGK-pdOq1swC5azm6ZhGKzxk7t_E1zydIYUtu-TU3Ws_dio9EZwkSlQdjvflUPVpA6vrlUpdDyqoAi6E/s1600/T0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplAfsD8kmfWR6nLdAufxtYkboG0JSbQpR8TthwSDAoeKAig0ljgIXcpcMNMRuGK-pdOq1swC5azm6ZhGKzxk7t_E1zydIYUtu-TU3Ws_dio9EZwkSlQdjvflUPVpA6vrlUpdDyqoAi6E/s1600/T0010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">'Wind Tree' was not created specifically for Silo Park, but for another Auckland site in the 1970s. It spent about a decade in storage after being removed from QEII Square to make way for the Britomart redevelopment. We tracked down Michio Ihara, the remarkable artist who created it, at his home near Boston. Gemma Gracewood has written a touching story for this issue about Ihara-san's illustrious artistic career, and Emily Andrews took beautiful photographs like this one below of his home and studio. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsBQ04OLfs5q7gZqH1z2OQMWfn0m390TW8dUskUPkfgqBbdwXe0WQsXfu5dhXrjXDD6LqL6yBfBzPLQ_j7270rsR5UkOfHbVCcMdcsMVpDi_HB_jsG0HWNNKM0inRzkV_N_DZYN5p9mE/s1600/AR48654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsBQ04OLfs5q7gZqH1z2OQMWfn0m390TW8dUskUPkfgqBbdwXe0WQsXfu5dhXrjXDD6LqL6yBfBzPLQ_j7270rsR5UkOfHbVCcMdcsMVpDi_HB_jsG0HWNNKM0inRzkV_N_DZYN5p9mE/s1600/AR48654.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another highlight from this issue is the New York home of Bill Shumaker (below), a one-time New Zealander whose Brooklyn brownstone is bursting at the seams with his idiosyncratic art collection. Emily Andrews also took the photos, and writer Sam Eichblatt's story in our Art Issue details Bill's fascinating life story. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNF_zUsPZCQOcY1jwtQCaUQbs4YHZVMQRUVyCE2qAL8VNYO8GQ_irytcsv4jquoQYILAU5fek5pq4ics54iiElSFLRAxLY8BTA0eOxAoMxyFO3jvT6Z-fMC6WOqTwCck3Fm0ufnEFirw4/s1600/AR41324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNF_zUsPZCQOcY1jwtQCaUQbs4YHZVMQRUVyCE2qAL8VNYO8GQ_irytcsv4jquoQYILAU5fek5pq4ics54iiElSFLRAxLY8BTA0eOxAoMxyFO3jvT6Z-fMC6WOqTwCck3Fm0ufnEFirw4/s1600/AR41324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There's much more in the issue of course. It's on newsstands from Monday February 3.</div>

Preview: The Art Issue 2014

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Design Case Studies with Altherm Window Systems: Drift Bay house by Kerr Ritchie Architects

<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happy New Year everyone, and welcome to the first in our new series of Design Case Studies, which will run weekly here on our blog. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Design Case Studies are created to give you insight into the building process of some of the amazing homes in the magazine, so the owners can share some of the lessons they learned with you. The series is brought to you in association with <a href="http://www.altherm.co.nz/">Atherm Window Systems</a>. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The first Design Case Study visits Pete Ritchie and Bronwen Kerr of Queenstown's <a href="http://www.kerrritchie.com/">Kerr Ritchie Architects </a>and talks to them about how they allowed themselves maximum flexibility and minimum fuss with the construction of their home at Drift Bay on Lake Wakatipu. The photographs are by Paul McCredie.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWP2fNvyQ2ahbMK-pLGhI450fZbdyM4zDoteoIXbacjJxtFJ61MSdExJ-1XK7XKXdUhGWVd0rdB_5xoyGSXBvDsDeFpffSU650DgMM6Mzur6zSXmHZtRofNzNRK16gj4RW3YLthZMt3s/s1600/he0208_DSC0020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWP2fNvyQ2ahbMK-pLGhI450fZbdyM4zDoteoIXbacjJxtFJ61MSdExJ-1XK7XKXdUhGWVd0rdB_5xoyGSXBvDsDeFpffSU650DgMM6Mzur6zSXmHZtRofNzNRK16gj4RW3YLthZMt3s/s1600/he0208_DSC0020.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Pete Ritchie and Bronwen Kerr's home in Drift Bay, near Queenstown.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Architects often say that when they get to design their own homes they have a duty to experiment, and Pete Ritchie and Bronwen Kerr’s home on the shores of Lake Wakatipu is no exception. When architects are their own clients, they also tend to leave their documentation until the last minute. For both of these reasons, Pete and Bronwen decided to hire a builder on a labour and materials arrangement, instead of a fixed-price contract (in which the builder agrees to complete the work on a house for a previously agreed price). “It seemed like a fair way to build and there was flexibility along the way,” Pete says. “Plans don’t have to be quite as tied down, so there’s more scope to move throughout the project. There was a certain amount of experimentation going on, and the builder enjoyed that – although it's not always what we would recommend to our clients, as many want more price certainty.” </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1lzBbGEQfu1o5cTifMmRHViyy9u17VE-jDKUc4_5HeKeOGgXf7JiD1qw2u1mA7lNakUoTpxY43v88WCB-1yA02O9JdWdp8u8bwlJ3XxcOpIb3PFoX4agQJiFFIe6YPIUknTnHWw9mD8/s1600/he0208kerr_Kerr46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1lzBbGEQfu1o5cTifMmRHViyy9u17VE-jDKUc4_5HeKeOGgXf7JiD1qw2u1mA7lNakUoTpxY43v88WCB-1yA02O9JdWdp8u8bwlJ3XxcOpIb3PFoX4agQJiFFIe6YPIUknTnHWw9mD8/s1600/he0208kerr_Kerr46.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pete Ritchie and Bronwen Kerr of Kerr Ritchie Architects.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This arrangement allowed for small but important changes along the way, changes that would have involved potentially time-consuming renegotiation of a fixed-price building contract. For example, what was intended to be a large storage cupboard in an area at the centre of the house was changed into a room containing a pellet boiler to heat water for the underfloor heating system after Pete and Bronwen investigated heating options and decided a boiler was essential. In another case, they decided not to clad an external wall in cedar, but were able to arrange with the builder to use the leftover timber indoors instead. This flexibility minimised the potential stress of making big decisions a long way in advance. Instead, Pete and Bronwen had the luxury of refining details as the building evolved.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsRtVv55IoBg3pKAq7usWS5vDDuVJJI5Cc5UsXzq72WLSTP2b4ZPxQRDlQqd6jurw5vtYVh1iEajqGTmi_qGtPfC9n-B_lkabVUpYRCv_ERmqOhk71oyWx9qAo57QRG4FGt0_zEzNIBo/s1600/he0208_Kerr30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsRtVv55IoBg3pKAq7usWS5vDDuVJJI5Cc5UsXzq72WLSTP2b4ZPxQRDlQqd6jurw5vtYVh1iEajqGTmi_qGtPfC9n-B_lkabVUpYRCv_ERmqOhk71oyWx9qAo57QRG4FGt0_zEzNIBo/s1600/he0208_Kerr30.jpg" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A view of the home with The Remarkables rising behind.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The couple started out with the intention of designing a “lean” house containing enough room for them and their three children, as well as a studio to allow them to run their architecture practise from home. Initially, they hoped to complete the house for somewhere around $2000 a square metre, a target they’d achieved on a home they had previously designed for themselves in Wellington.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesGvJ2Y8CVA5TrdFo7pXrnOcPRK2NPCWNIK59KqYnIGKTEkiLmgvOmemt6RJROjqA-coJ5yRSj-Bvr2UFsN-tiszZDs6zvj1cQwyF594UgpUxfBLEICzHKAD760Zr4gMbkUJXx0uIutk/s1600/HNZ0208Kerr-_DSC0061d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesGvJ2Y8CVA5TrdFo7pXrnOcPRK2NPCWNIK59KqYnIGKTEkiLmgvOmemt6RJROjqA-coJ5yRSj-Bvr2UFsN-tiszZDs6zvj1cQwyF594UgpUxfBLEICzHKAD760Zr4gMbkUJXx0uIutk/s1600/HNZ0208Kerr-_DSC0061d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><td class="tr-caption"><i>The home's studio (where Pete and Bronwen work) and guest bedroom is in the volume at left, with the living areas and three additional bedrooms at right. The eastern courtyard, shown here, connects with the kitchen and catches the morning sun. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">By the time building started on their Queenstown house in 2006, prices for building and materials had increased, meaning the cost of the new house came in closer to $2500 a square metre. Fortunately, the increase in the value of their lakeside land in the years between their purchase of it and the erection of their home gave them the ability to borrow more money to cover the extra cost. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1Q-EHuPpND2ZGQToza-g4SqHR6K1bUpbaA2-YnupwedYwimxVSibbWeOLqc5u6HkZxdpLGuUHJcJrlL1NNI9ZHuSBI9yCehLuS_oEDL6VSC6Bnmc-9eSX9zA3Iv9BQSIWzPfSVrwHWU/s1600/hnz0208Kerr48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1Q-EHuPpND2ZGQToza-g4SqHR6K1bUpbaA2-YnupwedYwimxVSibbWeOLqc5u6HkZxdpLGuUHJcJrlL1NNI9ZHuSBI9yCehLuS_oEDL6VSC6Bnmc-9eSX9zA3Iv9BQSIWzPfSVrwHWU/s1600/hnz0208Kerr48.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><td class="tr-caption"><i>The home's main living area looks north across Lake Wakatipu towards Queenstown.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some decisions they made along the way helped keep costs down, but these choices were always made with the overall aesthetic of the building in mind. Inside, they made the economical choice of strandboard panels for doors, joinery and some walls, instead of the more expensive hoop pine they were initially considering. Now that the strandboard is installed, it feels perfectly in keeping with the home’s casual aesthetic. </div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86VUWR1nhlfYo8evUS6e7G09jFq_tn403touXV3gQLc7AieVZMMSQ0bAAV_MZvkKLQjzwjNJxx6LU2vefg_-rv7hltEX9HfIQKpRAOYtF-jvjwlpm6Awr4RNprvCO_1pThe1COZaU0y8/s1600/he0208kerr_Kerr15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86VUWR1nhlfYo8evUS6e7G09jFq_tn403touXV3gQLc7AieVZMMSQ0bAAV_MZvkKLQjzwjNJxx6LU2vefg_-rv7hltEX9HfIQKpRAOYtF-jvjwlpm6Awr4RNprvCO_1pThe1COZaU0y8/s1600/he0208kerr_Kerr15.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The kitchen looks out to the courtyard. The staircase at left is <br />clad in Strandboard panels, which helped keep costs down <br />and fit the home's casual aesthetic.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqaCbXW6AAC2BefwqdEYNNd8Gi2SYYY9y4a2b7tVyo0VAztUlKC6O71uNuljoAUnUPdvRdd5u1lmnrLvyR_ZZ3894FsUR5FUTGD5fdGsXXjIyjhLY0XXCFfpqpfKZZYRKDgMc5YWedJQ/s1600/he0208kerr_Kerr26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqaCbXW6AAC2BefwqdEYNNd8Gi2SYYY9y4a2b7tVyo0VAztUlKC6O71uNuljoAUnUPdvRdd5u1lmnrLvyR_ZZ3894FsUR5FUTGD5fdGsXXjIyjhLY0XXCFfpqpfKZZYRKDgMc5YWedJQ/s1600/he0208kerr_Kerr26.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i>The home's living area features cedar detailing that is also used on the exterior.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">The other decision they made in order to save money was for Pete to become the builder’s labourer. The couple had just relocated from Wellington to Queenstown and didn’t have a great deal of local work on at that time, so the arrangement made financial sense and also gave Pete valuable insight into the building process (as well as making it clear that working outside in the middle of a Queenstown winter can sometimes be a bit grim). </div>  <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi14a_bnpTNXSIzmvWxMGNKIc9N1Si1kpd0wyIZozLs3z2Y3uv1fETepbdSP_p5hhXGsvTXDN5BgolKhVS0otlfhNUbUEjoisbu3sMvqzloizfI8WLr_fvwWrX78Pree60f1cXU_fLGzpk/s1600/he0208kerr_Kerr18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi14a_bnpTNXSIzmvWxMGNKIc9N1Si1kpd0wyIZozLs3z2Y3uv1fETepbdSP_p5hhXGsvTXDN5BgolKhVS0otlfhNUbUEjoisbu3sMvqzloizfI8WLr_fvwWrX78Pree60f1cXU_fLGzpk/s1600/he0208kerr_Kerr18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><td class="tr-caption"><i>One of the home's bathrooms features a sauna and a sliding door that opens to the garden. The walls feature 'Vixel' glass mosaic tiles.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now, with their own home and a number of other commissions completed, the couple say they have a good handle on budgetary matters, but they also emphasise the role the client must play (along with a quantity surveyor or builder) in managing their expenditure. “We’ve found that a lot of clients want to manage projects themselves, and they call on us as required,” Pete says. “Some clients are very hands-on and have the time and capability to get involved in aspects of the building process, while others would rather keep more of a distance.”</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NXyEKVRYFJZIu5BErb-aMiPvjJWYst3ED1scfh_bPlr_yTF8Gi0DEDPj0PLNFwQ5p-IcGDu5W1mD7x_ywY-BmKbNpfJvsOW_3b7BneM3ZLwLuH-l02OyfgULE_P0MkWTNM5CNPh2VBw/s1600/he0208_DSC0026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NXyEKVRYFJZIu5BErb-aMiPvjJWYst3ED1scfh_bPlr_yTF8Gi0DEDPj0PLNFwQ5p-IcGDu5W1mD7x_ywY-BmKbNpfJvsOW_3b7BneM3ZLwLuH-l02OyfgULE_P0MkWTNM5CNPh2VBw/s1600/he0208_DSC0026.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A view through the house from the entry to the studio.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Q+A <br /> Bronwen Kerr and Pete Ritchie </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><b>HOME</b> Why did you decide on a labour and materials arrangement (in which a builder is effectively paid by the hour and for the materials used) with your builder instead of a fixed-price contract? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Pete Ritchie: </b>We had a good friend who was the builder, and because we know the industry we could source some materials ourselves. We were our own project managers, and to work like that you need a builder who you trust. A labour and materials arrangement is a pretty open and honest kind of system. We didn’t want to pay a huge premium for a fixed price, and nor did we want the builder to make a loss on the job. So it seemed like an appropriate way for us to work. Architects do have experience and expertise that not everyone else has. This gives them more confidence to work this way. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>HOME</b> You worked as the builder’s labourer. Is that an experience you’d like to repeat? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Pete Ritchie: </b>On the whole I enjoyed it – I also painted the house myself and stained all the weatherboards. That saved quite a bit of money. But in the middle of winter weeks can go by without you seeming to make much progress, and it’s a bit grim and very cold and you have smoko around a campfire. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>HOME</b> Was the process of building your own place helpful in knowing about budgets? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Pete Ritchie: </b>It gives you a good idea of where clients are coming from. We naturally tend to be conservative with budgets, and we don’t try to extend clients. The process gave us a really good foundation of understanding where costs lie and how to work within a budget. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>HOME</b> When you learned the house would cost more than you originally intended, did you think about revising the plan, and reducing the home's size? </div><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pete Ritchie: </b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We didn't really feel we had any option but to carry on as we had originally planned. We had certain needs and requirements which included the studio we work from. It's not a particularly fat house, so there wasn't much to trim off. We weren't in the mindset of creating a house that was oversized anyway. </span><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMJjq_KfWcVaFZ-7yHZb8dTT2uQ4Iv9WQoAzdzxVEtIw2-QEh7t9AlYRP8IJ23yINRGWRfX6EhiNpqsVrCub8VuU8H_HpDUYys5XKqHN3dxwvXKq932By4zrtmF9DM4XHUOHpJ8Sr3TU/s1600/HNZ0208Kerr12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMJjq_KfWcVaFZ-7yHZb8dTT2uQ4Iv9WQoAzdzxVEtIw2-QEh7t9AlYRP8IJ23yINRGWRfX6EhiNpqsVrCub8VuU8H_HpDUYys5XKqHN3dxwvXKq932By4zrtmF9DM4XHUOHpJ8Sr3TU/s1600/HNZ0208Kerr12.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The home is clad in dark Colorsteel.</i></td></tr></tbody></table>

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Iksel: The romantic wallpapers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCTuAH1XLzlelcSCRNoDiMh6vBx3P83K_qMGj8WjbYqXB-Lp5Cp2qJ6t1YcBtbDlrBxpJYEMn-Zj78q_Kq7YGlDehyeic51CbikhAsZnL7a5BihJ2kuKaLAV1cpXVRD0JJd0R9Hsbrqvn/s1600/02-hbx-george-III-chair-redd-0214-xln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCTuAH1XLzlelcSCRNoDiMh6vBx3P83K_qMGj8WjbYqXB-Lp5Cp2qJ6t1YcBtbDlrBxpJYEMn-Zj78q_Kq7YGlDehyeic51CbikhAsZnL7a5BihJ2kuKaLAV1cpXVRD0JJd0R9Hsbrqvn/s1600/02-hbx-george-III-chair-redd-0214-xln.jpg" width="497" /></a></div>I <a href="http://www.bellevivir.com/search/label/Dimonah%20and%20Mehmet%20Iksel" target="_blank">posted</a> about <a href="http://www.iksel.com/index.html" target="_blank">Iksel</a>, the Paris based wallpaper company whose designs  are influenced by Isnik and global design, a few years ago.  Dimonah  and Mehmet Iksel, the founders and owners have "a unique and avant-garde  digital image bank" of glorious and beautiful  wallpapers and panels.  <br /><div style="text-align: left;">Miles Redd used Iksel's Eastern Eden wallpaper in this beautiful Brooklyn townhouse in his signature color, blue.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsCp11dhHXSNpkwVPrs_9cUsjOoyFSIO1rAOaDrVY3df3xrqcxNOhkU2R5ZfIASnm2UAUkoAuk820nF2aSexO5XtRSnea0A7myj1nuv5xpGWmxrEapK3a5zIn2rrbpBb3meaeI965NN8h/s1600/01-hbx-iksel-eastern-eden-wallpaper-miles+redd-0214-xln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsCp11dhHXSNpkwVPrs_9cUsjOoyFSIO1rAOaDrVY3df3xrqcxNOhkU2R5ZfIASnm2UAUkoAuk820nF2aSexO5XtRSnea0A7myj1nuv5xpGWmxrEapK3a5zIn2rrbpBb3meaeI965NN8h/s1600/01-hbx-iksel-eastern-eden-wallpaper-miles+redd-0214-xln.jpg" width="497" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the repeat of the iznik-tile-inspired wallpaper he chose for the guestroom. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67xxGq5OE9QU1Cu4wIBNz0wfXylY2rDjRX-OSUxxD-c4MZ-dhU28vFcD2kGAQ6H4ZL0P1n9DnhEYb3NjH6OFt02MLAzVoJ2H0nr2nxNTxdXLBEBhOnME_VhNLxTA65j1uDCGW7miWlTat/s1600/13-hbx-blue-guest-room-redd-0214-xln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67xxGq5OE9QU1Cu4wIBNz0wfXylY2rDjRX-OSUxxD-c4MZ-dhU28vFcD2kGAQ6H4ZL0P1n9DnhEYb3NjH6OFt02MLAzVoJ2H0nr2nxNTxdXLBEBhOnME_VhNLxTA65j1uDCGW7miWlTat/s1600/13-hbx-blue-guest-room-redd-0214-xln.jpg" width="497" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here a closer look.  The exquisite detail of the wallpaper making the simulated grouts look old.  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-_Q8E9IloaD5ANxQSBDhaNdFga6NQ4tY7kV-zVWcIU_i5AoSSsRqhHs-c6K8cNQJHFfwL1Lr6w4OeNSoCMfnK8hJQn4QApIpt6wzlnNt4MmcDba04admSqf3Jq4nkbA0nY1V1RaCS9hK/s1600/14-hbx-iksel-iznik-charpi-wallpaper-redd-0214-xln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-_Q8E9IloaD5ANxQSBDhaNdFga6NQ4tY7kV-zVWcIU_i5AoSSsRqhHs-c6K8cNQJHFfwL1Lr6w4OeNSoCMfnK8hJQn4QApIpt6wzlnNt4MmcDba04admSqf3Jq4nkbA0nY1V1RaCS9hK/s1600/14-hbx-iksel-iznik-charpi-wallpaper-redd-0214-xln.jpg" width="497" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tory Burch in her dining room which is covered in iznik-inspired panels. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOViNKFL_al9nK1QP-_I29-X6O0gyO1Py38URwzV9KEuiYMmiCnNt4VwSCXDDyWnv9ZnOQs8zjmojVyyrLLtaHR6QOOcufBiQUuRsJ8RYZ5eEG-yAMF5Kperb61wtcx0JpgyFmAIdwdNk/s1600/tory+burch+dining+room+with+iksel+wall+panels+walls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOViNKFL_al9nK1QP-_I29-X6O0gyO1Py38URwzV9KEuiYMmiCnNt4VwSCXDDyWnv9ZnOQs8zjmojVyyrLLtaHR6QOOcufBiQUuRsJ8RYZ5eEG-yAMF5Kperb61wtcx0JpgyFmAIdwdNk/s1600/tory+burch+dining+room+with+iksel+wall+panels+walls.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">And this is the kitchen that makes me wish to own a home in Turkey and  cover the kitchen in Iksel wallpapers and have coffee in the afternoons  while designing jewelry.   </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAaGIC4foGCyjhTqiNgWfNYKtrny7VtwaxcEwIkQVxAwiwK7wol4wgeHl8J-MuxPfhYhFemxJ0LrKbEIFG8Z2yN3zd_b_hwY6lzkbF9WFU8sm_D3_d2V4nkqLaIJmDctRdsKE8JzF_NuT/s1600/f878ec65292dc47ee3ec30980f149482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRa5-UeVs_KDltqrNplx1Y9txwK5rakouNeHDQHOlS5Oax1hDNTuWbqk_fDaFTMfv0zpgf7t8tDSDpIg4-4jpNZvS36k_qxgBYQpSPmpz3LaJEaIr5SVfPl4y5eJyDXPlM7htBbQWTDOMp/s1600/tiledetail_domino.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRa5-UeVs_KDltqrNplx1Y9txwK5rakouNeHDQHOlS5Oax1hDNTuWbqk_fDaFTMfv0zpgf7t8tDSDpIg4-4jpNZvS36k_qxgBYQpSPmpz3LaJEaIr5SVfPl4y5eJyDXPlM7htBbQWTDOMp/s1600/tiledetail_domino.JPG" width="493" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;">Miles Redd images photographed by Frederic Lagrange via <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ideas/miles-redd-interview-0214" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>,  Tory Burch via Vogue and Kitchen from Elle Decor via <a href="http://www.bellevivir.com/search/label/Dimonah%20and%20Mehmet%20Iksel" target="_blank">here</a>.</div></div>

Iksel: The romantic wallpapers

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Decor Influences: Scandinavian Style

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvelaSObZVpzI_5dy_2lZkRqvsHWAA1kajA34SzcHXwf_itB6ATWqkt7__anr-j7HJR71EtRtNKjqH4R2QeYe9miR8k-81RKLD4paJyYZE1WOvaUwvartuNWhG5rwuNAe2sJMRp35AEo_l/s1600/via+jelanieshop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvelaSObZVpzI_5dy_2lZkRqvsHWAA1kajA34SzcHXwf_itB6ATWqkt7__anr-j7HJR71EtRtNKjqH4R2QeYe9miR8k-81RKLD4paJyYZE1WOvaUwvartuNWhG5rwuNAe2sJMRp35AEo_l/s1600/via+jelanieshop.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Scandinavian decor is heavily influenced by  nature.  Usually the architecture is clean and modern with simple lines  without details such as moldings and frames.  The modern style of the  spaces is mostly warmed up by tones of wood, soft  fabrics and shaggy rugs which give an overall feeling of coziness and  brightness.  Whiteness is key for Scandinavian countries where sun is  usually out of sight or goes down too early and comes out too late.   Although it's not particularly my style I appreciate  the relaxation it offers. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Decor Influences: Scandinavian Style

Scandinavian decor is heavily influenced by nature. Usually the architecture is clean and modern with simple lines without details such...

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