Last months Winner of the homestyle subscription is Lucy Furniss - congratulations Lucy!

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Our thoughts go out to the communites affected by the recent quakes, it is hard to get excited about spring and new beginnings when we are faced with the devastion that has occured in the South this week. 

It is fantastic to see how the communities have come together in support and makes you realise what a big heart this country has. 

Frobisher Interiors at 125 Aikmans Road, Merivale are up and running and ready to help with replacements or insurance quotes, check them out in our decorating and design section below.

If you are in Auckland this week don't miss The Auckland Homeshow at the ASB Showgrounds in Greenlane

Wed  - Sat   10am – 9pm 

Sunday       10am – 6pm

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Designworx have a 2 for 1 ticket offer for the homeshow if you visit after 5pm Wed - Sat, while you are there be sure to check out Amanda Neill from Designworx amazing Designer Room Display, details below.

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9 day knock'em down sale - 25% off storewide

But there's more . . . there's a huge range of products in store and online with even greater reductions! Perfect timing to beat the GST increase in October! (some conditions apply - see online or instore)

World famous brands, quality products, great gifts for all occasions at fantastic prices
Dinnerware, cutlery, glassware, cookware, kitchenware, gifts, kitchen, bed and bath linen and much more

9 days only - don't miss out!

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Hemptech have introduced a very practical but beautiful range of pre-washed fabrics that are designed especially for making into loose covers. The fabrics are washed to order before leaving their warehouse so they can continue to be washed as needed.

The chair in the picture has a loose cover in Coromandel Colour: Cloud, a fabric that is 50%hemp and 50%linen. Also in the collection are some new linen/cottons in a range of soft colours that are very resistant to sunlight fading.

These fabrics continue the Hemptech commitment to natural sustainable fabrics.

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NEW to the market and to Paper Room is an exciting range of revolutionary Custom Wallpapers and Typographical Wall Stickers by Feature.

Revolutionary Feature reStick & reStick teX Wallpapers and Wall Stickers are the NEW BEST THING on the market - They are not only REMOVABLE but also REUSABLE... imagine being able to EASILY stick your wallpaper up yourself and then move it to a different wall when you like, or to a different room, or even a different house!

The Feature CUSTOM reStick range is the ultimate REUSABLE ECO wallpaper. Create your own personalised wallpaper by sending a file with your own image... kids playing, beach house, favourite building, gorgeous holiday memory, or easily source one from a photo library... and you'll NEVER have to leave it behind. Feature Custom Wallpapers come in a range of size options.

Feature also have a prepasted Wallpaper option for a more permanent application - so EASY to apply... NO glue... NO mess!

Go to www.paperroom.co.nz to see details.

Enjoy... and be inspired.

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Enjoying music throughout your home has never been easier or more enlightening

State of the art LIGHT & SOUND

Multi-Room Music installs like a light bulb…AudioLight Technology

It’s an LED light and high quality loudspeaker that installs like a light bulb. The Luxsound™ LightSpeaker® is designed to fit into the ceiling in place of existing recessed down lights. They may also be fitted to selected pendant downlights, table and floor lamps that have Eddison screw fittings.

The Luxsound™ combination of transmitter and speakers marks the beginning of a new category and an age where multi-room audio is accessible and affordable for everyone. Wireless technology does away with expensive in wall cabling. Take it home install it yourself…it’s that easy.

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Meredith Lee at European Antiques is delighted to announce the launch of the new look European Antiques website.

Enjoy the new improved features which will make it even easier to use..and keep updated with the latest shipments of products as they arrive.

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Gorgi Winter Clearance now on - up to 50% off selected lines while stock lasts.

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Art Of This World is featuring the expressionist paintings of Tallulah Belle Lautrec-Nunes.

This expressive painter uses a palette knife technique and an intensely vivid colour palette. She is influenced by the Fauves artistic movement and finds inspiration in the paintings of Gauguin and Van Gogh.

To view more paintings by this exciting Artist, please follow this link to Art Of This World’s website

Furniture in Focus

A showcase of locally designed and manufactured furniture

Our New Zealand manufacturers are banding together to present one of the largest selections of local furniture under one roof

New and well known New Zealand manufacturers will be featuring that latest designs and collections from Warwick

Tuesday 19 October
9am to 5pm
Wednesday 20 October
9am to noon

Life Convention Centre
110 Montgomerie Road, Mangere, Auckland

For further information and to RSVP contact
Kim Scheigis on 09 477 3080
kims@warwick.co.nz

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New Melo sofa bed from BoConcept $2895.00 in store now.

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The spring edition of Design Folio is out now and available from the Antipodes Design Store. This definitive guide to the best of local and international design features a number of the new designs hitting the Antipodes Design Store in September.

The Design Folio is $17.50 and will be free with every furniture purchase from the Antipodes Design Store this month. To view the new designs visit www.antipodesdesign.co.nz/collections.

Frobisher Interiors is up and running. They were very lucky and faired better than most. Aftershocks aside they are in the office to help in any way they can.

If it is replacements or just quotes for the Insurance let them know and they will be glad to help. They can help with both residential and commercial interior design.

The staff at Frobisher Interiors are both friendly and as understanding as always but especially in the present circumstances. Please call in or use their enquiry on the website.

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The Axel Collection of case goods, dining, occasional, consol and coffee tables, shelving and storage is a dramatic industrially inspired range.
The solid wood components of the products are recycled from decommissioned Chinese Junks. After decades of exposure to the high seas and elements, these qualities are enhanced and enriched.

The reclaimed wood from hulls, decking and beams is combined with metal to create a solid, linear collection with strength of character and personality.
The interplay of the beautiful Sassafras wood and metal creates a juxtaposition of interesting textures. The collection continues the ecological endeavours of HALO.

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The Foxwood Collection is comprised of Foxwood and Foxwood Weaves and follows the philosophy of Baker Lifestyle’s fresh, lively and innovative collections which are specifically intended to work together. Large and small scale prints, stunning embroideries, versatile weaves and wonderful sheers in the latest mouth-watering colours of pinks, limes, aquas and blues burst with vitality and together with softer smokey neutrals can provide the most exciting range of decorative looks.

Available exclusively from Warwick
Showroom: 33 Bath Street, Parnell, Auckland. Ph 09 309 1114

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Looking for something a little more adventurous?
TORLYS Leather Floors... Pleasing to the eye, sensual to the touch, warm, comfortable and timeless. TORLYS Flooring Studio offer beautiful, enduring, recycled leather flooring that is “built to last”. TORLYS Leather is engineered, ultra dense and extremely durable. Independent testing has confirmed that TORLYS Leather Floors are as long wearing as hardwood. In fact TORLYS Leather Flooring is warranted to withstand household foot traffic for 25 years.

Along with TORLYS Leather we will be showcasing TORLYS Cork, Laminate, Hardwood and Terrawood Floors at the Waikato Home and Garden Show. September 30th, October 1st, 2nd, 3rd Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton
Alternatively visit www.torlys.co.nz or phone 0800 867 597 for your nearest store

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Get your walls in fashion!

The new The Range 2011/12 fashion paint fandeck from Resene is full of inspiring designer paint colours that will take you into 2011 and beyond. Colours are tending towards more feminine hues. There are touches of uber bright reds, oranges, yellows and violets to draw in the eye like a flower. These brights from across all colours provides a handy accessible palette of optimistic accents.

Greens are inspired by nature with sunny tones, yellow greens, refreshing greens and crossover hues moving from green to blue.

Nostalgia comes through in feel good colours like landscape greens, yellows and ochres. Yellows have a retro undertone with an underlying hint of green.

Reds are in abundance – deep, strong and eyecatching – a definite feature of the new palette. The influence of Latin America brings in highly saturated reds and oranges, clean and bright. Rustic hues round out the red and orange palette.

Blues are also growing in number, with intense blues a viable neutral alternative to grey or black. Watery blues are refreshing and optimistic blues invigorating. Blue meets pop with clean warm cyan blue and bold blues for interest.

There is a slow move from the gray family to browns, warm neutrals and mineral inspired hues, including subtle flesh tones. Off-whites are pure and uncomplicated, and there is a definite comeback of cool white as a background neutral.

You’ll find all this and more in the new The Range 2011/12, available from your local Resene ColorShop.

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Turn any pool into an Endless Pool. The Fastlane, an adjustable over the wall swim current generator, turns your existing swimming pool into an Endless Pool. Easily installed in most swimming pools, the Fastlane creates a smooth, non-turbulent current ideal for swimming, aquatic exercise and rehabilitation. Buy now before GST increases!

Visit http://www.theswimclinic.co.nz/The-Fastlane.html for more information.

Sue Medary has owned and operated Dernier Cri on Dunedin’s Lower Stuart Street for the last fourteen years. There you will find the “last word” in fabrics, soft furniture, furnishings and accessories as well as a Decorator’s Resource Centre that is second to none.

Sue studied at London’s Inchbald School of Design and has been a leading Interior Designer for 25 years, successfully decorating hundreds of private residences. She also has many commercial projects to her credit including school buildings, offices, hotels, restaurants and bars.

You can find out more about Sue and other leading New Zealand Interior Designers at www.nzinteriordesigner.co.nz.

Once again, Designworx is involved in the Designer Rooms at the September Auckland Home Show, instigated in 2008 to inspire visitors and show-case leading designs and trends.

Amanda Neill from Designworx interprets this years brief of “The Five Senses” by stepping outside the ordinary boundaries of interior design.

“Humans use five basic senses to experience the world around us. The senses include sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. We use our senses everyday, but we often forget the importance of appealing to them when we design our homes. Most people focus on how their room looks, with no regards to the other senses. If you want to create a truly fabulous room design, finding ways to engage all five senses within your space can create magic.
Good design speaks to you. It engages your senses, often at a deep subliminal level, and makes you feel….something….. Whether it be a positive or negative feeling, good design invokes a response
Sometimes we need to think outside the square, engage the senses in a different way, to challenge what is common, and step outside the ordinary”

She has incorporated some extraordinary features in her room, a hanging fireplace invokes warmth and ambiance, a living wall breathes nature into the theme, and is carried through with moss green colours, and wallapers to invoke a spa-like feeling.

Visit the website www.designworxnz.co.nz for a 2 for 1 voucher for the Auckland Home Show, and visit the stand in Hall 3, where Designworx will be “Taking it one step further”

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Email us your postal address here to go in this months draw, good luck!