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A Palmerston North furniture enthusiast is bringing mid-century modern design to more Kiwi homes.

Paris Match

The French capital is the perfect venue for one of the fastest growing international design and style exhibitions.

Spa Light, Spa Bright

If there’s one word guaranteed to produce a state of dreamlike longing in your average, hard-working person, it has to be ‘spa’. Just three little letters can instantly transport us into a world of blissful images of cool, calm spaces, soothing hot water, gentle chiming music, restorative treatments and relaxing massages.

The idea of medicinal bathing has been around since Roman times, but fell out of favour in most cultures until the 16th century, when it was revived in England. Various theories exist as to where the term ‘spa’ arose from. The most common one runs that the...

Immaculate Correction

Fast cars, big sunglasses and cocktails by the pool – this restored Auckland house captures the glamour of the 1980s with new millennium style.

Everything was big in the ‘80s. Hair was teased, skirts ballooned, wallets were stuffed with cash, muscles bulged and shoulder pads were huge. And if you couldn’t make something bigger, you just made it flashier. And when Mark Lindale bought this 1980s house in Herne Bay, it was obvious that previous owners had followed that dictate to the nth degree.

Owned at one time by the Sultan of...