It is often the smallest details that shape how a space is experienced. In the bathroom, a room defined by ritual, these moments take on a particular significance.
Wellness-led design is reshaping the modern bathroom — now one of the home’s most carefully considered spaces of retreat.
A growing interior language for 2026, ambient texture explores the interplay of colour, light, and tactility to create spaces that feel layered, considered, and deeply atmospheric.
Strong biophilic principles grounded by the use of sandy-toned coloured concrete present a juxtaposition of ideas in this coastal home; there’s a natural drama to it that’s equally calming in its allure.
This finely tuned pavilion on Kawau Island by Novak+Middleton balances strength and serenity in equal measure.
NZ Panels Group has released the next evolution in benchtop surfaces, a porcelain range designed specifically for New Zealand homes.
At the centre of a large rural home in Northland, this kitchen was always destined to be both the family hub and the heart of entertaining — the visual anchor for the wider design.
Fantini’s Sailing tapware, with its precise lines and subtle maritime influences, anchors the 2025 Bathroom of the Year — a perfect foil to the room’s softly sculpted, enveloping composition.
At the centre of a large rural home in Northland, this kitchen was always destined to be both the family hub and the heart of entertaining — the visual anchor for the wider design.
Fantini’s Sailing tapware, with its precise lines and subtle maritime influences, anchors the 2025 Bathroom of the Year — a perfect foil to the room’s softly sculpted, enveloping composition.
Cave-like and dark but with a dynamic swirl of ballerina pink — this central Christchurch heritage apartment renovated by AW Architects knows the inherent drama of colour.
An apartment in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is aglow with custom lighting curated by Rogan Nash Architects.
With a brief that called for an internationalism seldom seen in coastal New Zealand homes, the foundations were laid for an interior that would present something entirely unexpected but perfectly resolved.
An apartment in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is aglow with custom lighting curated by Rogan Nash Architects.
With a brief that called for an internationalism seldom seen in coastal New Zealand homes, the foundations were laid for an interior that would present something entirely unexpected but perfectly resolved.
Tucked into a lush garden corner of this thoughtfully reimagined Christchurch villa, an outdoor bath sits like an art piece — ornate, sculptural, and serene.
A bold interiors movement finds its footing — and its grounding — in considered and playful material choices.
Boffi’s Kitchenology collections seek to create a distinct way of living.
A bold interiors movement finds its footing — and its grounding — in considered and playful material choices.
For chefs Natalia Schamroth and Carl Koppenhagen, their new kitchen is the culmination of four years spent “desperate” to get out of the cramped, closed-off kitchen at the back of their house.
