Home Trends Vol. 35/2

One of the best ways for you to start creating the bathroom – home or kitchen – you've always wanted is to look through recently completed projects by top designers and architects. To help you with that, we’ve collected some of the latest design and product ideas in this issue of Trends.

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Modern home offers great indoor-outdoor flow and private master suite

This spacious home is all about enjoying life and family – it was created by Fowler Homes Waikato

The living room is a few steps from apartment, building, coffee table, den, floor, furniture, home, house, interior design, living room, property, real estate, room, table, white

Sunny showhome offers flowing living spaces and alfresco dining

Boasting a dramatic street presence, this spacious family home is equally appealing on the inside – offering great functionality and a tranquil aesthetic

The triple peaks of this pavilion home by alps, highland, hill, home, house, andscape, roof, stone, timber, Condon Scott Architects, schist, cladding

Three-pavilion home connects with mountain landscape through material palette and form

Featuring local schist and looking to Lake Wanaka and Treble Cone skifields, this gable-roofed home is fully immersed in its scenery

Designed by architect Jim Zack, this ridgetop house architecture, home, house, lighting, Jim Zack, cedar, timber

New home planned around two box-like structures – one clad in cedar, the other in Corten steel

Despite site limitations, this ridgetop home nestles perfectly into its surroundings, making the most of views all round and the benign climate

Cool, calm, luxurious and with stand-out artworks, this apartment, architecture, coffee table, couch, floor, furniture, home, interior design, living room, table, gray, Richard Archer, Archer Design, JMC Builders

Upmarket apartment makeover connects rooms with harbour views

A restrained yet exotic palette, recessive wall planes and significant artworks combine in a sumptuous interior that connects with its harbourside outlooks

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Timber veneer adds a softer touch to a semi-industrial style kitchen

Skilful design of this award-wining kitchen not only ensures it ties in perfectly with the aesthetics of the contemporary rural home, it also greatly enhances the wider, open-plan living spaces

Recessed track spots above this benchtop provide a architecture, kitchen, cabinetry, countertop, cupboard, timber flooring, home, house, interior design, kitchen, wood flooring, wood stain, brown, black, lighting, feature lighting, fisher & Paykel, Eliska Lewis Architects

Rich warm timber and cool white veined black marble combine in this two-tone kitchen

Natural light plays on the marble and oak surfaces in this modern, airy entertainer’s kitchen where clutter is banished from sight

Available from Trade Depot stores or its user-friendly architecture, building, cabinetry, countertop, cuisine classique, floor, furniture, home, home appliance, house, interior design, kitchen, kitchen stove, material property, property, room, table, tile, white, gray

Bonne cuisine

Available with innovative features, the new breed of ovens from French appliance guru Brandt emphasise looks, efficiency and sheer ease of use

While the LED strip ceiling lighting is understated architecture, cabinetry, countertop, benthtop, design, dining room, floor, flooring, furniture, hardwood, home, house, interior design, kitchen, dining table, wood flooring, marble, Studio Italia

Marble and rich wood veneer create impact in this kitchen

Modern surfaces, up-to-the-minute cabinetry and advanced hardware all come together in this family and entertainer’s kitchen

A 2.5cm-thick glass counter sits at dining table architecture, building, cabinetry, countertop, benchtop, floor, flooring, furniture, hardwood, home, house, kitchen, wood flooring, timber, appliances, Nils Finne, Finne Architects, glass counter

Take the subtle approach to your kitchen design

Don’t use aggressively patterned materials – let the beauty of nature come through in the food being prepared, advises architect Nils Finne

Matt black cabinetry sets the scene for this architecture, cabinetry, countertop, kitchen, major appliance, black, white, Impact Kitchens

Black and bold, this kitchen makes a strong visual statement

Modern surfaces, up-to-the-minute cabinetry and advanced hardware all come together in this family and entertainer’s kitchen

This quintessential modern kitchen by interior architect and architecture, cabinetry, countertop, benchtop, design, dining room, flooring, furniture, hardwood, home, house, interior design, kitchen, living room, wood, wood flooring, white, gray, Riverstone Custom Homes

Natural tones, ample storage and integrated appliances give this kitchen a light, relaxed ambience

This first floor kitchen reflects the latest in kitchen design while also serving up engaging river outlooks

Clean-lined, crisp, and catering to all members of architecture, cabinetry, countertop, benchtop, design, floor, flooring, timber, hardwood, kitchen, wood, wood flooring, Akzente, Poggenpohl, Lara Farmilo

Spacious kitchen with convivial seating layout and large scullery

How do you design a new kitchen that meets the needs of the three generations to use it

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Wood-look ceramic floor tiles extend up the shower architecture, bathroom, bathroom cabinet, cabinetry, floor, flooring, tiles, basin, Peta Davy, Yellowfox

Bathroom design complements farm and river outlooks through materials and layout

Trained on a picturesque river outlook, this airy bathroom brings the natural feel inside too

Complementary colours, chosen in Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne architecture, beam, building, paint, kitchen, cabinetry, ceiling, cottage, countertop, floor, flooring, furniture, hardwood, home, house, interior design, kitchen, plywood, property, real estate, roof, room, table, window, wood, wood flooring, wood stain, brown

Playful mix of paint colours adds character to seaside kitchen

An artistic, balanced palette of hard-wearing, quick drying Resene Lustacryl paints brings this pretty kitchen to life

Roll Out Roll Under slatted covers are a architecture, composite material, floor, leisure, property, real estate, rectangle, swimming pool, tile, water, water feature, gray

An automated pool cover saves money and minimises maintenance

An automated cover makes maintaining your pool a breeze – trapping the water’s warmth, keeping it clean and avoiding wasting chemicals

This contemporary bathroom, located in a modest space, architecture, bathroom, black, black-and-white, floor, plumbing fixture, sink, tap, tile, white, black, freestanding tub, round mirror, Minosa, Darren Genner

Bathroom design brings in more space and storage

A modest space with limited natural light? What a difference a cantilevered window element and privacy screen can make

For this bathroom by designer Celia Visser, the architecture, bathroom, floor, flooring, tiles, home, house, plumbing fixtures, black, Vanity

Black bathroom features sculptural sink and magazine stand

This bathroom reads more like a sculpture gallery than a place to freshen up – moody surfaces and an off-the-wall vanity sink lead the design charge

Square basins, a honeycomb mosaic splashback, a chunky architecture, bathroom, vanity, vanity top, floor, flooring, plumbing fixture, sink, tap, tile, wall, white, McMahon & Nerlich, stone benchtop

Combined shower and bath zone with skylight deal with modest space

This oasis-like master suite provides a tranquil retreat for the owners with its emphasis on natural materials and even a shower space under the stars

Wood and glass were popular materials for Mid-century architecture, bathroom, bathroom accessory, bathroom cabinet, cabinetry, flooring, furniture, home, house, interior design, plumbing fixture, basin, tap, tile, bath, Nar Design Group

Wood, green glass and stone-look tiles set the scene in this sleek bathroom

Clean-lined yet luxurious, this spacious master suite achieves the look of Mid-century Modern translated into a more 21st century design language

For the main ensuite in this new home, architecture, bathroom, bathroom accessory, bathroom cabinet, cabinetry, floor, flooring, marble, , plumbing fixture, tap, tile, gray, white, vanity, ingrid geldof design

Ensuite design cleverly caters for personal and private spaces

With a radical rethink of the original plan, designer Ingrid Geldof has given this ensuite a balance and symmetry that’s perfectly suited to the Georgian style of the home

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