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With pool care and upkeep, it's great to have a range of options all sourced in one highly reputable place – and that place is the NZ Pool Industry Association website 

Summer is on its way and bringing your dormant pool up to scratch with Cascade Pools is easier and more economical than you think

A glass Vistosi Bolle pendant, from Alti Lighting, sets off this bathtub lookout niche, part of a generous master suite beside the sea 

Glass-look acrylic floors on the mezzanine level of this master suite are not for those afraid of heights (also not suitable for dressing gown-only attire)

This new dining area has bifold doors to the rear garden and also to the rear deck – retro-look furniture chimes with the home's cottage character

This hoop pine meets white laminate kitchen's understated palette and clean-lined cabinetry mean it forms a quiet backdrop to family life 

This sculptural vanity is cantilevered off the wall – structural steel embedded within the timber top makes the gravity-defying feat possible

Okay, not George Clooney in hit movie Gravity, but rather a cantilevered vanity that makes the bathroom look larger by maximising visible floor space

Bamboo X-Treme decking – the next generation in sustainable decking; this durable, stable, eco-friendly decking, with 'invisible' clips/screws for quick installation, is now available throughout New Ze...

This Wanaka holiday home has been designed as a sculptural form in the landscape, with a series of timber-lined cut outs revealing access areas 

Here, the request was for a family bathroom within an extensive villa renovation – it was to be lively and create an uplifting spirit for the owners' children

Top kitchen designers reveal what they consider the best and worst things you could do before embarking on that dream kitchen