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1 week ago | 
yourhomeandgarden.co.nz | Shelley Tustin
Feeling a kinship with your interior designer is surely the first step to a successful project – and the owners of this apartment in a ski resort town didn’t have to look too hard to find a connection with their designer, Kate Walker. “The apartment in question was one that my fiance and I had looked at purchasing. So, I had an intimate knowledge of the interior, and of the potential,” says Kate.
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1 month ago | 
waikatotimes.co.nz | Shelley Tustin
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1 month ago | 
thepost.co.nz | Shelley Tustin
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1 month ago | 
homebeautiful.com.au | Shelley Tustin
There’s a universal appeal to traditional interiors, which interior designer Amy Spargo understands well. “Often, they are the result of a collection of pieces that have been gathered over time. You feel that in a space: the history, the stories, the layers. They wrap around you and make you feel good.” This sense of comfort, born of history, is readily apparent in her family’s latest home adventure.
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2 months ago | 
thelocalproject.com.au | Shelley Tustin
Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 17 Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 17 Issue No. 17 Issue No. 17 features work from JDA Co, WOJR, Luigi Rosselli Architects and Atelier Alwill, Flack Studio, SJB, Marmol Radziner, Shaun Lockyer Architects, OWIU Design, Gezellig Interiors and Architecture Bureau, JAM Architects and more.
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2 months ago | 
yourhomeandgarden.co.nz | Shelley Tustin
For a fundamental neutral, white interiors can be surprisingly controversial. White is seen as stark and sterile, impractical, boring and the fallback choice of the indecisive. But it can also be bold and striking, or serene and sophisticated. It can be warm and welcoming – even family-friendly.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
thelocalproject.com.au | Shelley Tustin
Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 17 Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 17 Issue No. 17 Issue No. 17 features work from JDA Co, WOJR, Luigi Rosselli Architects and Atelier Alwill, Flack Studio, SJB, Marmol Radziner, Shaun Lockyer Architects, OWIU Design, Gezellig Interiors and Architecture Bureau, JAM Architects and more.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
yourhomeandgarden.co.nz | Shelley Tustin
Meet and greet: Paul Thompson (IT), Natasha Bell (dentist) and golden retriever Rosie (“organic vacuum cleaner”). The property: Renovated New Plymouth character villa built in 1905. As the saying goes, there’s only one way to eat an elephant. Faced with restoring the faded glory of their New Plymouth villa, Paul Thompson and Natasha Bell took a ‘one bite at a time’ approach, slowly chipping away at what seemed an insurmountable project.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
thelocalproject.com.au | Shelley Tustin |Liz Walsh
Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 16 Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 16 Issue No. 16 Issue No. 16 features work from Measured Architecture, Madeleine Blanchfield Architects, Travis Walton, Fearon Hay, Patterson Associates, Mim Design, RTA Studio, CM Studio, Bunston and more.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
yourhomeandgarden.co.nz | Shelley Tustin
Meet and greet: Brooke Fairgray (director of children’s apparel brand Phoenix and the Fox); David Scott (business manager at Top Flight); their children, Grayson, eight, and Marsden, six. Brooke’s sister Jesika also currently lives with them. The property: Four-bedroom, two-bathroom, brick-and-block ’80s house in Whangaparāoa. With a table and Christmas tree ablaze with riotous colour, Brooke and David’s home is set for a joyeux Noel, with an emphasis on the joyeux.
