Haven

Haven is a brand new home and living magazine for a brand-new world. With many of us spending more time at home than ever, our homes are our safe haven from the challenges we face beyond our front doors. Step inside the pages and stay awhile. We celebrate everything that makes a house a home — inviting spaces, inspiring people, delicious food, and homes with heart.

Editor’s note

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Haven

Behind the cover

EDIT Whakatika

MY HAVEN • Wellingtonian Nicola Cranfield, who owns an eponymous duo of interiors stores founded by her mother, takes us for a stroll around her inner-city community.

NOTEWORTHY • Covetable homewares and clever design.

CATCHING UP WITH… • Julie Stout, featured architect on Designing Dreams

Let me entertain you • Take the party outside in style with exquisite tableware – it’s time to celebrate!

THE LIVING ROOM • Indoors or out, cultivate calm with your own little oasis.

Meet the candyman • Simon Lewis Wards’ sculptures recreate memories of being a kid in a candy store (aka the local dairy) or playing knucklebones.

LIVE Te Oranga

LEAP OF FAITH • A Canterbury couple have worked miracles on a rundown parish hall to create a divine light-filled retreat for two.

Heritage tips

GET ME TO CHURCH • Sing from the same hymn sheet as Caleb and Natalie.

STREETS AHEAD • Finding the perfect home for their family and other treasures resulted in a sleek new build for a design-mad duo.

PIC ’N’ MIX • Make retro styles pop with a blend of bright block colour, pastels and patterns.

CALL FOR ENTRIES! • Do you know how to make an entrance? If you have a Resene-painted door that pops, enter our competition and be in to win a fab Resene prize.

TRANSFORM Whakahari

Home and away • A creative couple moved to Whangamatā for a slower pace of life and ended up transforming a run-down building into a sunny holiday apartment and stylish co-working space.

Growing plants on balconies

SUMMER SPIRIT • Get Laura and Andrew’s relaxed holiday look.

Nest generation • A three-generation-old family home in Remuera has evolved into its next phase of life.

SOURCE IT

MID MUSE • Get inspired by understated mid-century style and texture.

OUTDOOR LOUNGING • A convivial contemporary outdoor lounging area is an irresistible asset – not least because both resident family and visiting friends always seem to gravitate towards them. Here are eight enviable alfresco lounges to inspire you.

OUTDOOR ROOMS

EAT Kaingia

Let’s celebrate!

Glorious greens • Margo and Rosa Flanagan, aka the Two Raw Sisters, make vegetables the delectable star of the meal in these divine plant-based recipes.

EPICURATED • Toast sunny days with these tasty new bevvies.

Do the can can

GROW Whakatupu

STRIKE A POSY • Julia Atkinson-Dunn creates floral happiness from pretty pickings that she’s either grown, foraged or been given.

Blue moon

Showgirl

Lolly scramble

EASY-PEASY GUIDE TO GROWING SUMMER EDIBLES • Cultivate your own delicious backyard food empire.

Edibles to plant in November

BEST FRONDS • Georgie Malyon brings the outside in with these fun and easy-to-make wall decals using plants and paint.

Poolside pooch • Radio presenter Clinton Randell’s dog Benny is the paw-fect gift that keeps on giving.