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A Christchurch renovation by The Home Maker and Urban Function Architecture
A Christchurch renovation blends Palm Springs and European influences into a warm, character-filled family home.
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A Christchurch renovation by interior designer The Home Maker and Urban Function Architecture has transformed a 1950s house into a character-filled family home, blending Palm Springs and European influences.
A clever 60cm extension was key to modernising the layout for better functionality. The build was a family affair that respected the home's history, reusing original rimu and incorporating vintage finds from sources like Trade Me. The result is a warm, textured home designed to follow the sun.
Living room
Abbie wanted to incorporate Palm Springs style, so she brought internal brick walls into the entryway and dining space, and specified a breeze-block fence that can be viewed from the open-plan living area through new bifold doors. “From inside, the fence looks like a wall of art, plus it creates privacy and interesting shadows on the deck,” she says. The crew matched the new floors to the recycled timber, then gave it all a coat of whitewash to tone down the red in the rimu. This corner of the living area is decorated with Queen of Light by Jenna Paige, and a Cuzzi II lamp by St Clements on a custom-made coffee table.
In the main bathroom Avocado Zellige tiles are a rustic backdrop for an Olympia Arch mirror by Sunday Made.
Ava’s bedroom is extra-special with its walls in Resene Tuft Bush, lightshade from Bohème Home, Cottage House bunk bed from Made of Wood and rug from Copper & Pink.
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