The Star: June 28, 2018
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Editor<br />
DESIGN<br />
New Tasting Corner<br />
Look out for the new Home &<br />
Leisure Magazine inside every<br />
Show Bag for all visitors.<br />
80+ pages packed with high quality editorial and photos,<br />
showcasing new and renovated homes, and exploring<br />
current trends in interior design. Also available at selected<br />
outlets and Christchurch P.O Boxes<br />
My HOME:<br />
→ Wish - we’d been advised to insta l<br />
therma ly-broken aluminium windows.<br />
Had the money for central heating.<br />
→ Hardest decision – forgoing a bath. Switching<br />
Beaven’s ShadowClad spec for cedar.<br />
→ Favourite feature - the textural fabric of our<br />
home: glass, cedar, plywood, steel, concrete<br />
Xbond and luxe loop pile carpet.<br />
Kitchen Zone<br />
Ideas for budgets<br />
big and small<br />
<strong>The</strong> new Home & Leisure magazine wi l be given to all those who<br />
visi the <strong>Star</strong> Media Home & Leisure Show (<strong>June</strong> 29-July 1), and<br />
delivered to Christchurch PO Boxes and selected outlets around the<br />
city. Packed with high-quality editorial showcasing the latest home<br />
innovations – inside and out – this publication delivers its messages<br />
with the same flair desired by home owners for their havens.<br />
A perfect partner for a highly a tended annual event.<br />
PUBLISHER<br />
Charlotte Smulders<br />
<strong>Star</strong> Media<br />
Level One, 359 Lincoln Road, Christchurch 8140<br />
03 379 7100<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
Kate Preece<br />
Group Editor<br />
Gaynor Stanley<br />
gaynor.stanley@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Gemma Quirk<br />
Rodney Grey<br />
ADVERTISING<br />
Juliet Dickson<br />
Account Executive<br />
364 7409 / 021 688 159<br />
juliet.dickson@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Vanessa Fleming<br />
Home & Leisure Show Manager<br />
021 914 565<br />
vanessa.fleming@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Cover image: Trends Kitchens<br />
Magazine of<br />
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information in these articles. <strong>The</strong> information and views expre sed in this publication<br />
are not nece sarily the opinion of <strong>The</strong> Christchurch <strong>Star</strong> Company Ltd or its editorial<br />
contributors. Every e fort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information within<br />
this magazine, however, <strong>The</strong> Christchurch <strong>Star</strong> Company Ltd can accept no liability<br />
for the accuracy of all the information.<br />
T<br />
he firs time I woke up with a cold nose in my brand<br />
new home, I wa shocked. How could this be? <strong>The</strong><br />
cool, calm, collected one and I had planned for our<br />
home to be we l insulated against Canterbury’s<br />
cold winters. Turns out, not we l enough. We’d<br />
even assured a we l-meaning friend we had ample<br />
insulation (yes, Duncan, you were right). I’ve worked out where we<br />
fe l short in hindsight. Our home was designed by highly respected<br />
Christchurch architect the late Peter Beaven, for a magic little<br />
Port Hi l site, where he planned to live in with his wife Lesley.<br />
Sadly Peter died before realising his plans. We bough them and<br />
employed Archology in Sydney, where we were living at the time, to<br />
prepare the construction drawings and specifications. Compared to<br />
Australia, the R values for insulation would have looked high. Our<br />
talented young builder, Sam McCarthy, would never have queried<br />
the levels because they were standard practice around town. So it<br />
wasn’t until we were living in the house and I consulted Council’s<br />
eco design advisor Julie Villard about how we could warm it up that<br />
we discovered, while we unwittingly thought we had exceeded New<br />
Zealand standard, we had merely met Code. And that ain’t going to<br />
cut it in our climate.<br />
Fortunately Julie had plenty of ideas on how we could improve<br />
the situation and we have easy access to our underfloor to top-up<br />
the insulation. Julie Vi lard, an architect from France, is on a mission<br />
to transform building best practice here and you can read abou the<br />
groundbreaking ideas she’s applied to her own brand new build on<br />
page 20.<br />
I’ve shared the highs and lows of building with the other home<br />
builders and renovators I interviewed and, like Diane (page 36), would<br />
relish doing it again. I wa struck by how a l the home owner said<br />
wha they most valued was the ability of their designer or builder to<br />
“rea ly listen” to their wants and needs. I was also impressed by how<br />
much Christchurch people love a good garage! We’ve got some ideas<br />
for some top of their class cars to complement yours on page 81 and<br />
how to quickly establish a lawn on page 72.<br />
We review a l the lates trends in everyone’s favourite room –<br />
the kitchen (page 48), and share an easy yet impressive recipe for<br />
entertaining friends in your fabulous new home on page 77.<br />
I hope Peter Beaven would be pleased with how the cool, calm,<br />
co lected one and I realised his dream. Go chase yours people!<br />
Gaynor<br />
Speaking to the NZ Institute of Architects about ‘bespoke<br />
architecture’ being a ‘minority pursuit’ not long before his death<br />
Peter said “I am going to try to prove that it’s possible to build<br />
modestly and cheaply with a little house for ourselves. It’s going to<br />
be sustainable and it’s going to be beautiful and it’s going to be just<br />
cheap – no more than an ordinary spec house. I’ l prove that it can<br />
be done, and it might be the las thing I prove.”<br />
complimentary<br />
+ InterIors<br />
+ BAtHrooMs<br />
+ tAste Corner<br />
+ LAndsCApIng<br />
+ MotorIng<br />
Building tips from the home owners plus expert home design advice<br />
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This year we have introduced our very first tasting<br />
corner. Make sure you indulge yourself.. where you<br />
can taste and buy from premium brands.<br />
To launch our new tasting<br />
Corner at this year’s event<br />
Tasty Co are giving away<br />
500 Delicious Chilli Con<br />
Carne Tasty Pots to the first<br />
500 attendees each day! Meet Tactix Netball players<br />
at <strong>The</strong> Good Oil stand (148)<br />
Make sure you are there early to get yours!<br />
Friday 12.30-2. Plus be in to win tickets to their<br />
July Home Game, with every bottle of Good oil sold.<br />
TastyPotCo<br />
WIN! A $500<br />
Resene voucher for your home<br />
Find out how to keep your<br />
home and family safe ...<br />
Come and have a chat with us at stand 215<br />
BOOK A FREE<br />
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WIN<br />
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Just by coming to the show be in to<br />
win 2 nights’ accommodation<br />
at any scenic or Heartland Hotel’<br />
Be in to win a<br />
Robham Kitchen range<br />
hood the value of $2499<br />
Saturday<br />
Sunday<br />
Show this coupon to staff on the day or pre<br />
book by using the code STARDISCOUNT on<br />
starhomeshow.kiwi, valid up to 4 people .<br />
Show this coupon to staff on Friday 29th<br />
<strong>June</strong> or pre book on starhomeshow.kiwi<br />
valid up to 4 people.
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