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![Homeware update: Summer blooms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Homeware update: Summer blooms
Add a touch of summery blooms to your decor for a fresh, easy update.
![Homeware update: Alternative Christmas trees](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Homeware update: Alternative Christmas trees
Avoid the pine needles, allergies and decorations with these great alternatives to the traditional Christmas tree.
![Homeware update: Christmas luxe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Homeware update: Christmas luxe
Rather than tinsel and mistletoe, try these 10 festive pieces for some sophisticated Christmas decor.
![Homeware update: Elegantly dark](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Homeware update: Elegantly dark
These ten dark pieces are a great contrast against white and neutral palettes, giving the room a touch of elegance and class.
![Coolest Halloween house ever](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Coolest Halloween house ever
An artist has decorated her parents home to create an epic haunted house for Halloween.
![Garden designs delight (+competition)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Garden designs delight (+competition)
A sneak peek at this year's edible, fragrant, exotic and native finery gives Catherine Smith dreams, inspiration and determination.
![Inside Taylor Swift's $25m mansion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Inside Taylor Swift's $25m mansion
Pop star Taylor Swift has purchased a $25 million mansion in Beverly Hills. Take a look around.
![Old bones bring a grand design](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Old bones bring a grand design
Everything from straw to steel feature as Kiwis take on their dream designs, writes Sarah Ell.
![Do it for the love of colour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Do it for the love of colour
There's more to decor than neutral hues - so why are we so reluctant to venture into the world of bright hues? Suzanne McFadden asks the experts.
![Four of NZ's best designers' favourite things](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Four of NZ's best designers' favourite things
Four of the country's best designers talk to Kirsten Matthew about making beautiful furniture and homewares, New Zealand's place in contemporary design, and their most favourite things.
![Bill McKay: New design for Freyberg Place misses the mark](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Bill McKay: New design for Freyberg Place misses the mark
The council is planning to redesign Freyberg Place. This is one of our most urban public places but the vision we've seen in the Herald is for a bush walk.
![Gardening: Lie back and enjoy the outdoors](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Gardening: Lie back and enjoy the outdoors
We kiwis love a good deck. They suit the design of most of our houses, are perfect for the casual barbecues we love so much.
![Living spaces extend outdoors](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Living spaces extend outdoors
Good outdoor furniture can move your living spaces outside, writes Carol Bucknell.
![Executive Success: Good design not just a good look](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Executive Success: Good design not just a good look
When Vee Kessner wanted to do a design-based degree, Kessner's mother told her she needed to get a business qualification under her belt.
![Perfect pedigree of Gully boss](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Perfect pedigree of Gully boss
The boss of the $850 million Transmission Gully project worked on one of Queensland's biggest motorway jobs before shifting here.
![Editorial: Cash injection will kick start urban project](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Editorial: Cash injection will kick start urban project
Much fanfare accompanied the announcement of the Tamaki urban regeneration. But progress has not matched expectation and the Government has set about rectifying flaws.
![Support for halt to port work](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Support for halt to port work
The Auckland Chamber of Commerce is supporting a halt of work on two large wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.
![10 ways to a liveable Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
10 ways to a liveable Auckland
Don’t panic, Auckland can be fixed. Greg Dixon talks to the author of a new book on New Zealand urban design about the 10 things we need to do to make it truly liveable.
![Court to review Auckland port extension](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Court to review Auckland port extension
A legal challenge to the lawfulness of two wharf extensions in the Waitemata Harbour will be heard in June.
![First look at rail-link designs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
First look at rail-link designs
Artists' impressions of Auckland's City Rail Link include a new underground station at Karangahape Rd built to resemble a stingray.
![Christchurch being rebuilt in 3D](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Christchurch being rebuilt in 3D
Some of the biggest buildings of the new-look Christchurch are being put together virtual piece by virtual piece, thanks to remarkable 3D technology.
![Auckland Port stoush: Heads could roll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Auckland Port stoush: Heads could roll
Heads could roll over Ports of Auckland expansion plans, according to a senior Auckland Council source.