Trends New Zealand Trends Volume 31 No 8 New Zealand | Page 35

The owners’ existing light oak dining
furniture, including a table with legs in a
traditional pineapple design, was stripped
of old varnish and restored to look like the
original models from the ’30s. The formal
dining room also features a handmade
wallpaper that resembles parchment
– a Jean-Michel Frank reference that
reappears elsewhere in the house.
The great room, which resembles a
garden room, has a more relaxed, informal look, but here again designer pieces
feature strongly. A Norman Foster dining

table is teamed with Hans Wegner
Wishbone chairs and two Arne Jacobsen
Swan dining chairs. The room is also distinguished by a sculptural floor lamp by
Noguchi, a Mies van der Rohe Barcelona
coffee table, B&B Italia armchairs, a Flexform sofa in dark chocolate brown, and a
vintage Beni Ourain Moroccan tribal rug.
A Boffi kitchen with white polyester
and dark wood veneer cabinets has an
integrated design that keeps much of the
functionality hidden from view.
Julia Walter of Boffi Georgetown says

Facing page: In the great room, a Norman Foster
dining table is teamed with Danish Wishbone
chairs by Hans vVv