Trends New Zealand Volume 33 No 7 | Page 49

Architect: Phongphat Ueasangkhomset, Anonym Studio Builder: BLS Window/door joinery: Steel frame Blinds: Smile Design Flooring: Stone from Stone Gallery; engineered wood from Amwood Paints: Toa Lighting: Panini Furniture: Plato, Quattro Outdoor furniture: Kenkoon Kitchen sink and taps: Hafele Oven, hob: Hafele Ventilation: Panasonic Microwave: Electrolux Refrigerator: Hitachi Powder room basin and taps: Kohler Flooring: Stone Gallery Wallcoverings: Sonic from MDC Toilet: Kohler Story by Charles Moxham Photography by Ketsiree Wongwan see more images: search 49909 at Trendsideas.com search: “tropical home” at Trendsideas.com Left: Light meal – the new light-filled kitchen has a long counter for easy casual use and a pantry at the end to screen clutter from the living and dining spaces. The marble floor has a different treatment here to help delineate the kitchen zone. Above: Real plantings below give way to regimented ceramic olive trees in ceramic pots above in the new multi-purpose room over the garage. The greenery – faux and real – provides privacy but admits light.