Room by Room Front of House The Kitchen Seaside Lounge Family Lounge The Bathrooms The Master Laundry Kids Bedrooms Outdoor Kitchen & Dining Pool and backyard
The Project The Land The Architect The Design Building Features The Build
Our Partners BUILDSTRONG DULUX Melteca Laminam CAESARSTONE BLUM OUTDURE VIDASPACE Viking Roofspec Rosenfeld Kidson Cavalier Bremworth KITCHEN HUB Schneider Electric TEAMTURF

WELOME TO OUR HOME

LET US GIVE YOU A TOUR

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ROOM BY ROOM

We have created a tour for every room of the house with details on the design and all products used.

 
 

FRONT OF HOUSE

bathrooms

MASTER bedroom & ensuite

POOL AREA

LOUNGE

FAMILY ROOM

goldie’s ROOM

outdoor kitchen & dining

kitchen

LAUNDRY

AUSTEN’S ROOM

BACKYARD

 

about us

Let us introduce ourselves and tell you a bit about this house journey we have been on

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View fullsize We’ve always liked the look of a floating ceiling so challenged ourselves to do it. In choosing this it allowed us to place a skylight through the gap which lets the light wash down accentuating our @duluxnz Haast Half scalloped feature wall. T
View fullsize We wanted this space to be primarily family focused. We designed and made this sofa to have an extended surface on the side where kids can play, draw and eat their snacks. We stash toys in boxes that hide away under the sofa. The fabric of this sofa
View fullsize The family room. Part of our open plan Kitchen, dining and lounge. There is so much detail in this one corner. Floating ceiling, skylight, cedar screens, a custom feature scalloped wall, a hidden TV behind that wall, custom sofa... Ok the list keeps
View fullsize The kitchen is the center of our home. We really enjoy having friends and family over for meals- so when it came to appliances we chose two ovens side by side to make it easier for when we’re cooking for plenty. It’s already had some good
View fullsize Our kitchen island consumed a lot of design hours for Alex. With so many fussy requirements like needing to be 3.6m long, thin profile and had to be durable! Laminam from @laminexnz ticked all of the boxes to offer these things. Laminam is incredibly
View fullsize We had no idea that most of the questions about the kitchen would be ‘where is the extractor/rangehood?’ Well folks, it is built into this slim floating shelf above the stove. We used slim line ducting built into the wall, and fans hidden
View fullsize "I 100% trust Alex’s aesthetic, so she just tells me what she wants and I make it happen". A quote that we had to have a laugh at when we saw this in @homestylemag It's funny because it's true, and we have had quite a few people ask h
View fullsize Before we planned our kitchen, we did a lot of this. Laying samples down, changing out colours, textures, paint colours and getting a really good visual of how it will come together before we hit the go button. A vital part of the planning process. H
View fullsize Here we are at the front door, with a slight hint of pink with @duluxnz King Country. Come on in, don’t worry about taking your shoes off (unless they are muddy). #alexandcorbanbuild #islandbayhouse

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