Scout & about

Attention, shoppers!

YOUR TURN

Ready when you are to make themselves at home within your walls are the 14 pieces in the new Turn collection by Douglas & Bec, which is an ode to the classic allure of turned timber. Just look at the sensational swirled woodgrain of this American ash dresser, offset by the playful modernism of the tube lamp on the left and the floor lamp on the right, with its natty triangular shade. douglasandbec.com

SHORT STACKS

By New York studio Chen Chen and Kai Williams for Areaware, these stone Stacking planters with curves in all the right places do away with the need for a separate saucer by integrating both in one beautiful glazed-on-the-inside, unglazed-on-the-outside form. They take high-voltage inspiration from the ceramic insulators found on power lines, but we find their effect to be pleasingly restful. until.co.nz

HOLD FIRE

Stop what you’re doing and check out Courtney Petley’s limited-edition candleholders. Adding to her range of carved kitchen and tableware, this rescued-heart-rimu beauty and its sisters of various sizes are an experiment in manipulating a single shape to house multiple candles, and they make any room, well, lit. petley.store

CHEERS TO THAT

Mother Nature’s going to a lot of effort out there, so it’d be rude not to toast to her spring handiwork by blending some fresh florals in with your other bits and bobs. Marimekko’s Rosarium print (bottom) looks lively with more graphic designs, like the brand’s Kubb pattern (top). boltofcloth.com

NEXT LEVEL

It’s mid-century modern, but not as you know it, and now the extraordinary selection offered online by Mid Century Swag is even better for also being on display in a new showroom in Auckland’s Grey Lynn. Owner Jodi Newnham is an interior designer and painter with an artist’s eye for the incredible pieces she imports – and now you can meet them, and her, in person before you buy. midcenturyswag.co.nz

WHEN IN ROME…

… or on Rome, in the case of BoConcept’s just-launched Rome Outdoor Living collection. The brand and Danish designer Henrik Pedersen’s new range blurs the line between indoor and outdoor furniture, and includes modular seating and coffee tables made from materials so weather-proof you can embrace outside R&R wholeheartedly. boconcept.com