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Give me summer With an experienced eye, attention to detail, and foreplanning, Yellowfox ensure the interiors of this light, open home are finished to winning effect Above: Everything about this new home on Waiheke Island is atuned to warm weather and relaxation. Interior design and spacial planning specialist Yellowfox created an easy continuity between indoors and out with a simple palette of contrasting yet complementary colours. When opened up, only a clear glass safety balustrade comes between the dining table and the inviting swimming pool. The best design work often looks effortless – but reality is it takes careful planning to achieve. Detailing is the key to this light-filled home on Waiheke Island. The builder and the designer, Teri Donnelly of Yellowfox, have used materials that are both contrasting and complementary to create a welcoming ambience indoors and out. “Timber finishes run along side black steel and crisp white to set off a summer home that lends itself to ‘fun in the sun’,” says Donnelly. The durable kitchen, in lacquer and veneer, features a slender stone benchtop which offers a feminine line to the overall masculine colour search | save | share at trendsideas.com palette. The bathrooms are awash with light. Contact Yellowfox Auckland or Yellowfox Waiheke, PO Box 11282, Ellerslie, phone (09) 525 3450. Email: [email protected], or go to the website: www.yellowfox.co.nz For furniture by SM Interiors, visit the trade showroom: 23 Davis Cres, Newmarket 1023, Auckland, freephone 0800 00 16 90. Email: sales@ smgroup.co.nz, web: www.sminteriors.co.nz save & share 47499 at trendsideas.com