b'This is not a big house, but we get a lot of living. Its not aviews out over the harbour and further to the hills. The house that a family with children would nd practical, butupstairs bedroom also shares those viewsjust as Helen we love how open it is, says Helen. From the upstairsand John had imagined, as they cleared and weeded and study, you can look through the top windows to the viewplanned their home on the hill. and still be connected with the inside.The heart of the home for Helen and John is their kitchen,Resene Monza contrasts beautifully with the as both cook a lot. Helen is happy the kitchen is not ash,greens and dark trunks of the trees outside and its layout works very wellwith a dash of spicy redand the silvery views of the Otago Peninsula.Resene Monza to stimulate appetites and conversation. Guests do tend to congregate around the bar with a glassThe kiwi pioneer palette of corrugated iron and concrete of wine, and even on winter days, the bi-fold doors canwas given a burst of the modern with Nikos suggestion be ung open to the dining deck outside.of a blade wall bisecting the box from front to back, Theopen,double-heightlivingroomgivesintotheseparatingprivatebedroomsfrompublicliving.Helen aforementionedsmallerniche,wherechairscanbeand John readily embraced his suggested slash of colour pulled up to the log re in the winterand the red does Resene Monzawhich contrasts beautifully with the its warming job there too. The mezzanine study is anygreens and dark trunks of the trees outside and the silvery bookworms dreamlined with titles, but with gorgeousviews of the Otago Peninsula. Floors in a custom-mixed 16 |'