interiors update - September 2008 - Home Show Round Up

Welcome to our September Interiors Update!

Congratulations to Karen Morrow ... this months winner of the fabulous Eco Gift Box from T Double L Designer Décor, your gorgeous prize is on it's way to you!

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Whats new at Interiors Online in September


Spring has sprung and Interiors Online has some exciting new businesses to welcome to the site this month.

Custom Install Solutions

Custom Install Solutions can help if you are interested in a basic pre-wire to future proof you home. Or perhaps you would like to have a background sound system with Home Theatre capability? Custom Install Solutions have a highly qualified, professional Team that is capable of specifying a solution to meet your specific needs. They can even incorporate your existing equipment. The design, supply and installation of:
  • Phillips Pronto Remote Controls
  • Smart House Wiring, Data, Phone, Television
  • CCTV & Security
  • Domestic Home Theatre Systems
  • Commercial Boardroom Presentation Systems
  • Multi Room Audio / Video systems
  • Plasma & LCD Screens
  • Data show & Home Theatre Projectors
  • Lighting Control Systems & System Automation.
Click here for more on Custom Install Solutions



Denise Dryland - Property Presentation Consultant

So you're thinking about making a lifechange ... and selling?
Or are you ready for a great new look and feel in your home?
Whatever the feeling, or position you may
be in ...
Give Denise Dryland Property Presentation Consultant a call.

Denise would love the opportunity to talk with you and share some innovative and exciting possibilities for your home whatever your situation is. "VISION INSIGHT CREATIVITY AND PASSION are the qualities Denise delights in helping "all" of her valued clients to achieve the highest potential for their unique and special homes." PRACTICAL, INSPIRING, AFFORDABLE, RESOURCEFUL advice.

Click here for more on Denise Dryland Property Presentation Consultant


Denise will be supplying us Helpful Hints & Tips each month for our Sales &
Decorating section

Click here for this months column from Denise




Home Systems Limited - Home Automation

Auckland's Premier Home Control Professionals - For your total automation solutions...

This can include linking dvd, video, lighting, audio, data, security, TV, Sky, etc. throughout your home (allowing total control from any room), and can be operated by keypads strategically placed in these rooms.

Home Systems Ltd is Auckland's premier home control professionals providing you with state-of-the-art automation solutions for your home.

They provide a complete in-home consultancy service for the set up of an outstanding multi-room entertainment system and/or home theatre arrangement within your house and to suit your budget.

Click here for more on Home Systems Limited


Home Show Exhibitors and Show Specials



Interiors Online will be exhibiting for our 3rd year in a row at the Auckland Home Show this week . We are located in Hall 5 (Logan Campbell Centre), please pop in and say hello if you are passing. Home Show Hours - ASB Showgrounds
  • Wednesday 10 Sept: 10am - 10pm
  • Thursday 11 Sept: 10am - 10pm
  • Friday 12 Sept: 10am - 10pm
  • Saturday 13 Sept: 10am - 10pm
  • Sunday 14 Sept: 10am - 6pm

Interiors Online Home Show Prize

1st Draw: Resene DIY Living Room Makeover pack
  • Consisting of a Resene Colour Consultant Service, the latest Resene fashion fandeck and enough paint for a living room. (paint to the value of $250)
2nd Draw: Designworx one day workshop from Amanda Neill
  • Understand essential elements of design
  • Create your own Colour Scheme
  • Learn about drapery and upholstery fabrics
  • Have access to huge range of fabrics
  • Free paint swatches through Designworx
  • Gift pack to help you get started
  • Receive Trade Referral Vouchers
  • (value $225)

Pop in and see us and enter the draw!



Other exhibitors to visit at the Homeshow


Resene Stand 284


Raise the curtain
Having trouble finding a curtain fabric to go with your favourite Resene colour? Then the new Resene Curtain Collection may be just what you need. It's a range of 29 fabrics designed to complement popular Resene colours. The selection includes fashion stripes and patterns through to neutrals designed to complement a wide range of colour schemes. Select your favourite Resene Curtain Collection fabric and get your curtain specialist to produce curtains/roman blinds or other drapery to suit or purchase custom made pencil pleats delivered direct from your Resene ColorShop.

See the new Resene Curtain Collection fabrics, the Resene The Range 2009 fashion paint colours and the Resene Wallpaper Collection 2011 at the Auckland home show stand 284 or at your Resene ColorShop. Resene Curtain Collection available in store from 22 September 2008.

Click here for more on Resene




Mobile Kitchen Design Co Ltd

The Mobile Kitchen Design Company are located at Stand 35 - right next door to the main entry.

They will have a daily draw for a "Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares" book. Pop in and see Marianne Gailer

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Giclee Print Ltd - Stand 545

Giclee Print Limited - "GPL" - will be at the Home Show (stand 545) and would love to meet you there to talk about your photographic or art printing projects, whether they be snapshots, décor, or serious artistic works -Giclee are happy to help with everything you need! Giclee will have some canvas and fine-art print demonstration pieces on display, as well as some sale items at prices reduced for the Home Show only.

Giclee are also extending a Home Show / and Interiors Online September Special offer as follows: One FREE A3 (12x16) canvas print ($105 value) with your purchase of an A2 (24x16, $145) or bigger. This is an excellent way to get Christmas presents solved early - TWO prints for just $145 inclusive represents awesome buying! This offer is open to visitors who register at the Home Show, and also Interiors Online members / readers (just mention this newsletter when ordering!). Limit 1 special per customer, customer supplied image(s) only. While stocks last. Offer ends strictly 30/9/08.

Click here for more on Giclee Print Ltd




Amanda Neill - Designworx
Amanda Neill from Designworx, is presenting daily seminars on Colour. Her seminars are packed full of information to assist in helping people design better living environments. Seminar timetable:
  • Wed 10th - 1pm
  • Thurs 11th - 12noon
  • Fri 12th - 3pm
  • Sat 13th - 1pm
  • Sun 14th - 2pm
A Passion for Colour
The ancient language of colour dominates and permeates our lives. But few of us realise this. Colour surrounds us, feeds us and nourishes our senses. Our minds, bodies and spirits are profoundly affected by it. Colour affects our moods and physical wellbeing.

Click here for more on Amanda Neill - Designworx






Vision Wallcoverings - Hall 9
Dress up Your Walls with Vision - see the latest in wallcoverings on the Vision Stand in Hall 9; from retro to roses, there's a wallcovering that will give your old walls a great new look.

Shown here, Trelise, a glamorous rose design from the Vision Saphyr collection, and matching wide stripe.

Click here for more on Vision Wallcoverings




Homebase - Stand 502
homebase is a homestaging & interior design company

Fresh Eyes Service Launch
homebase will be officially launching its 'fresh eyes' home makeover advice service at the 2008 homeshow. fresh eyes is a highly versatile property makeover report and is targeted at four distinct groups;
  1. A homeowner wanting to freshen up your living space;
  2. Someone selling their home and the want to have it looking its best;
  3. People buying a house and wanting to make some improvements;
  4. Property Investors who want to make a property more rentable or easier to sell on.


Transform your home with minimum effort and cost.

All you need is an objective approach, a fresh pair of eyes. homebase's fresh eyes service gives you just that.

Their designers will do a complete walk-through with you, picking out simple, inexpensive improvements that can be made within your budget.

The fresh eyes team
Homebase has two in house designers dedicated to fresh eyes who have done up and renovated many houses themselves, in fact the only way to describe them is 'compulsive renovators' who can't sit in a room without redecorating it! homebase will have a dedicated fresh eyes area on its stand that will explain the service and have the classic before and after shots that truly speak volumes about what can be achieved once you get the right advice - as the old saying goes a picture is worth a thousand words.

Super deals only available at the show
The fresh eyes makeover will be available at a special introductory offer price of $295 instead of $350 for all bookings made at the show

Special prizes/Competitions
Homebase will be offering a 'Win a TV competition' and is giving away an LCD

On stand events
The fresh eyes designers will be on the stand and will freely give lots of advice to anyone who is thinking about doing up a property, whether its the property they are living in, a rental or one they are thinking of buying - why not bring in your plans or some before shots of your project and let the fresh eyes designers look at your project from a fresh perspective.

Click here for more on Homebase





Torlys Flooring Studio - Stand 529

TORLYS New Zealand Floating Floor Specialists, offer TORLYS floors to create the most beautiful, practical flooring available today. Visit them on stand 529 to see more.

Click here for more on Torlys Flooring Studio


September Specials


Kaye Coleman Interiors

How about some exciting new fabrics to revitalize your furniture, inspire a new colour scheme or add a splash of colour amongst your neutrals.


Call for a Show only 50% discount off an initial 1 hr consultation.

Click here for more on Kaye Coleman Interiors




Kirkle Design

Art for your floors and walls
Celebrate spring by adding a splash of colour to your walls with eye-catching Kirkle Wall Art. You can even choose your own colours and size to complement your personality and style.

To help celebrate Kirkle are offering 20% off all Kirkle Design Wall Art (available for orders made during September & October only).

Click here for more on Kirkle Design




Tesori Childrens Furniture

Tesori offer a fresh look for spring with 30% off the in store selection of Thread Design Linen and Accessories for September

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Tesori Childrens Furniture



September Exhibitions


Art Of This World

Spring has arrived!

Art Of This World are celebrating the arrival of spring with a selection of funky new artworks featuring Native New Zealand Flora;


TEACHING AIDeS - Kaka Beak
Acrylic on Tongue & Groove Board
by Gina Scherer $798.00


Butterfly Creek
Limited Edition Print
by Andrea Mae Miller $139.90


Meet the Locals - Kowhai
Acrylic on Board
by Gina Scherer $498.00


Browns Island
Acrylic on Canvas
by Jane Puckey $498.00


Don't miss our upcoming exhibition: Three Contemporary Printmakers 18 - 31 October This exciting exhibition showcases the work of three very talented printmakers inspired by New Zealand symbols of strength and beauty. Featuring the work of Annie Smits Sandano, Philippa Bentley and Susan Haywood-Smith.

Click here for more on Art Of This World




The Swim Clinic

Attention pool owners! Summer is coming!

The Fastlane transforms your backyard pool from passive amusement to a center for lifelong health and entertainment. With the Fastlane, you can swim in place at whatever pace you set. Imagine owning a clean, utterly private river only a few feet from your back door. For play, exercise, relaxation, and complete personal well being, nothing outpaces the Fastlane.

Click here for more on The Swim Clinic






My Room

Come to My Room or buy online these quirky bean bags that have been designed for children with everyday use in mind.

Made from 100% cotton cord with vintage fabric trim, these bean bags make delightful gifts

Click here for more on My Room


'Designworx On Colour'
Monthly Column by Amanda Neill



Designworx On Colour - Violet hues

Violet hues can range from the soft greyed lavenders to a deep royal purple, with shades of plum, grape, wine, lilac and aubergine in between.

Violet and Lilac hues are associated with: spiritual matters - suggests the misty area between the sky and heaven, feminine.

Best for: bedrooms and bathrooms to create a stress-free sanctuary invoking moody romantic environments.

Pitfalls: can be insipid. Liven it up with black or silver, or both.
To read the full article from Amanda click here


Have a fantastic Month! Hope to see you at the show.

Kind regards
Caren & Treena

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