Winner Outstanding Renovation Kitchen Award
NEW YORK NEW YORK Though many would associate retirement with spending less time at the office, for this barrister it meant converting his Auckland CBD chambers into a New York-inspired loft apartment. [...]
Turning a House Into a Home – NZ Herald Article in Canvas
Texture, comfort and colour - interior designer Nicola Manning says soft furnishings can help create a sense of home. Photo / Dean Purcell Home is where the heart is - and also the dining [...]
Bright and BEAUTIFUL – NZ kitchens & bathrooms quarterly
The homeowner’s brief for this project was to improve the functionality and flow fo the 1920s home’s kitchen, while adding strong visual interest to the space. The kitchen flows directly into the family room [...]
Five Ideas on How to Use Mirrors to Add Light and Space
Five Ideas on How to Use Mirrors to Add Light and Space Mirror, mirror on the wall. Many of us would like to achieve more light and space in our homes. In today’s Blog [...]
7 Ways to Add Value to Your Property
7 Ways to Add Value to Your Property For many people, their property investments are their largest financial asset. How can you maximise the value of that asset through great interior design? [...]
Bold In Black – Special Kitchen Feature – House & Garden Magazine
March 2020
Going graphic With its strong retro aesthetic, this striking black and white galley kitchen designed by Nicola Manning melds with the character of the rest of the 1940s home, creating a highly functional space. [...]
Tips for Fabulous Front Doors
Tips for Fabulous Front Doors For some reason I have been obsessing about great front doors lately and pinning lots of pictures on Pinterest! I know, interior designers focus on strange things! First impressions [...]
Where Do You Start?
Where Do You Start? When I am working with my clients on renovation projects or building a new house, I am often asked where do we start? On my Blog this week we [...]
Why Nearly Every Bedroom Should Have An Upholstered Headboard
Why Nearly Every Bedroom Should Have An Upholstered Headboard I love upholstered headboards. I would even go as far as to say that every bedroom should have one. A bed without a headboard is [...]
Opposites Attract
The bathrooms in this Auckland home are a contrast of dark and light. The rooms dictated their looks says interior designer Nicola Manning of NM Design - the master ensuite was already a light [...]
Top Tips for Designing Your Laundry
Top Tips for Designing Your Laundry As any family knows, the Laundry is a very busy area of the house and one that you want to make as efficient as possible, to limit the [...]
Pink – Do you dare?
Colour Trend - Pink 15 September 2017 by Nicola Manning Pink, love it or hate it, we are seeing quite a bit of it at the moment in interiors. At the [...]