Design Renovate Decorate Seminars

Bathroom Designs

A fresh look at bathroom designs

Kitchen Designs

Turn your dream kitchen ideas into reality

Celia Visser – Celia Visser Design

Celia Visser is passionate about design, a specialist in designing uniquely beautiful home interiors she prides herself on producing innovated, stunning, yet functional designs that not only meets, but exceeds her clients’ expectations adding the 'Wow' factor to their homes.

A qualified Kitchen, Bathroom and Interior Designer with twenty years experience throughout New Zealand & internationally, Celia has won multiple awards, the most recent being NKBA Supreme Bathroom Award 2011, which has enabled her to publicise her unique individualistic style, and gain a respected name both in the industry and with her many clients.

Celia’s is one of New Zealand’s most published designers and regularly writes for magazines and newspaper columns.  A leading contributor in the New Zealand design industry, she has involved herself in a number of roles such as, public speaking at numerous trade shows and seminars and tutoring design students. Celia is currently a member of the Certified Designers Society, NKBA, and a professional member of DINZ, and was previously the Vice President of the National Kitchen and Bathroom Association. 

How to Keep your Renovation ON BUDGET

The key ingredients to not only keep your design within your budget brief but also keep your construction costs under control.

How to Ensure a Successful Renovation Project

The key mistakes most people make and how to avoid them

Murray Kee

Murray from Finesse Residential has been in the building industry for 26 years, with the last 14 in management & sales. His business partner joined him in January 2005, and since then they have vastly expanded and now currently have 20 employees and a solid workload for the rest of 2011. Finesse Residential specialize in major renovations and the design and build of quality new homes. They are Registered Master Builders, winning 4 prestige awards in the last 2 years, and have a new Show Home opening in Karaka Harborside early 2012.

Confidence with Colour

Learn tips and tricks from a colour professional so you can take your favourite colours and swatches and confidently design colour schemes that suit you and your lifestyle. Clever yet simple ideas, tips and tricks that you can try out for yourself.

Sarah Gregory - Resene

Sarah Gregory is a Resene Colour Consultant with extensive experience working with a wide range of clients to help them achieve their desired decorating results. In her work she has found that the best colour schemes are where the colours fit the client’s personality and lifestyle, not the other way around.

Interior Design

Practical advice, tips and a look at trends and colour to consider when creating a living space you’ll love.

Amanda Neill - Designworx

Award winning Devonport based Interior Designer, Amanda Neill, has extensive design training and experience in residential interiors. She tutored part time at the Auckland School of Interior Design, and has for many years, been involved with Colour Forecasting for the New Zealand market.  Through the Designworx studio in Devonport, Amanda runs interior design workshops on colour and design, and her seminars at the Homeshows are well attended and packed full of information to assist in helping people who want to design better living environments. She is passionate about and has extensive knowledge on colour. Her showroom exhibits several of her own furniture designs, including the Evoque Indoor / Outdoor dining table, which has been featured in several magazines. She has featured in many well known publications with her work.

Asset Protection

Want to know how to protect your assets, manage your tax, deal with insolvency? Want free advice?  Come and listen to get the answers and to take advantage of the free advice offered.

Janet Xuccoa - Gilligan Rowe & Associates

Janet Xuccoa, Partner of Gilligan Rowe & Associates LP, BCom LLB.  Author and reknown presenter on all things money.  Will present on how you protect your assets, legally minimize your tax and help your children deal with money.  Will also discuss how to make money through property and will comment on National and Labour’s different objectives when it comes to running the economy.

Renovating for Your Home Type

Learn how to maximise what’s great about your home type. Villas, Bungalows, State Houses.

Anthea Baker – Homebase

Described by her friends as a compulsive renovator, Anthea Baker can’t sit in a room without redecorating it – a skill she has been practising since she first owned a doll’s house. “Even at that age I knew how a house could be changed to look and feel better,” she says. 
As an adult, Anthea studied Interior Design to reinforce and extend her natural flair. Years of successful property investment and renovation projects followed, during which Anthea acquired a vast knowledge of the property and design industries. That experience, combined with her extensive practice in applying the principles of design to interiors, has positioned her perfectly to offer an impressive – and rare – skill set in the area of home improvement.

Lighting Trends

A brief overview of current lighting concepts & trends and some techniques of how to create visually dynamic spaces!

Frank Ruohonen – Lightingplus

Frank Ruohonen is the National Lighting Design Manager for Lightingplus.  He has an  AIT Diploma in Illluminating Engineering  ,won  IESNZA lighting awards in Residential , Shoplighting and Landscaping and has many years of practical lighting design experience to share.

Landscaping Trends

Bamboo is an extremely versatile plant, and can be used the garden in a variety of ways. To bring in a big tropical WOW factor, or a subtle graceful screen, bamboo can be used to great effect.  But the bamboo canes can be used as a material to add that design element to your landscape with a Japanese feel, tropical Bali style or a cutting edge contemporary look. All of this will be covered in this seminar, including containing those invasive bamboos.

Mark Mortimer - Bambusero in the Walk of Gardens

Bambusero is an Auckland based business making bamboo fences, screens, bamboo furniture, bamboo Lighting, bamboo interior design elements, bamboo construction.... in fact bamboo anything! Mark Mortimer has been working with bamboo for about 15 years now. Whether it's a custom screen for your courtyard, a wedding arbour, a freeform sculpture or a piece of furniture, Mark can guide you through the design process to come up with an original custom made solution.

Designing Integrated Future-Ready Homes

Learn the benefits and process involved in residential custom installation. Our aim is to ensure homes are usefully connected internally and externally to electronic and data services for the foreseeable future. We reveal whats’ possible in home electronic design today for the future.

Nicolas Rossi – Automation Associates

Smart Home & Building Automation

Ensure your family’s comfort and security by giving you the ability to control your home’s lighting, energy management, climate control, sun protection, security and communication.

Bobby Merai – ABB Limited

Bobby Merai is ABB’s Product Specialist for smart home & building automation, and has worked for ABB for over two years. Bobby will explain how ABB’s i-bus® KNX, the world’s first open standard in building control, can help you look after your family’s comfort and security by giving you the ability to control your home’s lighting, energy management, climate control, sun protection, security and  communication.