Your Home and Garden

All bright now

Down a long, narrow driveway, tucked snugly in a corner of the small plot in Auckland’s Western Springs, sits an understated and unassuming cedar-panelled house. The first clue that this simple, clean-lined little building contains something very special is the sunny yellow front door. Swing that open and you’re in the bright, cheerful, comfortable and character-filled haven where food stylist and editor Fiona Smith has lived for the past 18 years.

Digby and Timmy, Fiona’s canine companions, will accompany you across the black-and-white tiled entrance hall with walls hung with art at every step. On the left, you’ll pass doors that open into the

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