Love in a Jewel

As business origin stories go, Tracy and Joachim van Oostrum the couple behind LOVE IN A JEWEL, have a pretty good one. Long before they started their keepsake jewellery design business it was jewellery that brought them together.

LOCAL LIFE, EXPLORING, DWELLINGDorothy McLennanMarch 28, 2024Rural Life, Garden, Author, Tangleby

The Retro Home

When Rebecca Smith first moved into her two-storey, brick house in Timaru 10 years ago, it was “one blank and beige canvas to stamp my mark on.” Embracing her love of all things retro she soon transformed it into a swirling carnival of colours, patterns and textures.

LOCAL LIFE, EXPLORING, DWELLINGDorothy McLennanMarch 18, 2024Rural Life, Garden, Author, Tangleby

Telling Tales of Rural Life

On a late summer morning looking out over a garden with rambling roses, vigorous vines and established trees – it’s hard to imagine that seven years ago this was a bare paddock. But that’s exactly what it was says homeowner Sue Heazlewood.