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:home & away Trinity���s five top tips to updating your beach house: 1. Take some time to think it through Approach updating your beach house with a clear design brief and think about what you���d like to change, how to go about it and what you need or would like to buy. Buy yourself some treats ��� indulge in new chairs, cushions, a rug, lighting, art or ornaments to keep the look fresh. 2. Minimise clutter Holidays are a time to unwind and recharge ��� make your space a place you, your family and friends love hanging out in, with good storage solutions being an essential. Don���t make your beach house a dumping ground for objects you no longer want at home and don���t be afraid to throw out (or give away) anything that���s seen better days or no longer fits in. 3. Get creative A beach house is a place you can explore a style that differs from what you have at home; make it full of character, charming and eclectic and not too serious. Combine new with old, and bought with found. There are stylish ways that found objects can be displayed and this can also be a fun activity you can do with the kids on rainy days. 4. Create an ���outdoor room��� Source furniture that is flexible - pieces that have multiple uses and can be used inside or out are beach house essentials. There are many highly durable and gorgeous fabrics on the market now that are designed for both indoor and outdoor use. 5. Update your lighting Often an unconsidered element. Make sure you have options for creating different lighting scenes from general lighting to task lighting to evening ambiance. Simple solutions include installing feature pendants, replace switches with dimmer controls and add table or floor lamps to take the lighting from daytime to subdued evening moods. Don���t forget about exterior and landscape lighting also. 72 | www.h e rma gaz i n e . c o. n z Acacia Stripe Has your beach house become a dumping ground for superfluous and mismatched home wares? Make it your New Year���s resolution to give some much deserved TLC to your home away from home ���OUR FAMILY BEACH HOUSE has fallen into that ���dumping ground��� category so I���ve been busy updating it for the summer,��� says Emily Goodwin, one of the three interior designers in the Auckland-based Trinity Interior Design team. ���I���ve enjoyed updating the rustic building to be something we can all enjoy, from the adults to the toddlers, with an emphasis on indoor-outdoor living that is so important to most of us.��� Emily has worked on a variety of beach and coastal houses throughout her career and keeps up-to-date with beach house designs and quirky interior finishings to give her an edge for her clients��� designs. Emily appreciates the kitset 1950s retro bach, as well as the architectural style bach of raw timbers and concrete floors, iconic to modern New Zealand beach houses, that allow the owner to add their own colour and personality into the structure. ���The various styles of whitewash, architectural and raw materials, eco-friendly and resort are the main styles that seem to fit in with our environment and way of life.���