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A Bloom tablelamp by Tim Rundle for Resident from Simon James Design on USMshelving from ECC. Cord chairs by Clement Meadmore either side of a Stool 60 by Alvar Aalto for Artek from Thonet.
This article first appeared in Here magazine and is re-published with permission. It started with a list and a good dose of serendipity and it took a lot of patience, as all the best house-hunt stories do. In 2006, Matt and Kate Arnold left Melbourne for Ōtautahi Christchurch, Kate’s home town, and began searching for a house to buy. “We went to a couple of open homes – and they weren’t good,” says Kate. Disillusioned, Matt began looking at mid-century houses, despite knowing little about them at the time. Something about the style clicked with the designer and founder of Sons & Co.