Monday, July 26, 2010

Villa love...

We took the boys for a walk over the weekend down to the small beaches that line the harbour front in Auckland's Herne Bay. While they were running and bouncing along with Daddy I was house shopping. Just browsing of course.... Herne Bay is rather nice but pretty pricey.
I've shown you the villas in My Villa Life before and thought you'd like to see more. You'd have to agree the details are to die for. And how do you like this colour for a front door? I would have skipped past it in a colour chart but it looked divine with the magnolia blossoming in the garden.
Once I'd started spotting doors, I found more and more I rather liked...  
I'll go for a walk again sometime soon and show you more.

13 comments:

  1. They are beautiful houses. Makes me want to sell up and move to Auckland!

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  2. More please! I love old NZ villas. We owned a 100 year old villa in Hastings (sold it at just the right time mind you - the roof started leaking).
    Don't you just really appreciate a fine day in Auckland:o)
    The paint colour om my coffee table is MESH. I think it's British Paints. Can't wait to see your TV table.
    Angex

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  3. Hey Ann, Fancy seeing you here! Seems we're both Kiwi Mummy Bloggers! Nice blog by the way and good to see the boys are fitting right into kiwi life! I still miss home though after 6 years...

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  4. Gorgeous, I used to have a house in Herne Bay so these shots are a fabulous "blast from the past".

    Leeann x

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  5. You could only be happy in a town that has houses like that..They are just so beautiful. I love the shadow picture of the boys too..Rachaelxx

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  6. Gorgeous homes and the glass in those doors are beautiful.

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  7. Keep sharing those lovely images. All beautiful!

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  8. The details are absolutely stunning. I do like the grey door the best. New Zealand have such gorgeous architecture. Hayley

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  9. I have been wanting to move to South Australia for the past 2 years now in hopes of living in a safer,higher quality place. My husband has been waiting for a new job for also 2 years and he has finally told me that if he does not get the job, we are packing up and moving. We see ourselves moving eventually. We are very dissapointed in our goverment. The whole idea scares the hell out of my husband. Thanks for writing back. Heidi

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  10. I love doors, they go right along with my wreath obsession! Thanks for the walk, looking forward to the next one!!!

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  11. I am in search of a new front door at the moment and I love these! Thanks for the inspiration. Emma

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  12. The gate is incredible ~ absolutely gorgeous.

    I have just stumbled across your blog and I am getting a lovely chuckle out of your writing style ~ a little lick of sarcasm here and there which is delicious. Not surprising as you have a journalistic background.

    Greetings from a designer across the Tasman in Melbourne.

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  13. ah just beautiful - all of them, but the architecture of the first pic - divine!!!

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Thanks for taking the time to write, Ann x