Trends New Zealand Volume 35 No 4 | Page 72

Above: This first floor space in the children’s wing is currently used as a rumpus/family room, but will become an ideal separate hangout when the kids have grown into teenagers. The room overlooks the spiral staircase that gives access to the upper levels of both wings. Right: Degrees of separation – the parents’ master suite sits in the most tranquil part of the home, in the opposite wing to the children’s bedrooms. search | save | share at their bathroom run along the top of the other wing. Each of the bedrooms opens onto a covered outdoor balcony that leads to a lounge at the top of the spiral stairs, where there is also a bridge across to the parent’s master suite. While this lounge is currently used as a rumpus room, Cole says it will be an ideal hangout for the children and their friends when they reach their teenage years. On the ground floor of this wing is the family dining room at the base of the stairs, linking across the pond to the