A while back, Alexa wrote about a project by one of our favorite designers, New Zealander Katie Lockhart. What we especially admire about Katie is her deft touch when it comes to mixing different styles and periods so that the overall look isn’t too fussy or contrived.
Below, we dissect the elements that make this living room, in an Auckland villa, one of the coolest we’ve seen.
Photography by David Straight courtesy of Katie Lockhart Studio.
![trowel polished plaster by resene rockcote, a plaster cladding specialist in ne 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/katie-lockhart-franklin-road-2-733x977.jpg)
![katie often works with her friend, carpenter grant bailey, to design custom fur 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/katie-lockhart-franklin-road-6-733x977.jpg)
![custom built in walnut cabinetry runs the length of one wall, spanning the livi 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/katie-lockhart-franklin-road-7-733x550.jpg)
![katie worked with jack mckinney architects on the project. their clients were i 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/katie-lockhart-franklin-road-1-733x1100.jpg)
![to the right is an interior garden, conceived by katie and executed by her brot 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/katie-lockhart-franklin-road-9-733x977.jpg)
Here’s what you’ll need to replicate the look:
Furniture
![katie selected the cs sofa and ottoman from truck in japan for the living room; 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/truck-furniture-cs-sofa-733x610.jpg)
![the rush bench in the space is from japan. for a similar look, try this america 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mel-smilow-rushed-bench-1st-dibs-733x430.jpg)
![in lieu of a side table, consider an elegant rustic tall stool by sawkille; fro 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sawkille-bleached-walnut-tall-stool-733x489.jpg)
Lighting
![artek’s a8\10 floor lamp by alvar aalto is \$\2,\1\19 at finnish design 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/aalto-floor-lamp-733x589.jpg)
![the hotaru double bubble light starts at £\270 at twentytwentyone. 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/hotaru-double-bubble-lights.jpg)
![the glo ball basic zero table lamp by jasper morrison is \$\293 at lumens. (see 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/flos-jasper-morrison-glo-ball-mini-t-table-lamp-733x489.jpg)
Accessories
![this vintage berber pillow is \$\10\2 at berberology. 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/vintage-berber-pillow-berberology-733x489.jpg)
Flooring & Walls
![the tiles throughout the room are italian terracotta tiles from fornace br 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fornace-brioni-traditional-cotto-terracotta-733x479.jpg)
![katie purchased the tuareg mat from kulchi. from the website: \2\20;prod 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/tuareg-mat-vintage-kulchi-733x469.jpg)
![the color on the walls is pause, from aalto paint, a new zealand paint company. 31](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/aalto-pause-paint-733x455.jpg)
For the whole house tour, see Collective Composition: A Historic Villa Renovation in Auckland by Katie Lockhart and Jack McKinney Architects.
For more projects by the designer, see:
- A Soulful, Monastic House in New Zealand, Japanese-Shaker Style Included
- Mission Bay Pavilion: A Modern, Color-Packed Addition to Auckland’s City Beach
N.B.: This post is an update; the original story ran on March 9, 2021.
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