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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” - Dr. Seuss

‘Stars of Marineland’ oar

Marineland.....A childhood memory for a lot of New Zealand people that came to Napier with their kids. No one really thought about how the animals were captured or their treatment. It certainly wasn't natural for a seal to get dressed up in a hat & tie & ...

Billie on the Home Base sheepskin….both beautiful

What to do on a rainy day...dress up, go wild with styling, hair & makeup & do a photoshoot on the Home Base Collections sheepskin rug & fluffy sheepskin cushions. Brian Culy Photography, Model Billie Culy, Makeup Hair & Clothing Cushla Bower, Stylist Leanne Culy

Yosemite Sam & rasberry sheepskin cushion

Photo taken from the Home Base office with the beautiful morning light.....

A Winter holiday…

Beautiful Home Base Collections textiles paired up with natural New Zealand sheepskin...what better way to snuggle up this winter Inspired by the classic peggy square rug Home Base Collections have created the sheepskin version from 50 pieces of New Zealand grown short clipped wool. Once sewn together the grain runs off ...

New installation at Aroha Lamour

Poster artwork with Billie in Dark Chocolate Hoki

Front window installation Hutchinson’s Hastings Hawkes Bay

Hutchinson's have been down the road from us since we started printing fabric way back in '08. We thought it would be nice to share it with them. We approached them with the samples & their response was overwhelming. They were so excited by it. We left them with a ...

New Zigzag Lamp Bases @ Homebase Collections

New improved Zizag lamp bases have been perfected and are ready to ship. They are now one piece shafts and the the tall model is reinforced with a steel rod. Zigzag small with Nature Nurture shade Zigzag tall with Red Rata shade Lights on The story of the Zigzag lamp bases: Brian's father David Culy was ...

home base winter showcase

a walk on the wild side .... on a beautiful Hawkes Bay winter weekend, we headed out with nature - our inspiration to capture light, textures and the colours of winter pale peach hoki on coffee coloured hemp with rata and tutu snuggle into one of Homebase Collections merino sheepskin peggy square wool rugs. ...

New oar prints by Leanne Culy

Three new oar prints have been produced from Leanne's last show at Black Barn Gallery. These limited edition, life size reproductions are printed on beautiful photo rag paper. "These are a few of my favorite oars from my show at Black Barn. The first one is called 'Treasure' and the most prominent image ...

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June 10th 2010
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‘Stars of Marineland’ oar

Marineland.....A childhood memory for a lot of New Zealand people that came to Napier with their kids. No one really thought about how the animals were captured or their treatment. It certainly wasn't natural for a seal to get dressed up in a hat & tie & ...
June 3rd 2010
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Billie on the Home Base sheepskin….both beautiful

What to do on a rainy day...dress up, go wild with styling, hair & makeup & do a photoshoot on the Home Base Collections sheepskin rug & fluffy sheepskin cushions. Brian Culy Photography, Model Billie Culy, Makeup Hair & Clothing Cushla Bower, Stylist Leanne Culy
May 25th 2010
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Yosemite Sam & rasberry sheepskin cushion

Photo taken from the Home Base office with the beautiful morning light.....
May 21st 2010
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A Winter holiday…

Beautiful Home Base Collections textiles paired up with natural New Zealand sheepskin...what better way to snuggle up this winter Inspired by the classic peggy square rug Home Base Collections have created the sheepskin version from 50 pieces of New Zealand grown short clipped wool. Once sewn together the grain runs off ...
May 17th 2010
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New installation at Aroha Lamour

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