Interiors photographer Jane Ussher knows a great room when she sees one.
The dining room of this Grey Lynn villa features ginger jars and a Burmese puppet head collected by the owners (PHOTO: Jane Ussher)
This central-city apartment is full of artwork collected over many decades, including pieces by Bill Culbert, Darryn George, John Reynolds and Don Driver. (PHOTO: Jane Ussher)
Freemans Bay House, Auckland. The owner of this two-storeyed villa decorated the house herself but asked Katie Lockhart to assist with colour, especially to find the perfect pink. The dining chairs are Hay, from Cult, and the owner commissioned the marble-topped table, which was built by Grant Bailey. (PHOTO: Jane Ussher)
Grey Lynn House, Auckland. This turn of the century square fronted villa, extended some years ago by architect Malcolm Walker, features the work of its artist
owner. (PHOTO: Jane Ussher)
Parnell cottage, Auckland. The two paintings above the nineteenth-century English oak dresser base in the dining room of this Parnell cottage are by Judy Millar (left) and Imogen Taylor. (PHOTO: Jane Ussher)
Addington Cottage, Christchurch. This 1907 cottage features two large nineteenth-century northern Chinese ancestral portraits. On the shelf below are a painted bronze by Simon Ogden and two pieces of peasant ceramics from Sicily. (PHOTO: Jane Ussher)
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