Heavenlea Touch Homewares is a small, home based NZ business located in Tuahiwi, North Canterbury. We are a husband and wife team whose blend of skills, creativity & expertise ensure we provide hand crafted products that are both functional, high quality and aesthetically appealing.
Our family consists of 3 endearing children, one Beagle named Chloe and a cat, who was once a feral find in our chicken coop, named Maple. Andrew has 30 years experience as a Qualified Self employed Builder and enjoys the challenge of being resourceful in creating appealing wood projects, big and small, using reclaimed materials in his projects. Andrew especially enjoys making one off pieces with flare and at present has been focusing on designing and making out door furniture and mirrors.
I, Leonie, have loved to create with my hands, especially playing with colour, texture and design. As a wee dot I vividly remember turning my nose up to playing with dolls and the like for cello tape, scissors, card and crayons. I remember, as I still do today, my imagination churning constantly with creative ideas. Being a fully qualitfied Primary School teacher I majored in art and special needs ensuring my career path required ample amounts of creative challenges to fullfil my God given creative wiring.
We take pride in combining our creative talents, imagination and diligent artisan expertise in hand creating Furniture, Home & Garden wares from reclaimed timber & materials at cost-effective prices Our deliberate selection of discarded, aged or broken materials influences the unique design of each piece by recreating them into items of beauty ensuring every product is equally sustainable and aesthetically distinctive. Our aim is not to make furniture ‘too perfect’ as we infuse our nature based rustic style in handcrafting our wares with love and quality ensuring each piece is unique for our customer’s space and home. Our aesthetic style contains a variety of design influences with French & Country Rustic Barn style with splashes of Nordic and Industrial with undertones of quirky.