Designer Margaret Young of Invercargill is retiring, and she is leaving at the top of her game – her Divine Inspiration kitchen design for a stunning contemporary church conversion in Invercargill won two awards at the NKBA National Kitchen and Bathroom Awards last weekend.

When people talk about church conversions, images leap to mind of picturesque chapels transformed into bijou homes. So the first surprise about Andy and Sharyon Ralph’s resurrection is pure scale.