Your Home and Garden

Your Home and Garden shows you how to create a home that reflects your personal style. From decorating tips to easy DIY craft projects and expert gardening advice, it is packed with inspiring and affordable ideas for when you are renovating, building or simply updating your home.

Hello

Masthead

Social club • Throw open the windows and get out the scissors

Shopping

window shopping

Shop With Us • EXPERT STYLE IS JUST A CLICK AWAY WITH THE YOUR HOME AND GARDEN SHOP. SHIPPING INCLUDED

Marigold magic • Sunshine is finally here, along with this cheerful burst of yellow that radiates good vibes

10 of the best • No table should be without a water jug. Aside from the practicality, they’re aesthetically pleasing

The squiggles • Serve up some smiles with this silly, joyous trend

Salad season • Eat your leafy greens in style with serveware and spinners worth giving a toss about

Homes

Sunshine state • Maximising natural light and sea views, a new home in Tasman leans into Mediterranean style with sweeping archways and custom pieces

Shop their style • Creamy and neutral tones make for a calm environment that is simultaneously elegant and refined

Old Soul • This Tauranga new-build combines a fresh face with the epic yarns and charismatic charm of a much older vintage

Shop their style • Contemporary monochrome is paired with thoughtful touches, from moody florals to objet art d’art

Make yourself At Home • Farewell your tired furniture and give yourself a stylish upgrade with timeless, comfortable pieces that will stand the test of time

Renovation

Cottage industry • Our resident renovations expert Jen Jones opens the door to show us her very personal makeover project

Shop their style • Sticking to a predominantly white interior and accenting with wood throughout makes this small cottage feel unified and bigger than it actually is

Going For Gold • Meet double Olympic gold medallist Eric Murray, the dynamo behind our new series tracking the transformation of a grand old villa in Cambridge

5 Steps to picking the perfect paint • Resene’s colour experts take the guesswork out of choosing colours for your home

Win $5000 of tiles for your dream bathroom • Experience Tile Space’s free Design Space simulation and you could win your tiles for free

Spring Shower • Trends and updates to make your bathroom look as fresh as a daisy

The flip Side

Wooden it be nice • Once you’ve decided to go with a hard flooring such as wood, wood-look or concrete, the decisions don’t stop there. Here’s what you need to know

Makeover

Small Wonder • Space-saving interior design features influenced by a Japanese aesthetic turned this tiny home into a fully-functioning family home

All in Order • Call your books to attention with these wavy bookends

World of Difference • The outside is beckoning, so take some cues from around the world and channel global destinations with your outdoor decor

Outside Interests • Design and durability go hand in hand when setting up for fun in the sun

Gardens

The constant gardener • Say hello to sunshine and make the most of the longer, warmer days by getting busy in your home patch

Dirt simple • The top 12 gardening hacks popping up on social media that are worth following

Food

Party Starters • Take Asian street food as your inspiration and celebrate the warmer days and nights

Top of the pops

Whey To Go • Aussie chef Colin Wood shares his soft and creamy cheese recipe, plus a dreamy dip

sound bites • All the ingredients for kitchen and entertaining...