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.

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Social club • Smell the sea air and water your plants

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Christmas

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Bling It On • Ornaments that will spruce up your tree decorating game

Never enough • Don’t just deck the halls. Go all out and make it a Christmas to remember

The definitive gift guide

In their good books • For that impossible-to-buy-for person, give a page-turner

Homes

Blushing Beauty • A New Plymouth home with dark and moody decor gets decked out in festive pinks and golds

Christmas Gold • Stylist and homewares store owner Ginamarie Riley shares her holiday traditions, old and new

Holiday Spirit • Settling into her Eastbourne house, DIY queen Nikki Kettle shares her tricks to a colourful, laidback Christmas

Shop their style • When a home’s motto is to bring joy, you can bet there will be plenty of colour and whimsy alongside serious style

A green Christmas • Make your decorating a celebration of rebirth and hope with an abundance of greenery

Doing The Hard Yards • Part two of our series following in the wake of an Olympic rowing legend as he transforms a grand old villa in Cambridge

Designed for a Haier Good • A new ecosystem of smart kitchen appliances saves you housework, time and money – and looks great too

How To Paint Like A Pro

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Nuts about Christmas • Swedish designer Lotta Kuhlhorn is such a fan of Christmas she once had seven Christmas trees. This year, she’s limited herself to just the one, but as you can see the spirit of Yuletide is still alive and well at her house

Shop their style • A mash-up of vintage eclecticism and gloriously kitsch Christmas ornaments make it a fun festive season

Spring fever • A Milton hallway evokes daffodils and pine trees

Get cracking • Whip up a larger-than-life nutcracker and have it standing guard to greet guests this Christmas

Full circle • A homemade wreath will take pride of place on your front door – or anywhere really

Yule be a star • Festive decorations to make your home look merry and bright

Out of the Box • A colourful Nelson home stands out on a character-filled street

Gardens

The constant gardener • The end of the year is a busy time, here’s how to stay on top of everything and still enjoy gifts from your garden

Hide and seed • Permaculture educator Kirsten Bradley tells how to create a safe haven for little critters and guerilla gardening fun

Rainbow bites

Mix & Match • Take the stress out of Christmas meal planning with our ultimate festive selection

sound bites • All the ingredients for kitchen and entertaining success

Gourmet Goodies • Delightful, delicious presents from your kitchen to please everyone, from children to foodies

Wines Under $25 • Cheers! It’s the party season again and we’ve found 10 fabulous drops worth celebrating

set the scene • SERVE UP DELICIOUS FOOD AND STYLE WITH DIVINE TABLE SETTINGS

Living

downtime • INSPIRING WAYS TO REST, RECHARGE AND GET MORE YOU TIME

Inspector Gadget • Cocktail garnishes and Christmas decorations are sorted with this Sunbeam dehydrator

Sugar rush • Lauded for her exquisite French treats, Bridget O’Sullivan is...