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 • Rigatoni, upcycling and stained glass magic

Shopping

Window Shopping

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

Love lilac • This dreamy, soft shade is as soothing as it is serene. It’s a bubble bath for the mind, if you will

10 of the best • You’ll be bowled over by this beautiful selection

Child’s play • Kit out your kid’s room with a sense of joy and wonder

Chain reaction • Don’t be a weak link — loop into the action with this shapely tabletop trend

Homes

A Home For Every Season • Entering a new life chapter inspired a family’s move to a simpler, less laborious way of living

Electric Dream • A family opts for maximalist pleasure in a spectacular show of lilac, green and yellow

Artistic Influence • Statement decor and a love of art have layered this new-build with character aplenty

Renovation

All In The Mix • The renovation of an 18th-century property displays splashes of colour, pattern and flamboyant fun, which is also a nod to this house’s Georgian heritage

A spa is born • How to unlock global spa style in your bathroom

Sustainable houses • How to be eco-considerate with finishes and fixtures when doing a makeover

Green Light

Hidden Gem • In dire need of a major glow up, a 1930s bungalow in Nelson became a bigger, better version of itself

Shop their style • This bungalow’s makeover owes much to the furniture and decorative pieces that are simpatico with the home’s era – plus some modern touches

Soft Spot

On the house • No money? No worries. Try these 10 hot tips for refreshing your home for zero dollars

A sweet treat • A New Plymouth home serves up a stylish array of delightful pastel tones

Gardens

The constant gardener • As summer flowers and veggies fade, and even though there’s still much to harvest, it’s time to prep for autumn

Inspector Gadget • If weeds are threatening to take over your suburban jungle, have we found the gardening tool for you

Piece out • Get arty and turn your green space into an outdoor gallery

Gourmet Tomato Pizzas

Go With The Grain • Low in fat and packed full of protein, boost your health with wheat berries, barley and legumes

Just desserts • End your autumn evenings on a sweet note

Match points • Your easy-to-follow guide to pairing wine with food

Sound bites • All the ingredients for kitchen and entertaining success

Island Hopping

The Busman’s Guide To: Greytown • This small Wairarapa town is pretty as a picture, with shops to match

Making waves • Jess Anderson had never used a jigsaw in her life, and now she’s churning out bold, brilliant mirrors and shelving with Get Wavey

The art of winging it • How to break free of the daily grind and embrace the freedom of spontaneity

A brief history of... The three-arm ceiling light • With its angular good looks, this mid-century supermodel of a light puts others in the shade