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.
This month I’m…
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Masthead
Social club • Every shade of green under the sun
Shopping
Window Shopping • TAKE A PEEK AT THE LATEST FINDS
Shop With Us for Mother’s Day • EXPERT STYLE IS JUST A CLICK AWAY WITH THE YOUR HOME AND GARDEN SHOP. SHIPPING INCLUDED
Mom • There are other ways to show how much you love your mother than spelling it out in permanent ink
10 of the best • These one-pot meal makers will take pride of place on any hob
I see Red • Red-hot style and red-hot colour go hand in hand
Expert Style Updates • Find out what’s on the shopping lists of New Zealand’s top magazine editors as they share their five fast updates
Homes
Let There Be Light • A sunny, spacious Beach Haven home is given a light-handed makeover
Shop their style • This house knows how to relax in style, with calming colours and statement pieces that add to the bliss
Made from Scratch • Driven by a clear-cut vision of their best life, this young couple created a rural idyll within cooee of the big smoke
Shop their style • This home is an example of Coco Chanel’s “take one thing off” mantra. She was talking about clothes, but we’re talking monochromatic minimal interiors
A World Away • Drawing on countless international influences, this multifaceted home is the perfect fit for GlobeWest’s Stephen Mendel and his wife, Tanya
Shop their style • Reminiscent of South African farmhouses, this holiday home is an exploration of the natural world through colours and shapes
Decorate
It Takes A Village • Help from friends and family and treasured heirlooms added heart and character to this bungalow’s makeover
Shop their style • This rustic haven is all about contrasting warm and cool tones to create a home that tugs on the heartstrings
Rug Up • Walk this way if you’re looking to add warmth, character and personality to your home
Step It Up
The revivalist • Rescue topographic maps from the op-shop and take an artistic side trip on the road less travelled
Conjuring Up... More Bathroom Storage • We asked the experts for their reno-free tricks to stash our bathroom stuff
Line of Sight • A modern display of dried flowers is a wonderful way to bring nature into a room. For something so simple, it really does punch above its weight
Makeover
Mix Of Styles • Art, vintage keepsakes, bespoke pieces and a keen eye for design help to create a light-filled haven of calm in the city
Shop Their Style • This home is proof comfy is chic. Adopt an eclectic approach to decorating with inspiration coming from different parts of the world
Air It Out • Laundry trends you’ll love, plus washing hacks for all sorts of spaces
Home And Dry • We can spend around three hours a week on laundry duty, so let’s make it worthwhile
Gardens
The Constant Gardener • It’s late autumn and time to plant some leafy green vegetables for delicious winter eating
Mother Nature • What’s growing on with Insta home gardener Annabel Sandison
Family Trees • Creating a child-friendly backyard was a priority for an Auckland couple
Food
Best of Brussels • Prepare to change your mind about a much-maligned vegetable
Mamacita’s Day • Send a Mexican wave of love with a special brunch for Mum
Trip To Cakeland • Get your bake on with MasterChef...