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 • Fused glass and fabric beloved by the young aristo set

Your Home and Garden

SHOPPING

window shopping • TAKE A PEEK AT THE LATEST FINDS

AT YOUR FINGERTIPS • Shop for amazing, hand-selected homewares every hour of every day at our new online store

SHOP WITH US • EXPERT STYLE IS JUST A CLICK AWAY WITH THE YOUR HOME AND GARDEN SHOP. OPEN NOW

Metal detector • Up that luxe touch and add the glam with gold, silver and bronze objects

10 of the best • Beaming a spotlight on the lightest and brightest key trends for bedside lamps

Feline GROOVY • Mittens will think she’s the cat’s miaow with this stylish homeware

COSY’S MOVING IN • Create a winter sanctuary you’ll love coming home to for a snug price

Cat PEOPLE • There’s no such thing as crazy cat ladies, just adoring owners

Iconic duo • Pink and green go together like salt and pepper or Bonnie and Clyde

Why McDonald’s is the taste of home • Pop the lid on a burger from Macca’s and you’ll find the fresh flavours of Aotearoa inside

HOMES

CENTRE STAGE • We go behind the scenes to explore an Auckland villa that’s home to two power players in New Zealand theatre

A labour of love • A Waihi couple are grateful for the calm after the storm as they enjoy their handcrafted home

Shop their style • Playful twists on timeless classics, plus a good eye for smart storage solutions, make this home a winner

HOME COMING • A cosy coastal retreat evokes nostalgic memories of holidays past while paying homage to its rugged landscape setting

Shop their style • Less was more when it came to decorating this house with its design-led pieces against a strong green backdrop

Water, water EVERYWHERE • Choosing to build on the Whitianga Waterways was very much Plan B for one couple, but it now feels like it was meant to be

RENOVATION

DARK MAGIC • A love for moody hues adds a heightened sense of drama to this Hastings home

It’s getting HOT in here • Here’s how to keep your home nice and toasty this winter with the latest and greatest in heating

Affordable refreshes • A few budget tweaks can be all you need to spruce up your home

MAKEOVER

CITY CALM • A former magazine editor has created an inner-city oasis – a veritable greenhouse and personal library, artfully styled with favourite objet gathered over the years

Shop their style • Against a backdrop of art gallery white, eclectic vintage-style furnishings and plants are allowed to shine

Pure imagination • This year’s Resene Colour Home Awards winner uses colour theory to knock a win out of the park

GIVE YOUR FRONT a facelift • How to give your exterior the wow factor for under $200 and $1000

Fair PLAY • Whether it’s a playhouse, she shed or teenager’s sleepout, a stencil-painted floor will elevate it from meh to wow

Everlasting LOVE • Give your furniture the tender care it needs to last a lifetime

GARDENS

The constant gardener • Winter is the season to set the groundwork for the next growing cycle – from planting trees and garlic to preparing the soil

Pro tips • From the experts at Kings Plant Barn

COOL HARVEST • What to sow and grow to get your greens this winter

FOOD

VEG WITH AN EDGE • These spectacular recipes from around the globe elevate veggies from an afterthought to the...