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 • Narnia vibes and transformative rugs

Your Home and Garden

SHOPPING • BURNING DESIRE Dutch outdoor furniture brand Weltevree is available here now, so we get to elevate our alfresco dining area with an outdoor oven that has refined European style written all over it. This is not only a source of heat, but also doubles as a pizza oven and barbecue grill. $1798, from tulips.co.nz

window shopping • TAKE A PEEK AT THE LATEST FINDS

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

Joy division • This winter surround yourself with things that make you LOL

10 of the best • Mirror, mirror on the wall, these are the fairest of them all

happy-SAD • Beat the blues and get the better of seasonal affective disorder with these mood-boosters

Out to dry • Kit out your laundry and you’ll have your home looking spick and span in no time

HOMES • A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY Just because you live rurally doesn’t mean a New York loft-style concrete floor isn’t an option. This home south of Auckland incorporates the best of both worlds with cowhide finishings and urban minimalism. For more of this house, turn to page 38.

ALL IN GOOD TIME • An Auckland family’s desire to build by the sea hit a few unexpected squalls, but the result is a roaring success

Country score • Adult and children pods separated by a large living space has resulted in perfect family harmony

LIFE WITH ART • Renting is no obstacle for Steve and Bobby Clark who are using art, DIY skills and styling to revamp their home

RENOVATION • GOOD FIT Renovating and modernising a heritage villa is a golden opportunity to create a kitchen that gives everything a designated space. Purposeful design is everyone’s dream. For more of this reno turn to page 58.

Love letters • Years of letter writing to own this Dunedin villa culminated in a labour of love renovation

The flip SIDE • How hard can it be? We’ve all heard of people buying a home in need of some TLC at the right price, renovating it to a suitable standard before selling it three or six months later for a tidy profit. Is it still doable?

Right on the money • How to finance your renovation when interest rates are soaring

MAKEOVER • CURTAIN RAISER A window without a curtain or blind is a lost opportunity to really fiinish a space. For the latest on window treatments, turn to page 94 for the lowdown.

LIVING THE FAIRYTALE • An abandoned cottage in Dunedin was this family’s dream come true

Plastic fantastic • Colourful and contemporary, a Perspex vase or container is a cool craft project

SOFT FOCUS • In mixology terms, soft furnishings are the olive in the martini – vital for success

Resene SMALL ROOM AWARDS (BUT BIG IN IMPACT) 2023

CURTAIN CALL • Dress your windows to impress with the latest trends in curtains and blinds

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Golden hour • Give a warm glow to your child’s bedroom with a bed nook in soft hues

GARDENS • TOP OF THE POPS Around 100 species of poppy grow around the world, but it’s the red Flanders poppy (Papaver rhoeas) that will always hold a special place in Kiwi hearts. Poppies grow best in well-drained soil with full sun and the seeds need to be sown directly into the soil. Don’t bury the seeds, a light sprinkling of seed-raising mix on top is all you’ll need for germination.

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