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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your home and garden

Social club

Summer Haze

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

Ocean’s 11 • Fun and games for a day at the beach

La dolce vita • Take a trip to sunny Italy without the cost of a plane fare

10 of the best • Stay hydrated all day, every day. These drink bottles are almost too cool to handle

Summer In Style • Have a staycay with inspiration from holiday hotspots — and a good old Kiwi backyard movie screening

2024 style Forecast • Feather your nest in style in 2024, as we share the trends the design experts are flocking to this year and beyond

Rich Heritage

Talent Pool • This makeover was all about working through the quirks of an old farmhouse

Lucky charm • A couple’s decision to buy a Napier character home sight unseen turned out to be the right one – and it had a surprising family connection

Full potential • Advised to bowl this old Auckland house, its new owners opted for a light and airy centenary makeover

Take The Plunge

Sustainable houses • Debunking the myths surrounding eco-friendly homes

Across The Finish Line! • We reveal the results of Olympic rower Eric Murray’s year-long DIY transformation of a grand old villa in Cambridge

Perfectly petite • As our backyards shrink, the small pool trend grows. Here are five of the best for inspo if you’re contemplating putting one in

Happy On The Outside • Future-proof your home with this year’s biggest exterior paint trends

Summer Breeze

Casual Cool • A dreamy holiday retreat on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca combines an understated feel with an idyllic location

Resene

Called to the Bar

Gardens

The constant gardener • Reap the rewards of all your efforts and begin harvesting – and pay it back by giving your plants some love with water and fertiliser

School Of Hard Rocks • Turn your wasteland of rubble into a pretty paradise

Food

Grill Seekers • Gather the troops, it’s time to put the sizzle into summer and fire up the barbie

Island time • Escape into a holiday state of mind where the drinks are long, fish is freshly caught and food sparkles with tropical island flavours

Sound bites

Living

Downtime

Inspector Gadget • Water is about to get a whole lot more exciting thanks to the Breville In Fizz Fusion

In focus • Get swept away by the dreamy, sun-kissed creative works of Alex and Sony

Onwards and Upwaeds

What’s Your House Style? • ARE YOU BUILDING FRENCH CASTLES IN THE AIR OR A RURAL RETREAT? TAKE OUR QUIZ AND DISCOVER YOUR DREAM HOME