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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Special Deliveries • Project managing a new house while waiting for their baby to arrive was a wild ride for this couple

Core Values • The design, construction and decorating of a Taranaki family’s new-build was made all the sweeter thanks to family and friends

Play Along • Designed with the doll’s houses of yesteryear in mind, this pretty home is some kind of wonderful

Schooled in Colour

The revivalist • Add new life to an old tin bath that has seen better days. Baby, it’s never looked so good

Shady business

Keen As Mustard • When two creative minds collide, the result is an explosion of colour and pattern

Colour wheel • Give your home a no-demo reno with an injection of colour. Start your hunt for the perfect hue with these five trending tones

How To... Brighten A Dark Room • Turn up the brightness and shine a light on a dim and dull living area with helpful tips from a design expert

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The constant gardener • As the days become warmer take the time to prepare your garden beds if you want to ensure a bumper growing season

You grow, girl • This Insta gardener is all about easy, genius gardening hacks

The enchanted Garden • Encourage your children to run, play and dig into the joy of being outside, then nurture a love of gardening

Food

Asian Flavours • Get on board the Orient Express for light and flavourful spring dining

Little Italy • Che buono! Bite into a taste of Italy with four of chef Gennaro Contaldo’s delizioso vegetable-packed recipes

Gather around • Salty or sweet – what’s your kryptonite? Enhance your wine enjoyment with these delicious snack pairings

Sound Bites • All the ingredients for kitchen and entertaining success

Inspector Gadget • We turn on the Nanoleaf outdoor string lights. Prepare to be dazzled

Glazes of Glory • From coffee cups to candle holders, meet the Taranaki artisan you will want to have on your homewares radar

Stand Up For Yourself • How to improve your self-esteem, state your boundaries and become more assertive