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 • The bold and bizarre, barn doors and a very good boy

Your Home and Garden NZ

SHOPPING

Fresh finds • The latest looks and products we love

Island time • With an inherited passion for clay, potter Esther McDonald takes inspiration for her wares from her beautiful Waiheke surrounds

Inspired reads • Give your mind, body and home a boost with these uplifting books

Prime time • Five simple ways to reinvigorate yourself mentally and physically for the new season – with the promise of fun along the way

Top finds for spring

Petal perches • Vessels for your favourite spring blooms

Primary school • Paired with neutrals or in clashing combinations, furniture is looking on the bright side

Throw some shades • Step away from the off-white and embrace colour. Meet your new best friends turmeric and olive

HOMES

Swept off her feet • Footwear designer Kathryn Wilson had to tear herself away from her beloved little townhouse, but she has found a forever home in this grand old dame

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Mix treasured vintage furniture with timeless statement pieces in crystal, marble and leather

Life is rosy • Somehow this 1930s apartment was renovated and filled with soft colour in 10 short weeks – just in time for the arrival of daughter number five

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Pretty pastels mix with cane and rattan for a soft, elegant vibe in this home, while matte black finishings give it a modern edge

KEEP PALM & CARRY ON • Piece by piece, interior designer Shelley Ferguson has patiently transformed her dated ’60s home into a Palm Springs paradise

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Natural materials, brass accents, pops of muted colour and plenty of texture combine for an elegant take on Palm Springs

Hue-turn • Soothe or stimulate your mood with these colour trends for quality time at home

RENOVATION

History repeats • A mother-daughter duo give their old family bach a much-needed update with nods to the past

Problems & solutions

Renovation worksheet

Happy campers • The boundary between inside and outside is blurred at a Matarangi holiday home thanks to the clever use of sliding doors and raked windows

Hang on • Elevate bare walls with a DIY coat rack painted in delightful peachy tones

Future proof • A neutral palette and smart furniture choices make this child’s bedroom work from toddler to teen

Orange pop • Tangy citrus colours combined with confident decorating choices. It must be spring – time to wake up the senses

Lucky charm • Armed with a paint brush, this homeowner transformed her idyllic rural house room by room while her children napped

Lasting appeal • Get inspired by the everyday with these classic tones and enduring palettes

SPRING FLING • Five salads that bloom with fresh greens, citrus zest and zingy dressings

GARDENS

Lush layers • Spread out over a steep, sloping site, this delightful terraced Taranaki garden now has its time to shine

Nature babies • Get your kids off their screens and into the garden with these handy tips

October checklist • Spring into gardening this month with a budding new season to-do list

GET BUSY

Drop-off zone • A planted boundary softens a steep slope into a neighbouring reserve

Suggested planting plan

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