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 • Dreamy decor, a new store alert and grumpy cats galore

Your Home and Garden NZ

SHOPPING

Fresh finds • The latest looks and products we love

A Fiji moment • While Fiji provides plenty of opportunity to work on your tan, its appeal runs much deeper. Meet local artisans, enjoy sustainable and environmentally-friendly tourism and reconnect with your loved ones away from the stress of modern life

Board game • Say yes please to cheese with this selection of servingware

Shelf life • Inset shelving provides the perfect perch for beautiful objects in sunset tones

Work the room • With a homeware boutique, linen range and even a caravan bar for hire, interior designer Anna Begg is a woman of many talents

TOP TRENDS for the new decade • We’re moving away from stark white towards mood-enhancing colour; from straight lines to gentle curves. Welcome to the era of sensorial delight at home

What’s next for colour

Glass half full • From smoked to frosted, ribbed to coloured, unique glass is trending. Fi reveals how to find this vintage treasure

Top finds for April

Perch perfect • Long legged or petite, there’s a stool to suit every style

Ridge line • Homeware gets its groove on with ribbed and rippled textures

Midnight dream • A delicate floral in blue (or white) adds whimsical lightness to a moody palette

Cool change • This year’s Resene Colour Home Awards winners brought subtle colour and a dose of character back to an Oamaru villa

HOMES

THE FUN HOUSE • From run down to remarkable, this special home shows what’s possible with a bold vision — and hard work

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Macramé and cane mix with factory-style lighting and chunky stainless steel for a ’70s take on industrial chic

STEP BY STEP • Masters at making every dollar count, this family have worked wonders on a classic split-level house that no one else wanted

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Pops of brilliant colour and plenty of lush plants add visual impact to this home’s base of white and wood

Art & soul • Classic design pieces mix with intentionally provocative art in this eye-popping family home

SHOP THEIR STYLE • International design classics mingle with soft pastel furnishings and marble accents in this eye-catching home

Discover new depths • As the weather cools, turn your bedroom into an inviting haven with rich earth tones and plush textures

Colour palette

RENOVATION

Worth the wait • Ten years after moving in, this interior designer gutted her Auckland villa to transform it into her dream family home

Problems & solutions

Renovation worksheet

Modern minimalism • Future-proof your bathroom with this clean and simple look

4 days of DIY • Earn your treats this Easter by tackling one of these step-by-step space transformations

Kid’s bedroom revamp • WITH STYLIST AND RENOVATOR JESS SINGH @_jesssingh

Outdoor living refresh • WITH STYLIST AND RENOVATOR JESS SINGH @_jesssingh

Garage overhaul • WITH DESIGNER HANNAH FELTHAM goodspacedesign.co.nz

Kitchen perfection • Longing to fix your kitchen’s annoying layout or change those dated finishes, but find the idea of renovating too daunting? The good news is that getting the look of a bespoke kitchen has become a whole lot easier – and kinder on your pocket

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