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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This month I’m…

Social club • One for the foodies, plus a very good boy

Your Home And Garden

SHOPPING

Fresh finds • The latest looks and products we love

Rock of ages • Channel Fred and Wilma with this 21st century take on stone

Old school • Embrace granny chic with Grandmillennial style

Home renos start here • PlaceMakers has everything you need for your new kitchen, bathroom, laundry and wardrobe

Burning desires • These fragrance makers are blowing candles out of the park

Sunny side up • Inject some joy into your home with this happy hue

Preserving summer • Two wonderful ways of using the season’s bounty to enjoy in the chillier months to come

Top finds this month

Print job • Zoë Lovell-Smith has combined pottery and 3D printing to become a local pioneer of new world ceramics

HOMES

LIVING THE DREAM • It was love at first when a British interior stylist first clapped eyes on this inner-city apartment

SHOP THEIR STYLE • It may not be their forever home but two friends who rent created an international loft vibe by sourcing far and wide

A tiny piece of Paris • After saying au revoir to France, a Kiwi family are enjoying la belle vie in their chic Christchurch apartment

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Internationally sourced treasures work in with quirky local scores to give this inner-city flat a bohemian edge

LITTLE GEM • When it comes to small apartment living, this Auckland couple prove there is always room for big ideas

SHOP THEIR STYLE • It’s all about the details and clever planning when it comes to adding personality and saving space in a new apartment

Art class • Mix a healthy dose of chic Parisian style with a passion for the unusual and what do you get? A stunning family home

SHOP THEIR STYLE • For je ne sai quoi chic, a mix of antiques, inherited pieces and the odd modern touch imbue a Paris apartment with understated glamour

Take it outdoors • Transform your outside space into an oasis that can be enjoyed by the family all year-round

RENOVATION

IN THE GROOVE • Creative thinking and a dash of colour confidence jolted this dated home out of its 1960s time warp, preparing it for the brightest of futures.

Time to shine • Ready to recreate your very own spa-like retreat? We’re turning a spotlight on the most used room in the house

Five things every bathroom should have

MAKEOVER

Retro love • A tired ’70s house is given a modern update while still retaining some of its cool design features

Sweet spots • A former ’50s state house received some cool curve appeal during last year’s lockdown period

how to STYLE • Create moments of beauty in the small spaces around your home. Here’s how to arrange a coffee table, bookshelf and kitchen shelving

FOOD

SPICE UP YOUR LIFE • Colour late summer with a Persian-inspired feast fragrant with spices and enlivened with fruits, nuts and seeds

GARDENS

The constant gardener • As the weather cools it’s time to bring out the secateurs

Courtyard cool • Leading landscape architect Di Lucas’ creative and sustainable influence can be seen in many of the country’s big projects, so it’s no surprise her own outdoor space works in peaceful harmony with its environment

Strike your own succulents • For those among us who neglect pot plants, try these gems –...