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 • Locally made wares, plus our new online home

Your Home and Garden NZ

SHOPPING

Fresh finds • The latest looks and products we love

Urn’d it • Ceramic ware that was made to stand out

Taking shape • Introduce punchy geometrics into your home with angular forms and vivid lines

Green light • Verdant hues are the apples of our eye this season

Sitting room • Give everyone space to relax with these stylish sofas

JOY IN THE KITCHEN • If cooking meals has become more of a chore than a pleasure, then it’s time to turn the hub of the house into a new fun zone

Sister act • When creativity runs in the family, starting up an artisanal home fragrance business with your sister is a no-brainer.

CANDLE CARE

10 tips to hunkering down this winter • Baby, it’s cold outside. So why bother venturing out? Stay indoors, indulge in some creature comforts and cocoon in style

Support act • The undermount sink is a subtle showpiece, allowing the benchtop to be the star of your kitchen

Cosying up • How to make your home a welcoming retreat this winter with affordable styling ideas and a few clever tricks

Jade’s style tip

HOMES

The greenhouse effect • Moving to a property with four glasshouses prior to last year’s lockdown turned out to be a blessing for Michael Mansvelt

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Eclectic objects, plants galore, comfortable, lived-in furniture and a healthy dose of whimsy make for inimitable style

PAINTED LOVE • Decorative paint doyenne Annie Sloan takes us through her Normandy home which, as you’d expect, is a rainbow of colours

How to give a cupboard a rustic look

A happy heritage • An Auckland couple discovered there’s an art to downsizing after leaving a large family home

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Colourful art, one-off finds and even more art give a relaxed vibe to a stately two-storey villa

Circle of influence • This year’s Resene Colour Home Awards winner started small by painting vases before going all out with eye-catching murals

Cool concept • This barn-style house in Wanaka is designed to foster golden childhood memories with its cosy nooks, easy flow and semi-rural vibe

SHOP THEIR STYLE • This Central Otago home practises hygge right down to the snuggly bean bags, sheepskin throws and wood burner

SITE FOR SORE EYES • This clifftop stunner is the ultimate in indoor/outdoor flow

RENOVATION

CENTRAL PERKS • Statement pieces, a touch of whimsy and a tactful approach to colour ensure personality reigns in this two-storey, city-fringe apartment

OUT OF OFFICE • Our top 30 tips to help you create a home office that sparks productivity

MAKEOVER

Neutral territory • A ’50s home, complete with garish Axminster carpet and lino, receives a family-pleasing modern update with help from a beautiful beige and blush palette

Paint the town • Walls looking a bit bare? Take a leaf out of Nikki Kettle’s colourful book and paint a show-stopping mural

Meet & greet

Oh, crumbs!

Maximum CHOCOLATE • Sweet treats and warming puds – indulge in a little bit of what you fancy

Sound bites • All the ingredients for kitchen and entertaining success

ORANGE CRUSH

GARDENS

The constant gardener • From fruit trees to roses, what to plant, harvest and sow this...