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.

Hello

Social club • Colourful ’grams and two very good boys

Your Home and Garden

SHOPPING

Fresh finds • The latest looks and products we love

Camp followers • Nights spent under the stars inspire this new decorating trend

Groovy, baby • Joyful colours and retro patterns recall the playful style of ’70s optimism

FOR THE FRAGRANCE OBSESSED • We’re counting down the days to Christmas and Santa’s little helpers have some suggestions for those naughty and nice lists

FOR THE DEVOUT FOODIE

FOR THE INTERIORS ADDICT

FOR THE GARDENING GURU

FOR THE TECH FIEND

A beautiful dinner party • It’s easy to plan a successful summer gathering for friends and family

Bon’s voyage • Artist and illustrator Bonnie Brown delights in colour and a playful approach to design

Restore and order • Take comfort in the restorative colours from the new Dulux Colour Forecast 2022 and bring some much-needed tranquility into your home with paint colour

I made it myself • Turn up the carols and start making and baking your own Christmas gifts

HOMES

For the love of country • Take a tour of style aficionado and TV personality Neale Whitaker’s freshly renovated home

When Mr Love comes to town • Aim for more individuality and less uniformity – interior design guru Neale Whitaker looks into the future

SHOP THEIR STYLE • With a few strong design statement pieces and careful art selection, this home is completely unique and very inviting

Kooky kind of love • Moving from a studio in a caravan to a heritage-listed central city building has given a Whanganui artist room to breathe and create

CHANGE of PACE • An architect designed this sun-drenched home to perfectly suit a couple with plans of retiring

NORTHERN APPEAL • As the weather warms in the Antipodes, a nature-loving interior designer and her family in Sussex celebrate the cosy pleasures of an English Christmas

MARIA’S SHOW-STOPPERS

FIELDS OF DREAMS • A large forever home was exactly what a young family wanted – and got – when they built on their Manawat? farm

NEW-BUILD WORKSHEET

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RENOVATION

Two’s company • A dynamic mother-and-daughter team were up for the challenge when an ugly brick ’70s house at the Mount needed a magical makeover

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Neutral tonal colours and organic shapes throughout make for a cohesive interior

TAKE THE FLOOR • Give your home the best base with well thought out and practical flooring choices

MAKEOVER

Labour of love • A white bathroom with dated vinyl and a small showerbox simply didn’t cut it for colour-loving Nikki Kettle

Bold moves • After one daring decision, there were no more qualms about colour, only how much of it to use

All is calm • Subdued greens and curvaceous, organic shapes create an understated seasonal style that is both relaxing and joyful

Modern love • A chic little powder room leaves a lasting impression on guests, with some saying it’s too pretty to use

FUN HOUSE • Enjoy the thrill of the Christmas countdown with a DIY advent calendar that’s choc-filled with festive activities

IDEAS FOR YOUR ADVENT CALENDAR

FOOD

Flash in the pan • Simple, easy and delicious all-in-one meals from leading Australian cookbook writer Donna Hay

Q&A • Donna Hay’s fallback...