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 • Some cool cats and mind-bending design

Your Home and Garden

SHOPPING

Fresh finds • The latest looks and products we love

Glass house • Vintage-inspired vessels your granny would be proud of

Hold up • Keep your magazines in a neat pile with these rack stars

Earn your stripes • Show off your bold streak with lashings of lines

Play with your food • Serve your culinary creations with a side of fun

Raglan • Not for nothing is the surf town Raglan often called the Byron Bay of New Zealand. They share the same laidback vibe with locals who are lucky enough to call the blissful beach spot home. The food and homewares aren’t half bad either

MOSAIC MAGIC • Wellington artist Tallulah Farrar is serving up joyful tiled nostalgia, piece by piece

20 ways to rekindle your creativity • It’s time to look at the bigger picture. Here are some fun ways to make your life more fulfilling and interesting

HOMES

Sleep in BEAUTY • A timeless approach to design led to a dark, dreamy bedroom for a New Plymouth couple. It’s a true exercise in smoke and mirrors, with wallpaper to match

The 10 commandments of STATEMENT ROOMS • Follow these all-important rules to create the home of your dreams

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Listen to your inner voice. Make a bold statement by daring to go against what others are doing

Light touch • Rather than a heavy-handed ‘gut and redo’, an Auckland couple built on existing decor to make this bungalow their own

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Classic choices and family treasures that will go the distance sit happily alongside modern buys for one-off style

DOWN TO A FINE ART • Paintings and an eclectic mix of furniture live in harmony at an apartment that is both home and studio to Cecilie Hertz and her family

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Rustic pottery, organic paintings and eye-catching furniture work together to make this home a continually evolving one-off

MOUNTAINS OF APPEAL • When a Timaru family built a holiday home in picturesque Wānaka, space and views were what they most craved

RENOVATION

GOLD STANDARD • In search of a new challenge, Olympic gold medallist Eric Murray turned a fast-flip house into one worthy of being a forever home

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Attention to detail and a love of natural materials add heart to this home

KITCHEN REFRESH • A kitchen renovation can take months and thousands of dollars, but a quick revamp is low-cost and near effortless. It’s the “I just woke up like this” of makeovers that will transform this busy space overnight

CONSENT NEEDED • Knowing what does and doesn’t trigger a building consent when you’re renovating can save problems down the track

MAKEOVER

OCEANS OF WONDER • A lot of heart and a great deal of art fills this tiny, two-storey home by the sea

SHOP THEIR STYLE • White walls covered in art give soul to this small home full of upcycled and family-friendly functional furniture

Social climber • Building framed bunk beds and finishing with curtains elevates the bach classic. Kids also love them at home

Hit the right cord • How to hide messy electronic clutter without breaking the bank

Proud as a peacock • A love-at-first-sight feeling helped transform this bathroom and laundry

BATHING BEAUTY • If you think updating a tired bathroom over a weekend for under $5000 is a flight of...