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 • Easy-on-the-eye ceramics and royal curiosity

Your Home and Garden NZ

SHOPPING

window shopping • TAKE A PEEK AT THE LATEST FINDS

SPOT ON • Connect the dots with this perky, playful trend

GIVE A FIG • Get the pick of the bunch

10 of the best • Hot takes for your bathroom floor

Make a splash • Pool toys that will really float your boat

HOMES

Classic HITS • Time-tested elements are harmoniously matched with light-handed hints of modernity in this renovation of a Wellington villa

Shop their style • A house with plenty of natural character is given a 21st-century makeover with furniture and decor that has both form and function

MAKE IT LUXE • Sleek, low-maintenance and with a five-star hotel vibe was the design brief for this family home in Ōmokoroa

Shop their style • Contrast strong blacks with soft blush tones for an inviting take on modernity

PLOTTING SUCCESS • Danish architecture with a Japanese twist creates a fluid transition between house and nature

Shop their style • This home has all the hallmarks you’d expect from a Scandi house while still maintaining a sense of individualism

GREENER PASTURES • When a couple traded their busy city life for a country idyll, they also seized upon the chance to build a new home

NEW-BUILD WORKSHEET

Take a seat • A blank canvas hallway is given the cosy makeover treatment

RENOVATION

TIME AFTER TIME • When designer and maker Dani Dean took on a sentimental family project, both her creative compass and her heart were on the line

Shop their style • Forged iron, boucle, sophisticated lines and bold curved joinery choices give this drama-filled house an edge

DIVE RIGHT IN • Nothing beats jumping into a pool on a hot summer’s day. Here’s what you need to know about installing your own before making the leap

THE FIVE-STEP PROCESS TO GETTING A POOL

Code breaker • Changes to the Building Code are coming. Here’s how they’ll impact you if you’re planning a new build

MAKEOVER

VIVE LA VINTAGE • A modern Auckland home is treated to an 18th-century European makeover of mythic proportions

Shop their style • Mix and match antiques for that quintessential French chateau feel, with a touch of romance

Landscape painter • Make your own wall art from leftover MDF. Nikki Kettle’s abstract piece was inspired by her local environment

Super styling • The Block NZ judge and interior design queen Shelley Ferguson tells how to give your home the golden touch

Striped success • A Whangārei porch earns its stripes through a striking approach to pattern and colour

GARDENS

The constant gardener • It’s time to plant some summer-loving crops as the days become warmer and there are more hours to spend in the garden

Pro tips • From the experts at Kings Plant Barn

Water down • It’s the life source for all living things and a precious resource, so here are nine ways to conserve water in the garden

FOOD

FEED THE MASSES • Balmy evenings call for cool drinks and deluxe modern finger foods. This make-ahead menu lets you have fun at the party, too

Crispy creme • Australian food educator and MasterChef Australia alumni Alice Zaslavsky shares a cherished family recipe

WEEKNIGHT QUEEN • Donna Hay’s fast and delicious...