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 • Country cottage cosy and DIY design regrets

Masthead

Shopping

Window shopping

Bedroom troubleshooting

BOW WOW • What’s fit to be tied

10 of the best • Soup up your best broths with these bowls

Under $30 • Beautifying your home doesn’t have to break the bank

Pick of the bunch • Eat (and display) your veggies

Cabin In The City

A Taste of Home • Small, strategic changes were all this Auckland villa needed, sprucing it up while retaining its honest warmth, which is as nurturing and welcoming as a home-cooked meal

Rustic Glam • Metallic hardware, stone, oak wood and some excellent bargain buys add soul to this Prebbleton new-build

Blessing in Disguise • Leaving a new-build for a historic cottage inspired a different design direction for these homeowners

Treasure Trove

Crush On Colour • A designer with minimalist aspirations knows in her heart she’s more attracted to thrift shop treasures contrasting with new designer discoveries

30 (Relatively Painless) Ways to Green Up Your Home • If you feel like you should be doing more to save the planet, but you’re not sure where to start, start here and start today. We’ve rounded up a few easy ways to make your home more eco-friendly

Makeover

Setting The Scene • Inspired by soulful movie interiors, a couple prepped their coastal home for its close-ups

A Game Of Two Halves • In part one of a two-part series, we meet a former All Black who’s tackling his first home renovation in stages

Kerb Appeal • Creating an impact can be as simple as painting a front door, or go big with an entire exterior refresh

6 Classic Kitchen Updates that won’t go out of style • It’s hard to tell what type of kitchen will withstand the trend cycles. Some features claim timelessness but will date quickly. Never fear, there are some that continue to shine as safe and stylish options

And so to Bed • Is your bedroom decor sending you to sleep? Turn it from drab to dreamy with our style updates

Love In A Cold Climate

The constant gardener • It might still be wet and cold but warmer days are beckoning. Give your garden a tidy-up and start planning what to plant for spring

Into the garden • The best outdoor ideas and designer creations we’re digging right now

Out Of The Shadows • Our top 10 shade-loving plants that will brighten up any garden

Full Of Beans • Treat yourself to a bowl full of delicious comfort, which tastes even better the following day

Hot From The Oven • Rib-tickling winter bakes to warm the cockles of your heart

Happy Endings • Comforting puddings to chase away the winter chill

Sound Bites • All the ingredients for kitchen and entertaining success

Big Picture

Boom Boomer if…

On The Tiles • Give old tiles a new lease of life with some illustrations of your choice

Auckland • Our favourite inner-city spots for vintage and retro treasure hunting and collecting

Around The Table • Auckland artist and bookseller Chloe Blades paints colourful tablescapes that resonate with women

Bouncing Back From Failure • Persistence and resilience are your best weapons when it comes to facing challenges, so remember, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again

Clean, Green Quiz • SO YOU THINK YOU CAN SORT YOUR BIODEGRADABLE CLEANERS FROM YOUR...