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

Masthead

Off The Walls

Window shopping

10 of the Best • Tame those books with some not-so-ordinary bookends

Cherry Picking

Summer Lovin’

Disco Forever

Pattern Of Behaviour

All The Bright Things • After closing one important chapter in Hong Kong, a family opens the door to new and exciting beginnings

Bondi Rescue • As an interior designer and judge on The Block Australia, it’s no surprise Darren Palmer’s own home is a winner

Love & Legacy • Set in serene farmland and native bush and overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this modern farmhouse is a testament to years of dreams and dedication

Home Fires Burning

Simple Pleasures • Spatial design expertise helped turn a south-facing ’60s unit into a light-filled family home

Shop their style

Until Sunset • A Dunedin back garden has been turned into the ultimate fun zone for this lucky pre-schooler

Get Set, Dine • Dinner party culture is back on the menu

How To... Tame The Jungle • We asked an expert for advice on curating a lush but deliberate display of indoor plants

Championing Colour • This year’s Resene Colour Home Awards winner’s work on her holiday house proves that a shoestring budget is no obstacle to true creativity

Hygge Impact

Family Style • A smart, savvy and budget-friendly renovation has made the very most of this young family’s home. Here, Japandi-style simplicity reigns – and the indoor-outdoor living is easy

High on life • Think positive by dialling up the colour quotient in your home, dopamine decor is all about those feelgood vibes

Open Door Policy • Lavish some time and attention on a tired door and marvel at the difference

Marigold Magic

The constant gardener • It’s a magical month in the garden with the soil still warm but cooler days, so plant some lettuces and herbs for autumn harvest

Enjoy your edibles • A good foundation, teaming up with nature and getting to know your garden are central to living off the land says organic gardener Kath Irvine

Gridlock • A mother and her daughter show that block planting their small, sloping section is the key to creating a garden brimming with perennials, vegetables, fruit trees and succulents

Red wine sausages & herb salad rolls

Top Of The Morning • Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day, so make it a good one

A Taste Of Sunshine • Go beyond eating this sweet and juicy tropical fruit delight out of hand — and thank us later

Sound bites

Living

Bookworm

Castlecore fiend if…

Sweetest Thing • Kim Lawrence uses embroidery and rug-tufting to create vibrant and nostalgic works of art

The art of Meal Planning • The busier you are, the more important it is to have a menu plan. Here are some easy hacks to solve that neverending dilemma

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