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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This month I’m…

Social club • Creator style, kitchen happiness and dark humour

Masthead

Shopping

Window shopping • TAKE A PEEK AT THE LATEST FINDS

Mum’s the word • Show your love and appreciation on her super special day

Autumn Antics • Usher in the new season

Rutshire Forever • Saddle up, Rivals is back for another clip through glorious ’80s excess

Choc therapy • The hue that's good enough to eat

Homes

A Family Affair • Meticulous planning and family ties brought this Christchurch home to life in no time

Hopes And Dreams • After years of waiting and setbacks, a dark bungalow was transformed into this family’s perfect forever home

Make your Mark • Crafting beautiful spaces comes naturally to interior designer Danielle Barclay, but redefining her own home was a much more personal project

Green Living • In part one of our three-part renovation series, we meet these radio, podcast and reality TV stars, who are renovating a Warkworth home for their busy family of five

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Decorate

Blank Canvas • To create the ideal family nest, a young family had to contend with some unwelcome wildlife

Luxe For Less • Give your home a high-end look without going into heart-stopping debt. Yes, it is possible to create beautiful spaces on a limited budget

Chow Down • Create a dog feeding station in your kitchen or laundry by transforming a nook into a purpose-built area specially for Fido to eat

Makeover

Made you look • A stylist and graphic designer has filled her home with sweet memories and eclectic items that are as fascinating as the breathtaking view

Love Your Laundry • Experts tell how to turn the workhorse of the home into an organised and stylish space you’ll want to spend time in

Gardens

The constant gardener • It’s a good time to sow frost-hardy winter greens – and if the ground isn’t too dry, plant some trees or shrubs while the soil is still warm

You are Everything • Also known as New Zealand flax, for Māori, the native plant was considered an important taonga, playing an important role in the cultural heritage of Aotearoa

Out Of The Roasting Pan • With a minimal amount of prep, this effortless meat-free tray bake will be ready in 30 minutes

Food

Made for Mum • Create sweet memories this Mother’s Day with delicious treats from the Tilly’s Table creator

Rice, Rice Baby • British MasterChef Champion of Champions winner Ping Coombes shares the dishes she most enjoys with her favourite grain

Weeknights Made Easy • Beat the post-work slump and brighten your evening with these delish delights

Sound bites

Living

Everyday Distortions • Morgan Paige Taitoko’s beautiful works challenge perceptions by blurring daily scenes through obscured glass

Live a life less Ordinary

Made you blush • Marsha Smith is known to many magazine fans as a craft editor and designer, but what you might not know is the Auckland-based creative is also a talented artist. We’re pleased to share Verdant Blush as our May artwork

Clean Up Your Act • Do you keep things ‘just in case’, including the box it came in? Find your decluttering style here