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

This month I’m…

Social club • Cottagecore, golden days and kiln it

Masthead

Shopping

Window shopping

Merry & Bright

Jingle Bells

For Secret Santa

For The Food Lover

For The Gardener

For The Design Aficionado

Homes

All Is Calm • Christmas will be a game of two halves, beginning with a quiet morning at their Pūhoi property for this globe-trotting, family-focused couple

Shop Their Style

Snowball Effect • The plan for a little renovation of their 1910s villa turned into a top-to-bottom rebuild that’s perfectly suited for entertaining over the holidays

Shop Their Style • Mid-century cool and cohesive Christmas decorations win in this family home

A merry Curated Christmas • Getting into the holiday spirit begins months before the big day at this Auckland home

Shop Their Style • This home is a masterclass in seamlessly integrating Christmas into decor

Stress-free Feasting • Queenstown food blogger Jana MacPherson is known for her simple yet delicious weeknight dinners. During the festive season, her suite of Haier kitchen appliances are put through its paces

Decorate

Family traditions • Vintage glass balls, homemade fabric candy canes, colourful garlands, bouquets with red amaryllis and wreaths of hydrangeas evoke magical memories of past Christmases for adults and children alike

SHOP THEIR STYLE • Scandi cool takes on a colourful and vivid palette

Great ’Scapes • Botanical, natural or metallic? Create a gorgeous tablescape that’s as memorable as Christmas dinner

The More The Merrier • Christmas is all about connection for the family in this extensively renovated home

Passion For Paper • Let old-fashioned concertina folds inspire your Christmas table creativity and let your imagination take flight

The revivalist • Transform old op-shop pots with texture and paint

The constant gardener • It’s all systems go for the start of summer, with delicious berries and veggies ready to harvest and grace your holiday table

All about te taiao • Once Were Gardeners host Kara Rickard learns about growth, healing and purpose

Modern Love • It’s groovy, baby – minimal aesthetics and sculptural plantings help to define mid-century modern garden design

Branch Out

Christmas Magic

The Main Event

Joy To Your World

Code crackers

sound bites

Living

Beyond words

Inspector Gadget

Sweet Dreams are made of these

A simple Christmas

Should You Have A real Christmas Tree Or A Fake One?