Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2020 i Your Home and Garden

Welcome back to Your Home and Garden and thank you› so›much for your patience during our hiatus. It has been greatly appreciated. If there’s one thing we all learned during this precarious year, it’s just how much of a refuge our homes are. They have literally been life-savers through this devastating pandemic. Much as we’re grateful for the shelter they’ve provided, it also became painfully obvious to me there were a lot of projects that needed to be done around the house, some for function but many purely for aesthetic reasons. And I can’t have been the only one. That’s the thing isn’t it? As much as they’re practical refuges, they’re also a space in which we can try and create a slightly better world for our family. No, we…

COLOUR ME PRETTY With a heady colour palette, hand drawn florals and chic animal prints, Sage and Clare’s new collection, Tigre, gives a tip of the hat to the free-spirited life of Ibiza. Combining artistic expression with understated luxury, you’ll find these are just the pieces to add a dash of pattern and colour to neutral rooms. Cushions from $69 and throws from $179, at sageandclare.com TOP READ NOT JUST FOR RAINY DAYS The Nature of Play by Fanny & Alexander is a handbook packed with nature-based activities. From handmade kites to stargazing, it’s a book to turn to, whatever the weather. $39.50 from littlewhimsy.co.nz SPLURGE HOLDING BLOCK Less is definitely more with this elegant folded candlestick holder by Power Surge. Made from solid brass and available in an antiqued…

1 Spring clean the easy way For many, the idea of a spring clean might seem overwhelming, which is why I’m letting you in on a little secret; the three-minute rule. In a nutshell, this means each day you put aside three minutes to tidy one small area of your home that would have otherwise been left. Applying the three-minute rule is quite possibly the easiest way to keep on top of clutter, and once you get into the swing of things, the process becomes habitual. Before you know it, you’ll be cleaning without realising it. 2 Allow space for creativity Rather than living in sensory overload, the warmer months can be a fantastic opportunity to embrace slowness. Stress is the number one killer of creativity, which is why I…

Kathryn Wilson is not afraid of colour. Colourful footwear is the gregarious shoe designer’s calling card and her must-see fashion shows are a playful parade of models clad in cheerfully hued heels, vibing out to dance-worthy beats. But, with pattern and colour being at the forefront of her humming business, Kathryn prefers her home to be its antithesis, “I like everything to feel calm,” she says. “My world is so busy, when I leave the house, I use every second of every day. I like to have a lot going on and I like to think big. There are a lot of balls in the air being a mum and running a business so when I get home I like to feel as though it’s all calm.” Her home is…

Colour tips + Neutrals don’t have to be beige and white. Soft pinks, moody blues, grey-green and pale grey make for comforting background colours in the kitchen, living and dining rooms. + Choose deeper, more saturated tones of these pale colours for smaller rooms such as the bedrooms or bathrooms. + Give pastels a contemporary look with matte black detailing and hard materials such as marble and brass. + Burnt umber and navy furniture will bring depth into living spaces where pale hues dominate the walls. The opposite applies for the bedrooms, where bold colours on the walls and softer hues on the bed will create a balanced space. DIY hacks + Transform a standard cabinet into a bespoke piece of furniture with a lick of paint and new handles.…

A time of unsettling change is something we’ve all come to accept this year. As plans shift, evolve or are cancelled entirely, our focus turns to the home. More than ever, there is a desire for soothing and calming spaces to retreat to. Here’s a sample of the latest colour and decorating trends to help inspire you on your next decorating project. Colour me tranquil One of our all-time favourite classic colours has been making a huge buzz: blue. In busy lives filled with constant interruptions, light blue helps us to filter out the noise and focus on what truly matters. Popular blues have also taken on green undertones, with Resene Green Meets Blue, Resene Dark Slate and Resene Jurassic being among the most covetable variations. Try them with stone…

Perfect pairing Honeyed French vanilla and vibrant mandarin on a single wall – what a dream team this colour combination is. When it comes to paint choices, bravery like this is amply rewarded. Conversation starter Mixing chairs and mismatched glassware helps create a sense of informality and sets people at their ease. Hang it all Place interesting pieces at different heights and lead the eye around the room. As former Vogue editor Diana Vreeland was fond of saying, “the eye has to travel”. How bazaar When paired with brass touches, ochre shades and dark wood, the drama of tangerine walls is played out to its exotic conclusion.…

Flaked salmon, blood orange and fennel salad SERVES 4 INGREDIENTS 4 salmon fillets (about 200g each) 60ml extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra› for greasing 4 blood oranges, thinly sliced 2 baby fennel bulbs, thinly sliced on a mandoline ½ cup loosely packed flat-leaf parsley, torn ½ cup loosely packed mint, torn ½ onion, thinly sliced 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar 1 Preheat oven to 200°C. Place salmon, skin-side up, on a lightly greased oven tray. Drizzle salmon with 1 Tbsp of olive oil, season to taste, and roast until cooked to your liking (5-6 minutes for medium rare). 2 Combine all the remaining ingredients in a bowl, toss the salad to coat and season to taste. Flake salmon on top to serve. Fried tortillas with broad beans, feta and lime…

Spending time with your hands in the dirt and seeing your garden flourish is therapeutic and satisfying for adults and children alike. Along with the environmental benefits, research shows that even a very small garden provides incredible benefits for mental health, helping to alleviate anxiety and fears that kids can develop about things like climate change. The benefits are so great that even viewing a garden through a window is enough to help reduce stress. Gardens put more oxygen into the atmosphere while offering a home to pollinators – the bees and butterflies who really need it. Teaching children about the natural process of growing food with hands-on learning gives some incredible life-long lessons, reaping what you sow couldn’t be truer. And the good news is that gardening isn’t rocket…

loving this Tsumugi wooden bowl and lid from Simon James Store. It would elevate eating› a humble bowl of rice into a near religious experience. eating anything I can put Al Brown’s lemon and fennel infused olive oil on. It’s spectacular on tomatoes and lifts asparagus to› new heights. buying Sensori+’s Air Detoxifying Aromatic Mist, This Macedon Trail spray not only smells like the bush,› it neutralises odours. Goodbye wet dog smell. planting zucchini seeds. One day I’ll actually stuff the flowers for dinner. dreaming of a weekend in Ponsonby’s luxurious new Hotel Fitzroy curated by Fable. SIGN UP to our newsletter and get a fortnightly dose of inspo straight to your inbox. Visit yourhomeandgarden.co.nz/signup…

Tena koutou katoa Ko Putiki o kahu te maunga Ko Rangihau te awa Ko Tikapa te moana Ko Mataatua te waka Ko Nga Puhi te iwi Ko Esther McDonald toku ingoa From her Waiheke Island home and studio, Esther McDonald of Thea Ceramics, is never short of inspiration. Whether it’s from her paddleboard looking back at the shore or from her deck looking out to the bush, the island, off the coast of Auckland, fuels her creativity. Where did the name ‘Thea Ceramics’ come from? It is a memorial to my nan, Althea Kypers, who was also a potter. I always wish that I’d got to pot with her. How did you end up working with clay? My uncle Shane, who learnt from Nan, taught me. Shane was mentored by…

01 HAVE & TO HOLD Gather a spring posy of bright and cheerful flowers, and pop them into this beautiful stoneware vase. I love its soft, natural quality and vintage feel. @thea_ceramics 02 CLIP ART For the lovers of dried wildflowers, these sweet little hair clips will elevate even the simplest of hairdos. All flowers are foraged from the black sand land of Piha Beach. @myfathersflorist 03 TAKE COVER Find shade from the spring sunshine in this neat woven visor. This style works with any wardrobe choice and looks beautiful at the same time. @sophie_store…

Honesty box Best lesson learned? Buy quality furniture that will last and mix with some vintage pieces. Most memorable experience in your home? We had a wonderful dinner party to celebrate Liam’s birthday with our best friends after lockdown earlier this year. It’s the perfect house for entertaining. Best seat in the house? Lola’s room upstairs has a beautiful window seat looking out to the garden. It’s a cute reading nook but also a great stage for karaoke singing and dancing with her friends. One thing you could change around the home? We are planning to redo the scratched wooden flooring throughout the house and install a lighter coloured carpet – once the girls are older and the puppy has learnt not to come inside with wet muddy feet. Best…

With architectural plans drawn up and a big renovation about to get underway, most people would consider their property searching days behind them. Not for Auckland interior designer Shelley Ferguson, who, with the aforementioned renovation plans about to be given the green light, spied a house for sale in Birkenhead and couldn’t turn away. “I’m obsessed with real estate and am always looking at the market, I saw this place come up and just fell in love,” she says. The Your Home and Garden alumni – previous editor and then editorial director for the magazine – has an eye for style, fastidiously gleaned over years of poring over house layouts, sourcing products for shoots and conceptualising designs in her head. She immediately saw the potential of the dated blue ’60s…

When Henrietta MacDonald and her daughter Emma decided to renovate their bach at Buckleton Beach, on the Tawharanui Peninsula north of Auckland city, preserving its history was at the top of their minds. The land surrounding the bay was farmed by Henrietta’s father up until the 1960s when her parents decided to subdivide. The original homestead, where Henrietta grew up, is still there, nestled high on the hill, and parts of the land are still being farmed. Her family kept the beachfront section and built themselves a basic three-bedroom, one-bathroom holiday home. These days, it’s a regular weekend getaway for Henrietta and Emma who love to go there to relax. Last year, though, they decided it was time to give the old, much-loved bach an update. 1 Background The original…

After selling their quake-damaged home in Christchurch, Sofie and Daniel Isherwood were looking for an escape from the damage recovery and roadworks in their area. In February 2014, they found a great country home just outside Rangiora where the kids could play and roam outdoors. Not the types to wait around, they leapt straight into giving the tired old house› a fresh new look. What did you like about the new house? Walking through, we knew straight away that it had good bones, was warm and just had a great feel. It was exactly what we were looking for in terms of size (a manageable two acres) and, while the house was in great condition, we were still able to add our own DIY flair. It has generously sized rooms,…

Flower of the month Delphinium With their statuesque spikes of blue, pink, red, white, purple and lavender, delphiniums make a real statement in the summer garden. Perfect for cottage, formal or naturalistic styles, seedlings can be planted or seed sown now in most areas. Give delphiniums plenty of space to avoid fungal diseases and cut back after flowering to encourage more stems. In warm areas grow them as annuals, but in cold districts plants can last for several years. Make new plants by dividing clumps and replanting healthy sections in autumn. Bees adore delphiniums and so do florists as the flowers last well when cut. Harvest BROCCOLI is usually grown during the cooler months with harvesting starting in spring.› Florets in the centre head of broccoli should be still tightly…

Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) MEDIUM-HEIGHT PLANTS Try Corokia varieties, eg ‘Frosted Chocolate’, ‘Geenty’s Green’ or ‘Little Prince’; hebes; Coprosma varieties, eg ‘Middlemore’; colourful flaxes, eg ‘Dark Delight’ or ‘Evening Glow’; dwarf manuka, eg Leptospermum scoparium ‘Kiwi’ or ‘Red Damask’; houpara (Pseudopanax lessonii). Marlborough rock daisy (Pachystegia insignis) LOW-GROWING PLANTS Plant in groups of 5-7. Try Coprosma ‘Poor Knights’; smaller flaxes, eg ‘Surfer’, ‘Rubrum’, ‘Tom Thumb’, ‘Emerald Gem’; Poor Knights lily; Marlborough rock daisy (Pachystegia insignis); rengarenga lily, eg Arthropodium cirratum ‘Matapouri Bay’. Cabbage tree (Cordyline australis) COASTAL-TOLERANT SMALL TREES Try karo; akiraho; Chatham Island akeake (Olearia traversii); smaller pohutukawa cultivars, eg ‘Springfire’ or ‘Mistral’; Kermadec pohutukawa (Metrosideros kermadecensis); puka; cabbage trees, eg Cordyline australis ‘Burgundy Spire or ‘Green Goddess’. Protect from frost when young. Lobelia (Lobelia erinus) FLOWERING EXOTICS Plant in…

WE LOVE Australian-based florist Hattie Molloy’s flower arrangements are sculptural and playful. You’ll become obsessed – we are. @hattiemolloy Proving the weird and wonderful sets in Wes Anderson’s films can be found in real life too, this account is a symmetrical delight. @accidentallywesanderson PET OF THE MONTH Who needs puppy school when you can practise ‘sitting’ and ‘staying’ for a photo shoot? Toby was justly rewarded for his model behaviour. CONNECT WITH US We love seeing images from our #yourhomeandgarden community. @yourhomeandgarden TRENDING ONLINE 12 homes that prove barn doors aren’t just for the country. homestolove.co.nz TOP INSTAGRAM POST Outdoor pots fuelling our indoor plant obsession. @yourhomeandgarden Instagram @yourhomeandgarden | Facebook facebook.com/yourhomegarden | Pinterest pinterest.com/yourhomegarden…

1 The Art of Rest by Claudia Hammond. If rest makes you feel... restless, this book suggests relaxing research-backed ways to help you unwind. 2 A Family Guide to Waste-Free Living by Lauren & Oberon Carter. The best takeaway from this inspiring manual? Living sustainably doesn’t have to be inconvenient, time-consuming or expensive. 3 Biophilia by Sally Coulthard. Create a more natural home and boost your wellbeing with Sally’s interior decorating tips. 4 Energy by Oliver Luke Delorie. Packaged in this pocket-size book are 50 mindful exercises that are like quick pick-me-ups for when you’re feeling rundown. 5 F**k No! by Sarah Knight. If you have a habit of saying ‘yes’ when you’d really rather not, these polite passes and clever comebacks will help you decline with confidence. 6 Essential…

Colour can do wonders for refreshing and overhauling your interiors without having to do a full-on renovation. How much you commit to colour and whether it’s a lovely trench-coat tan or head-turning claret is up to you. When it comes to colour, some say there are no rules and to be brave. However, there are ways to introduce it in your interiors that are more successful than others. Know the rules, then when you’re fully conversant, you can throw them out and make it up as you go along. Small beginnings If your safety zone is walls and walls of parchment, an oatmeal sofa and pale gauze-coloured curtains you don’t have to become a colour zealot in one hit. “Start small and work your way up to larger areas,” says…

Having four children and expecting a fifth might cause most people to put any thoughts of a major home renovation in the too-hard basket. But not Christina and Anders Monberg. They’d fallen in love with a roomy (145sqm) 1930s apartment in Brønshøj on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Despite the extensive renovation that was required, the couple could see exciting opportunities, but with their baby due in just 10 weeks all the work had to be done fast. The couple took possession of the two-level home at the start of June last year and immediately got to work. Walls were moved, new flooring installed, kitchens and bathrooms renovated, and cabinets built and painted throughout the apartment. Astonishingly, in just two-and-a-half months they and their tradies managed to turn the worn-out apartment…

Shelley’s top tips for creating a cohesive look + Choose a theme that you love to give you direction when making interior and style decisions. Make sure your theme is strongly influenced by your personal style so that it’s uniquely you. + Look through magazines, Instagram and Pinterest for designs you like and keep the era of your house in mind. + The biggest elements have the the most impact so choose these materials first, like your benchtop, flooring, cabinetry and tiles. + Gather samples to make a physical moodboard to make sure the undertones of your choices match. I like to use a neutral base but add statement texture with benchtops, lighting and tiles for a timeless look. Choose materials that are durable and easy to clean. Honesty box…

Finishes Timeline 1960 Original house built JULY 2019 Started renovation OCTOBER 2019 Most of reno finished NOVEMBER 2019 Completed renovation Honesty box Where have you saved money? Our›shopping for the interior was done throughout the year, when sales were on. Our biggest saving was probably the kitchen stools; we got them at Target for $60 each! Where have you splurged? The kitchen. We decided early on that it would be a feature because it’s the hub of the house. Our kitchen designers, Bespoke Projects, were amazing. The wine fridge is possibly our most used appliance and›the plumbed fridge with water and ice maker is essential because we’re on tank water, which tends to be lukewarm in summer. What was your best buy and why? The›wine fridge! It frees up room…

As odd as it may sound, choosing classic ‘anti-trend’ colours is a trend in and of itself. For timeless hues that look good in any space, look to the Resene Classics Collection – a specially curated range of perennial favourite colours. But just because you’re decorating with archetypal colours doesn’t mean you can’t use them in a modern way. Classic design styles and colour combinations will always be in high demand. But creating a design that doesn’t border on boring or feel like it’s been frozen in history can take a bit of finessing. Sticking to a quintessential look can also help you avoid the issue of a design looking choppy if you’ve had to stop and start your renovation due to cashflow woes. Back to basics A classic and…

Since they married 26 years ago, Lisa and Shane McNab have been toying with the idea of opening their garden to the public. Both are passionate gardeners and Shane also works in the horticulture industry, so the Taranaki Garden Festival has always been a yearly treat – but as visitors, not participants. Their busy life just got in the way, Lisa explains. “We never really lost the thought, but it just moved to the back burner while we were raising our three gorgeous girls.” Now their daughters have grown up, the couple have more time to garden. Encouraged by a close friend, they’ve taken the plunge and entered their lovely New Plymouth garden into the Taranaki Garden Festival, which runs from October 30 to November 8. “With everybody basically independent…

1 CHILD’S PLAY If you have the time and the energy, try sowing flower seeds with the kids. Sunflowers and sweet peas are easy for children to grow as their seeds are large enough for tiny hands to manage. Sow them in pots or punnets for planting out once plants are a good size. 2 SMELL THE ROSES To keep your roses blooming, feed and water them as the weather warms up. Removing spent blooms also improves flowering, particularly if roses are newly planted. Mulch with compost or leaf mould around the base of plants to conserve moisture. Scatter rose fertiliser on top and water well. 3 GROW AGAIN After orchids have finished flowering, repot in a proprietary orchid potting mix or make your own from bark, sphagnum moss and…

A textural paint finish creates the perfect backdrop for family life. Neutral colours work well as they offer enough texture to give interest but not so much that it becomes a distraction. To get a similar look, apply a light paint to a darker base coat while wet using a sponge or cloth and blend out for a suede finish. Then drag and dab a muslin cloth over the wet French wash (Porter’s Paints make these, or try Resene Paint Effects) to create a pebbled texture. Alternatively, apply paint in long swipes with a thick brush or towel, then blend out with a large sponge to create a distressed effect for a case of perfectly imperfect.…