Home & Home Improvement

Everyone spends more time indoors in winter – and one of the cosiest places is in bed. If you’re over looking at the same 4 walls, here are some tips for a change of scene!

Bulging bins, bursting bags, and overflowing wheelie bins! Waste is a serious problem, but although we all want to do our best to reduce what we contribute to landfill, New Zealand has been sadly lacking in opportunities for recycling.

Neighbours! Often modern life is so busy you hardly ever see them. Occasionally they become good friends. Sometimes they turn out to be monsters that can ruin your enjoyment of life and plunge you in to your own suburban soap opera of arguments and rec

Have you ever entered a room and felt overwhelmed by the colour of the walls or décor? If you think colour has effected your mood, you won’t be the first person to have experienced what many consider to be the psychological affects of pigmentation.

Sometimes cleaning a precious object can bring enormous pleasure. When I say precious I don't necessarily mean valuable in monetary terms, to me precious is more an emotional term!

Being calmer, happier and more content is something we all aspire to, yet there seem to be so many obstacles in our way. In this, the first of our ‘instant self-improvement life-hacks’, we talk you through a simple plan to help you achieve life-affirming goals with almost no effort at all.

One of the most popular BBQ or picnic tables seen in gardens and parks across the country is the trusty 'rustic' fitted seat unit. In this feature I will show you how to build your own.

Feng Shui is one of the eight branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It's a complex art, but there are some principles of the ancient system of harmony that can be easily applied.

You want your home to look at its best. You want it to have a relaxing, inspiring atmosphere you can't find anywhere else. Such an atmosphere can be achieved by placing flowers in your home

If there’s one gadget I would never part with, it’s my kitchen timer - not because I ever actually use it for baking! Rather, I use my kitchen timer to improve my health and well-being in a multitude of different ways.