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Home is a practical, inspiring guide for the home and garden that enables people to make their home prettier and increase the value – inside and outside. The magazine makes life easier for people wanting to buy a home, build, or make alterations, or even try their hand at gardening, cooking and decorating. Home doesn't just demonstrate what looks good – it explains what adds value, and why. The magazine offers readers affordable and accessible choices, help with do-it-yourself projects, and provide advice for renovations. It’s for men and women with ordinary lives, ordinary careers and ordinary homes; people who want to add value to their home with a limited budget.

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Home & away • Inspired by living abroad, these homeowners showcase the best of British style in their own spaces.

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Where two oceans meet • The Aggenbachs built their seaside home from the ground up, complete with a Mediterranean-style stoep that offers epic views and shelter from the elements.

PAST AND present This charming Victorian • This charming Victorian home in Cape Town’s City Bowl pays homage to its rich history – and provides a space in which a young family can express their own contemporary style.

THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE • Filled with exotic finds, this romantic home in the KZN Midlands is the culmination of a long-held dream.

Outdoor elegance AT ITS BEST • A well-planned stoep makes all the difference!

Don't move, improve! • A once poky back stoep is now a stylish entertaining area.

Touch wood • Jazz up an old table with this easy technique.

Ask the experts • Struggling to keep grout clean or keen to find out how to stay safe when cooking with gas and electricity? Just ask – we’ll find the answers.

Animal antics

Is pet insurance worth it?

Gardening notebook • Beautify your balcony with greenery and colourful blooms!

Ask Ludwig

Throw a garden party!

Garden goodies

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'My rose CHILDREN' • Wherever Annemarié Meyer creates a garden, these plants just seem to multiply!

Cool & calm • White in a garden is stylish and creates a fresh, tranquil feel.

On a platter • These dishes are sure to impress your guests – serve them at a garden party or an al fresco lunch on the patio.

We've got supper sorted!

Food & drinks

The big fat FIGHT • Are you well-rounded, full-figured, buxom? Or ample and plumpish? Karin Brynard suggests embracing the cake – and ourselves.