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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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An extrovert SPACE FOR TWO INTROVERTS • Tarien and Pierre Engelbrecht have used art and colour to brighten up every corner of their home.

Spray-paint your cabinets • Paint is an easy way to give old items a new lease on life or to add colour to new timber. Siebert van der Spuy of SJ Designs spray-painted all the woodwork in the Engelbrechts’ house with Duco.

THE VALUE OF PLANNING

Q&A with Tarien

With love and respect • Meet Mrs Blackie, a nagmaalhuisie that tells a story both of hope for her town and of a seasoned renovator’s dedication to preserving our Karoo heritage.

A PLACE TO STAY OVER FOR HOLY COMMUNION

Q&A with Pieter

‘For our golden years’ • With retirement in mind, the Hamptons transformed a higgledy-piggledy cottage into a light and airy home.

Q&A with Lynette

Building a staircase • Architect Craig Clampett explains the process:

A balm for the soul • Time stands still in the Kouga Mountains, making it the perfect place to recharge your batteries.

The right gas geyser • “There are a couple of things to consider when choosing a gas geyser for your home because not all types of gas geysers work for the same application,” says Wayne Howard of Gasco in Bloemfontein. He explains more about the different types of geysers and how to select the right one:

How they did it…

Q&A with Elsje

A fresh look! • An avid DIY couple turned an old labourer’s cottage on their ostrich farm in the Karoo into stylish guest accommodation.

Q&A with An-Mari

‘Our country paradise’ • The Kelleys didn’t have a tiny house on a mini farm in mind when they relocated to a small village – but they wouldn’t have it any other way!

Q&A with Cavy

Rural connectivity • Conor O’Sullivan, director at wireless internet operation Orca Technologies, explains how you can get internet connectivity if you live in the country:

Our little labour of love • A young couple took a dank, dark flat a stone’s throw from the ocean and turned it into a cosy lock-up-and-go.

Q&A with Luke

How to calculate your paint costs • Rick Sharland, Luke’s dad and owner of a building contractor business, says it’s vital to work out the area of the space you intend to paint – don’t ‘thumbsuck’ as that could severely affect your overall budget…

How they did it…

FROM GARDEN SHED TO tiny home • For photographer Dirk Pieters, converting his self-built shed into this small rental brought back fond childhood memories of Saturday carpentry classes.

Q&A with Dirk

The tiny home trend • “In my opinion, the trend towards people living in smaller spaces comes from a pragmatic approach to homes, as well as an awareness of the environmental costs of ‘living big’,” says independent trends forecaster and writer Chris Reid.

Here’s how Dirk built his tiny home

Little wonder • This tiny apartment has been cleverly designed to make maximum use of minimal space.

Q&A with Amber and Drikus

A mezzanine level that works •...