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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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Show & tell • Get creative with your displays!

CONTEMPORARY in the country • A food blogger has created an Asian-inspired riverside home where the kitchen steals the show.

A kitchen to your taste • Is your dream space timeless, trendy in black or earthy just like grandma’s? We show you a variety of stunning options – because style doesn’t come in a box.

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‘Kick off your shoes’ • This warm-hearted artist believes family treasures, art and colour work wonders in a suburban home. Take a look...

[CILLIÉ’S DÉCOR TIPS]

Paradise lost... and found • A creative couple took all of 12 years to sensitively bring a derelict Nieu-Bethesda home from the 1800s back to life, while retaining its Karoo character.

Décor dilemma

Ask the experts • Want to know how to paint outdoor chairs, or what the best layout is for your living room? You ask – we find the answers.

Quick questions

Stash it or trash it?

A clean start • Tired of a cluttered laundry room? This handy workstation can be made over the weekend – just in time for washing day on Monday!

Watch the show!

Don’t move, improve! • The owner of this old house tells us how he increased its value by developing it into a sectional title scheme with three properties.

EBEN’S TIPS

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MICHELLE SMIT OFFERS GENERAL TIPS FOR SECTIONAL TITLES

Animal antics

Road trip!

Gardening notebook • Add colour to flowerbeds for winter and a refreshing splash of greenery to your kitchen.

Ask Ludwig

Ask JJ

Garden goodies

The element of surprise • Different garden rooms on either side of a neatly trimmed hedge create interest in this lush, tree-filled oasis.

Rose beds • “I adore roses but it’s always a challenge to grow them in a garden filled with trees that cast a lot of shade. Luckily, Iwas able to fit in quite a few beds where I’ve grouped the roses according to colour – this has a greater impact,” says Rodeen.

[ OTHER FAVOURITES ]

A picture in every window • Maryke and Clifford Roberts aspired to have a lush farm-style garden with abundant bird life. She tells us how they achieved it...

CREAM ...OF THE CROP • Let’s spoil ourselves and our loved ones with a little comfort food – the creamier, the better!

Bacon and potato pie • Imagine you’re in France and serve this creamy dish with a large bowl of salad and a glass of chilled white wine.

We’ve got supper sorted! • Family meals full of flavour!

food & drinks • Fresh, flavourful and fun!

Clover corner

Shopping guide • Take care of the whole family by filling up your basket with these goodies!

A song for trees • And suddenly autumn is coming. It is a golden season, writes Karin Brynard, when a single tree can...