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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.

Home Yard

Ahead of the curve • Gardening is often about embracing organic shapes and adding a couple of extra twirls and whirls to create dynamic spaces.

ROOMS WITH colour & character • In the pursuit of perfection – and with plenty of hard work – the McEwans have created a beautiful, tranquil garden.

Modern AND WATERWISE • This striking Pretoria garden features a predominance of succulents, stones and hard landscaping elements.

‘Our paradise’ • Birds, butterflies and bees form an integral part of this garden.

Trust your tap water • Cut down on single-use plastic from bottled water and provide your household with healthy, great-tasting water at the turn of a tap by installing your own JoJo Undersink Filter.

Pool party! • Thanks to an innovative makeover, a previously cramped Blouberg courtyard now boasts an easy flow between various outdoor areas.

MAKE AN entrance • Roses, raised beds and pretty focal features point visitors in the right direction.

FROM UGLY TO inviting • The outbuildings in Jeanne Duminy’s back garden were so awful that they were dubbed the ‘torture chambers’. But then an old issue of Home provided muchneeded inspiration for a do-over…

Gather round! • A fire pit is a cosy addition – no matter how big or small your garden.

A place for everything • This handy crate is perfect for storing firewood, small garden tools, patio cushions or swimming towels. Here’s how to make your own…

UNDER THE milkwoods • Years of being inconvenienced prompted the creation of this outdoor kitchen – and laid-back meals around the long table are now the order of the day.

Table talk • Whether metal, plastic or wood, there’s an outdoor option to suit your look.

A DYNAMIC coastal GARDEN • Pure dune sand in this blissful Kommetjie haven was converted into ecologically vibrant soil, thanks to designer and landscaper Arlo Mitchell’s secret recipe.

‘Perfect FOR ALL OF US’ • An unused corner has been transformed into a dream entertainment area with a pool and boma.

10 ways to up your curb appeal • Make sure your home creates a great first impression!

ON THE • Rambling and climbing roses are ideal for adding vertical interest to your garden.

Five of the best • Not all cooks have green fingers, but these dependable little plants make growing herbs so much easier…

Let’s go shopping!

Show off! • Build a pretty container to display your patio plants to best effect.

Out of the box! • Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, this entrepreneur gave his business a boost, thanks to some innovative thinking.

Free as a bird • Attract feathered friends into your garden with one of these easy DIY birdhouses or feeders – and enjoy their song all day long.

There’s a virus in my yard • There is only so much one can endure in a week, says Wicus Pretorius.