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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 Yard

A little bit of magic • Whether a cosy deck, a kid’s castle or a romantic mural, these spaces boast that special something…

Living art • Formal and informal beds complement each other in James and Ina Cross‘s manicured garden.

‘My giant canvas’ • This artist uses plants as her palette to create a garden in harmony with nature.

South Coast beauty • An overgrown garden was transformed into an indigenous work of art.

Double the fun! • This enlarged entertainment area is the setting for many a sociable event.

Before & after • There’s always room for improvement around your home and if you tackle it the right way, it will make a huge difference to your lifestyle. An interior decorator shows us how…

Cool in blue • Tiles with a star design add a Mediterranean feel to this Boland pool.

Space to grow • The Bassons have created a flourishing garden perfect for kids!

BUILD A useful compost box • Do your bit for the environment – and your garden – by recycling your kitchen waste and lawn clippings.

All together now! • Thanks to a new stoep, this family’s living areas flow seamlessly – from indoors to out, and from the braai area to the pool.

Country charm IN THE CITY • This eco pool was built to resemble an authentic farm dam.

On another level • A steep slope on this Pretoria couple’s property required careful planning to create an eco pool, pizza oven and fire pit.

A new beginning • Emmett Green says the construction of his greenhouse was a huge learning curve, a true embodiment of the saying ‘as your garden grows, so does the gardener’.

Pruning therapy • Grab your shears and get snipping – it’s good for you and your plants!

Fun with pots! • Gardeners show us how they’ve used tables and shelves to display their potted plants to best effect.

THE chill ZONE • A courtyard is like an extra room in a house – these readers show us what they’ve done with their spaces.