Home

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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IN SHORT

Golden oldies • A lick of paint and a dash of sentiment is often all a space needs for a new look.

what's new

'GOOD FOR THE planet GOOD FOR US' • The dream of having a “natural vineyard” led to these city dwellers building an eco house with their own hands, using soil from their own land.

ON TREND with green • Bold and invigorating, green is a strong contender to overthrow grey as the hot colour in your home.

Let's go shopping!

On top OF THE WORLD • Combining their landscaping and engineering skills, the Kosters created an off-the-grid family home in harmony with nature - with a spectacular view as a bonus!

A new look! • A classic blackand-white mosaic tile design has transformed this stoep - you can do it too!

Ask the experts • Keen to redecorate your sunroom or need advice on how to repaint your garage door? Just ask - we'll find the answers.

Don't move, improve! • The desire for a pantry led to this modern update of a family kitchen.

Animal antics

Gardening notebook • Celebrate spring with spectacular indigenous plants in full bloom now.

Good companions • In these tough economic times, companion planting offers gardeners a way to grow vegetables sustainably and affordably. Quite simply, companion planting is about growing plants that work well together next to each other in order to produce a healthy crop.

Garden goodies

An uphill task! • A steep, rocky erf was just one of the challenges this couple faced when creating their garden - but the breathtaking view more than made up for it.

A natural haven • Reminiscent of a rock pool, this ecofriendly swimming pond will evolve and adapt to the environment over time, adding to the biodiversity of the property.

Heaven scent • Attract butterflies, bees and birds to your garden with fragrant sagewood

big flavour! • Vanilla is everyone's favourite.

Spiced LAMB – FILLED flatbreads

We've got supper sorted!

food & drinks

Getting started • Spring is here, muses Karin Brynard. But is she ready for it?