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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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Keep it neutral • Although subtle, a restrained palette can create a bold and beautiful look.

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HERITAGE HOUSE FOR A city girl • A reader uses her century-old Victorian home to showcase her collection of South African art and design to best effect.

Grande dame REVIVED IN THE DIAMOND CITY • An Edwardian mansion from Kimberley’s glory days has regained its splendour and with it light, space and contemporary entertainment areas.

‘Our heart and soul’ • This thatched roof cottage in McGregor is a blissful home away from home for a busy Stellenbosch couple.

Outdoor living, AT ITS BEST • Whether watching the world go by from your stoep, enjoying sundowners on a seaside deck or creating a bush vibe around a blazing fire, these spaces are nothing short of spectacular!

Red alert! • Keep your plasters and pills handy in this cute little cupboard.

home FIX IT WITH FLAIR JoJo FOR WATER FOR LIFE MEET OUR TOP 9! • A cool R100 000 in cash prizes is up for grabs again in our annual Fix it with Flair competition. Here are the frontrunners for 2022!

Ask the experts • Keen to rearrange your living room or need advice on how to whitewash stone-clad walls? Just ask - we’ll find the answers.

Décor dilemma

Stash it or trash it?

Animal antics

Q&A Tick bite fever

Gardening notebook • Brighten up your borders with spring flowers, or consider planting a mini orchard.

Beautiful in bloom! • Growing your own cut flowers is addictive – just ask these two enthusiasts.

A Kimberley gem • Various garden rooms, each with a shaded nook, offer the ideal way to cope with the extreme heat in the Northern Cape.

Garden goodies

WITH a bit of a bite! • Enjoy jalapeño chillies with their mild, slightly sweet flavour in snacks, main dishes or sides – they’ll put a spring in your step.

Creamy mussels • Quick and easy to prepare, this aromatic seafood dish with its garlic and white wine flavours is fit for a king.

We’ve got supper sorted! • Quick and easy weeknight meals.

foods & drinks

THE PLEASURES & PERILS of a good dinner party • It is one of the perks of the human condition, an enjoyable ‘kuier’. But it can be hellish with the wrong crowd, writes Karin Brynard.