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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 Renovations South Africa

Boho chic by the sea • What used to be a maze of chicken coops, rented rooms and an underground storeroom is now an oasis of serenity and style.

Before breaking down walls… • Bennie Wiese of Mega Services has this advice:

What a transformation! • Plastering of the facebrick exterior, a brand-new stoep and a gable have given this home an entirely new look.

Tips for plastering facebrick

A new beginning • Annabel Davids found a home she could make her own and gave it her stylish, eclectic touch.

Fitting a freestanding fireplace

Tak it up ake pa notch • Outgrowing your home? Add a partial second storey.

Q&A with the architect

Gone fishing • What was just sand and bush is now a lush landscape featuring a dam and a stylish, innovative weekend getaway.

How he did it…

Building with polystyrene panels

At home in the country • Not many would have the vision, let alone the courage, to renovate a 110-year-old house in a Free State village – but this couple has created a stylish abode.

On the island

Making space • Creative design transformed a dated, poky apartment into a contemporary open-plan rental.

What they did…

Rules and regulations

Bathrooms on trends • There’s nothing quite like a brand-new space to refresh your senses.

Make a splash with wallpaper

Fine finishes

Tile colour trends

Three popular tiles

From wine tanks to guest rooms • At Le Héritage, the rich hue of the interior walls is a reminder that the space was used for producing port wine for 150 years.

What they did…

Tips for your first renovation project

On the road again • With all the mod cons and home comforts, this van is the Humans’ ‘passport’ to experiencing the best that South Africa has to offer.

How they did it…

Vehicle conversions

MAKE THE kitchen COUNT! • Readers show us how to make the most of the heart of the home with practical layouts, clever solutions, and plenty of personality.

Take care of your wood

When installing a window…

On blues and greens

Make a plan