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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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Your space

From ruby to rust • Add a touch of spice to your décor with a splash of red – a little goes a long way.

What's new

‘THE TREES had to stay’ • A property that once housed a nursery now boasts a ‘70s-style home carefully designed around garden nooks.

On the horizon • With a gorgeous view as the focal point, a neutral palette sets a calm, elegant tone in this North Coast home.

Paradise FOUND • A wonderful surprise awaited a nature-loving actress when her search for a new home led her to a rural community outside Stellenbosch.

The stuff of dreams • Patterned curtains, artisanal throws, bold wallpaper and eye-catching headboards set these bedrooms apart!

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Get the look

‘Making life beautiful…’ • With meticulous planning and stylish design choices, a young couple transformed a once abandoned farmhouse into a warm, welcoming family home.

WHAT THEY DID…

Ask the experts Compiled by Beatrice Moore-Nöthnagel • Ready to experiment with pink in all its playful shades or in the market for seaside-inspired ceramics? Just ask – we'll find the answers.

Meet the designer Oh so (shell)egant!

Quick questions

Animal antics • Wild at heart

How to manage allergies • Nicola Wilson of Johannesburg writes Can pet food help alleviate constant itching?

Gardening notebook

Garden goodies

CROSSWORD #191

A city sanctuary • By choosing evergreen shrubs and flowering plants for each season, Vanessa Brink has created a garden that looks beautiful all year round.

Seasonal splendour • This George garden not only tells a colourful story throughout the year, it's also a balm for the soul - with a symphony of scents!

Ooh la la LASAGNE! • Lasagne is a firm favourite in all its forms: prepare the ragù slowly or take a shortcut and make soup – or make a ‘loaf’ filled with butternut and fried in sage butter. The decadent chicken-and-mushroom version is also sure to steal hearts!

We've got supper sorted!

Food & drinks

‘Drop the heavy jol and be lekka’ • Never mind world peace, writes Karin Brynard, what we need is a little more laughter. Life is absurd enough as it is.