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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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Get in line • Stripes are inherently playful – a classic design element that feels right at home in any space.

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What’s new

From Scarborough, with love… • Drawing on their travels and passion for crafts, a creative couple converted an old farmer’s cottage into a laid-back surfers’ den.

What they did…

BRICK BY BRICK • An inspired couple built a compact seaside home that celebrates rustic modernism, ‘honest’ materials and impeccable craftsmanship – all on a modest budget.

Love AT FIRST SIGHT • Although it needed a major revamp, when tour guide Gisela Piercey discovered this charming heritage home, she knew it was the perfect choice for her!

A second chance • Author Irna van Zyl and her life partner have created a peaceful weekend home as simple and natural as the pristine Overberg coast on their doorstep.

A new chapter • A beloved family home updated with an all-white interior and dark wood accents is now a laid-back getaway.

Refresh your memories • Holiday time is photo time – but don’t leave your snaps on your phone, use them in your décor!

Animal antics

Less stressful vet visits • Cecilia Ipland of Pretoria writes My cat hates going to the vet. Any advice?

Ask the experts

A colour boost!

Quick questions

How to paint a stone wall

Gardening notebook

Garden goodies

CROSSWORD #188

Where the grass WOULDN’T GROW… • When their lawn failed to thrive, this couple devised clever plans to solve the problem.

An island of green • Surine Bezuidenhout has created a lush oasis in the dry, barren landscape of the Northern Cape.

A SPECIAL MENU FOR special people • Gather your loved ones together to share in a holiday feast to remember!

Almond meringue layer cake • This showstopper consists of crispy baked meringue, custard and chocolate.

Dunk ’em! • Holiday nibbles for your cookie jar.

Food & drinks

Queuing for a rainbow • It’s the one nightmare we all share – the endless lines outside a Home Affairs building, says Karin Brynard.