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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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Passing THROUGH • With a touch of creativity and colour, these hallways went from bland to grand.

Creative heritage • This Victorian home in Cape Town has been given a sophisticated update that enhances its distinctive features.

Designed FOR PRIVACY AND CONNECTION • Décor and furniture doyenne Sue McCoubrey invites us into her family home.

Anything BUT PREDICTABLE • Our creative editor Marian van Wyk and her husband Louis have created a bold and colourful home full of design and décor surprises.

Living areas • Create the ultimate multifunctional space for relaxation and entertaining.

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Ask the experts • Need help designing the ultimate focal wall or the perfect lighting for your home? Just ask- we’ll find the answers.

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A shining light

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Gardening notebook

Quick questions

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Garden goodies

Animal antics

A champion DESIGN • Filled with mainly indigenous plants, this compact award-winning garden creates the relaxed Mediterranean vibe the owners love.

IN PERFECT harmony • This garden has the ideal balance between hard elements created by stone structures and softness evoked by lush plantings.

On display… • Lizeth loves interesting garden ornaments that tell a story. Some are useful, while others are just there for show!

Bring on the beef! • Here are some creative ways to prepare tougher cuts of beef and minced meat. Try our cook-once, eat-twice beef shin ragù, sticky minute steak stir-fry, melt-in-the-mouth baked kofta meatballs and coconut chuck curry with homemade rotis.

We’ve got supper sorted!

Food & drinks

When the wheels of the world come off… • Whether a nuclear war or zombie apocalypse, writes Karin Brynard, we should all be armed with a nifty 28-in-one ninja shovel!