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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 • Write to us at Home Readers' Letters, PO Box 1802, Cape Town 8000; email editor@homemag.co.za, or follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/homemag) or Instagram @TuisHomeMag. When submitting a letter, please include your full name and the town in which you live.

Green dreams… • These energizing spaces show off their natural splendour p – no matter the weather.

What's new • It's Heritage Month and time to celebrate all things local and lekker! We bring you the best in SA design and innovation…

Offthe grid, AND into nature • Caren and Dave Mills found their piece of paradise on a remote Karoo farm, where they renovated a historic cottage so they can enjoy indoor-outdoor living year-round.

A COSY eco getaway • The dictates of this sloping plot fitted in perfectly with the dreams these homeowners had for their Stanford home and garden.

A brand-new garden

‘Our pride and joy’ • A resourceful family used materials on their doorstep' and a natural technique called light straw-clay to construct this romantic off-the-grid retreat.

A tale of three trees • An inspired father-and-son team built a romantic 16m² cabin between a dam and a creek in Twee Riviere, using mature blue gums on their property.

Askthe experts • Need advice on how to regulate the temperature in an apartment or looking for products to seal slate tiles and birdbaths? Just ask – we'll find the answers.

A cabinet FOR ANY CORNER • This versatile cupboard can be used as an island, laundry station or for shoe storage.

Animal antics • A spring in our step!

Keep'em clean

Gardening notebook • Create a kaleidoscope of colour in your garden this summer!

Ask Ludwig

Ask JJ

Garden goodies

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All things bright & beautiful • By choosing plants indigenous to the area, the Milnes created a garden with a uniquely South African charm.

A passion FOR PLANTS • Two avid gardeners have created their happy place in Stellenbosch.

Fireup THE COALS! • Sticky pork neck, pap tart, samp paella, hasselback potatoes and lamb chops – it's time for a spring braai…

Chocolate crème caramel bundt cake • The magic of this recipe is in the layers that change places during the baking process!

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

Food & drinks

Learning the slowdance • Beyond 50, one shouldn't be climbing on chairs and steps and stuff, warns Karin Brynard. You might end up doing an involuntary jig.