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    Expert Tips
    Tricia Guild OBE, founder and creative director of Designers Guild, has these tips for using wallpaper murals Always balance bold colours and prints with white. In my view, highly decorated walls require masses of white and neutrals throughout the
    SA Garden and Home5 min readArchitecture
    It’s only NATURAL
    Back in the ’70s, you couldn’t swing a lazy Susan without hitting a pine-clad kitchen complete with lashings of faux wood grain, marbled laminate and the obligatory presence of orange. But wood has re-emerged as the material of the moment, looking fr
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    South African Garden And Home
    EDITOR Mary Jane Harris PRODUCTION/EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Mandy Buchholz 087 158 0279 ART DIRECTOR Geoff Maher geoffm@caxton.co.za KZN CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, DECOR Candice Botha candicebotha@gmail.com CAPE CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, GARDENING Marianne Ale
    SA Garden and Home2 min readArchitecture
    INTO THE future
    Spuy’s garden is a reminder of this indomitable gardener’s vision The house, along with self-catering cottages, is available for hire. A large, four-hectare heritage garden that includes roses, a lake, indigenous flora and many large trees. When Una
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    Collecting VINTAGE TELEPHONES with Charmaine Greyling
    One never knows which telephone to answer when you’re in the Pinetown home of this collector of all things vintage and retro. “I bought my first vintage phone, a black Bakelite ‘cheese dish’ phone about 19 years ago when my husband and I started rest
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    HOT Stuff
    According to Charlene Le Roux of Easylife Kitchens, decorative pendants in matte black and glass are in for 2020 and are ideal for adding sophistication to open-plan kitchens. For a focal point that makes a statement, look for oversized fittings that
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    RURAL Chic
    An extended family share this weekend home. This holiday home has six en suite bedrooms, including two with double bunks and two slightly separate from the house. The living spaces and kitchen are open plan and lead out onto a covered patio and swim
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    This month’s GOOD IDEA…
    Always forgetting shopping lists and birthdays, or looking for your keys? Make life easier by placing a pinboard on the wall next to the front door for messages and reminders. Fit a set of hooks below it on which to hang hats, bags and keys. If space
    SA Garden and Home1 min readInternational Relations
    Planning Your Trip
    WHEN TO GO We intercepted the migration as the animals moved through Serengeti in autumn rather than when they cross the Mara River in Kenya from July to October. GETTING THERE We travelled with ExplorePlus, who also got us discounts on our flights.
    SA Garden and Home1 min readRegional & Ethnic
    Quick Chat With The Cook
    My cooking style is influenced by the seasons. In summer, I love cold crunchy dishes with lots of texture, and in cooler months, dinner might be a rich lentil and sweet potato stew. My pantry staples are smoked paprika, ground cumin, onion powder an
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    SEASON OF mists
    SOURCES Bespoke Home bespokehome.co.za Designers Guild designersguild.com Home Fabrics homefabrics.co.za KARE kare-design.com KNUS knus.co Mwanzo Lifestyle mwanzolifestyle.com SHF shf.co.za The Lighting Warehouse lightingwarehouse.co.za Volpes volpes
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    HOME Comforts
    As I’m writing this, it’s still not clear whether we’ll be returning to work as normal at the end of the month. Although, will anything be quite normal again? Everyone has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting global economic downt
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    Visit Old Nectar
    The garden is open for self-guided walks, with a garden map and tree list every day of the year. Guided tours are conducted by arrangement. These, R100 pp, include refreshments and fruit cake. To visit, or book accommodation in the old Manor House or
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    A MATTER Of Taste
    Think matt finishes and a minimal aesthetic Just about anything goes, so have fun and be bold Make choices that will never go out of style Bright and breezy, this is easy living at its best SOURCES 8° South eightdegreessouth.com Block & Chisel
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    Land AND SKY
    Tell us about your artistic background. I’ve always wanted to be an artist, so every decision in my life has led to becoming one. While raising my four children, art was mostly on the side. I used it as a way to illustrate the songs I sang to my chil
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    A Brief History Of The Telephone
    The first electric telephone was invented by Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. The first commercial exchange, with 12 users, was opened in 1878 in Connecticut in the US. In 1889, convinced that the Bell central exchange was divert
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    TRUE Colours
    To prepare: Liquidise or cook and purée. For a deeper colour, add paprika. Growing: Sow directly in fertile, well-drained soil. It needs regular moisture or it becomes stringy and tough. Keep weeds under control by mulching. To prepare: Liquidise
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    Growing Tips
    Plant in a mineral-free, nutrient-deficient, acidic soil mix comprising sphagnum peat and perlite. Plants should have at least four or more hours of direct sun daily, with as much indirect light as possible. Strong light creates compact growth and go
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    Steeling THE limelight
    THE ARCHITECT AND CLIENT: Marcus Smit of Marcus Smit Jacobs Architects. THE BRIEF: To explore the architect’s creativity within the confines of a simple, steel-framed structure. THE HOUSE: A single storey with open-plan dining and kitchen area as w
    SA Garden and Home5 min readRegional & Ethnic
    Viva la VEG
    When Yoliswa Gumede embarked on a plant-based diet, it was an experiment. “I was interested to see if cutting out meat and most dairy would give me more energy and reduce some of the joint pain I was experiencing. I decided to try it for a few months
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    Under the AFRICAN SKY
    ‘Will it be human meat in a vehicle-shaped tin or stripy meat on the hoof?” asked the Australian in our game-viewing vehicle as she stared into the amber eyes of a lioness an arm’s length away. We were watching a heaving herd of zebras quenching thei
    SA Garden and Home3 min readArchitecture
    The BRIGHTEST And Best
    A better garden performer than the original pink, its larger, deep pink blooms cover the entire plant. It also has improved heat tolerance. Well branched, it forms a low mound of colour, with a spread of 30cm. It quickly fills containers and hanging
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    LITTLE CROP OF horrors
    The notion that some plants eat flesh has intrigued humans since scientists discovered this fact some 200 years ago. Charles Darwin was fascinated with the Venus flytrap and science fiction writers have exploited these abilities over the years. In re
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    Write In And Win
    EVERY MONTH we give away a *prize for the most valuable or interesting item sent in. This month Justine Brink has won 12 bottles of Van Loveren’s Perlé de Jean. This dry rosé wine, with its beautiful rose petal hue and slight sparkle, is the ideal co
    SA Garden and Home2 min readArchitecture
    Keeping Cool
    With a focus on small and micro gardens, balconies and patio living, the aim of this year’s show is to promote the idea that elements of one style can be adapted to update another, no matter the size of the garden. Garden and Home ’s garden ‘Softly S
    SA Garden and Home3 min read
    Colour CRAZY
    Interior designer Sarah Ord and her two children, Charlie and Sam. A three-bedroom, two-bathroom house in Claremont, Cape Town, with an open-plan kitchen and dining area and separate living room. “I sound like the Mad Hatter, but I’m actually not t
    SA Garden and Home3 min readArchitecture
    Open INVITATION
    With a practical, restructured layout, this kitchen has become the social heart of this home THE PROBLEM “The kitchen was dark with dated cabinets and granite countertops and the position of the sink wasn’t practical,” recall the owners of this Jo’b
    SA Garden and Home2 min readArchitecture
    COASTAL Glamour
    Chris and Jean Larsen and their daughter, Samantha, who lives in the studio apartment. On the ground floor, the open-plan living spaces lead onto a covered patio and swimming pool with a firepit. On the same floor, there is also a separate dining ro
    SA Garden and Home2 min read
    Seats of POWER
    In a large, high-ceilinged room, the sofa should be proportioned accordingly so that it doesn’t look lost. In the TV room of this Tokai home in Cape Town, a generous modular sofa lets the family get together in comfort. Slipcovered sofas are a boon
    SA Garden and Home1 min readRegional & Ethnic
    To Add Coloured Ingredients To The Basic Dough:
    Powder: Beat in with the eggs before mixing. Purée or liquid: Beat 2 large eggs and 250ml in with the eggs before mixing. Blue dough: Egg yolk makes blue colours green. Use 5 large egg whites, 1T olive oil and beat with eggs. ■

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