Find Home Inspo on the Telly Embrace your binge watch. Storytime: My parents are the quintessential Baby Boomers. The generation that comes standard with pearls, prawn cocktail and problematic politics. Take away the politics and add an admirable work ethic with a total inability to take a time-out, and you’ve got my mom and dad. [...]

Christmas Tree Inspiration Fresh new inspiration for the festive season   Into the woods Yes, yes, – we know. South African Christmases are all about summer and sunshine. However – thanks to the persuasive powers of the Northern Hemisphere, Hallmark movies and the flood of Netflix Christmas fare, many of us secretly hanker for frosty, [...]

Iconic Chairs Worth Knowing About. Beautiful places to put your bottom. “Styles may come and go; good design is a language, not a style.” – Massimo Vignelli. Consider a chair: Since the dawn of time, humans have enjoyed sitting. While there was (and still is) a certain amount of ground and floor sitting done, there [...]

When you want more than a lick of paint Updating your home with wallpaper instead of paint.   We have all heard the home renovation trope: “Just add a lick of paint” But what if you want more? Or can’t stand the smell of paint? This week we are looking into a classic wall treatment [...]

Make peace between your pieces Stop the décor Cold War   Bridge the generational gap between décor eras and bring cohesion back into your home. You can MAKE it match Storytime: I was privileged enough to move into a half furnished flat. Half furnished because the family member who lived there before I did, moved [...]

How to enjoy your new space without alienating your grown kids.   Empty nest syndrome refers to that weird feeling of loneliness some parents get once their chicks fly off. (grownup kids move out)   My mother-in-law had an empty nest by the time she was 56. She could have moved to a smaller house, [...]

Cute ways to store your books Books beat kindles every day! Buying books, and reading books are two different hobbies. If you are at all bookish you will know this. The problem with both, however, is that you still end up with more books than bookshelves. In honour of International Literacy day, celebrated on the [...]

Dopamine décor is our favourite new decorating trend.   What is dopamine? Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, hard at work in our brains, and is involved in everything from movement, memory, pleasurable reward and motivation to behaviour and cognition, attention, sleep and arousal, mood, learning and even lactation. This is some powerful stuff! If you have [...]

Don’t make marketplace mistakes Here's how to safely shop on Facebook marketplace This little piggy went to market(place) We all know the internet can be a dangerous place and we need to be careful, but somehow the convenience and familiarity of Facebook marketplace has us letting our guard down. Let's look at how to safely [...]

Don’t waste your money on a bargain. Happier than ever to get something cheap With the cost-of-living skyrocketing, we have never been happier about a shopping trend than we are about thrifting. For a couple of years now, our local pawnshop and second-hand store have been the first place we visit whenever we need a [...]