Category: Making a Home
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Courage is what you learn from just being yourself
Few of us think of ourselves as brave. Given a choice between fight and flight, we’d probably take the smarter, easier way out. But when it comes to the crunch, sometimes courage is the only option, especially if you have good friends watching your back. By Cath Jenkin
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The six big lessons you learn when you build your own home
Buying a home is a lot easier and cheaper than building one from scratch. But the rewards of knowing you’re living in a home-made home sweet home will make it well worth the extra toil and trouble. By Maya Fisher-French
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I dream of a Pinterest home, but I live happily in the real world
Pinterest is the visually-driven social network that allows allows us to vicariously make our our dreams of domestic perfection come true. But the truth is, our real homes hold memories and stories that no online platform can hope to match. By Zakkiya Khan
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Love is learning to let go
Holding on to your possessions can clutter up your life. Letting go of them can set you free, even if it isn’t an easy thing to do, says Linette Retief
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How to bring power back to the people
Fed up with bureaucracy, loadshedding, and lack of progress, the residents of Parkhurst in Johannesburg are taking the future into their own hands. By Adam Oxford
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My garden is real & messy & slow, just like me
The grass is always greener on the Astroturf, but the price you pay for that instant lawn is a soul-crushing sense of a life surrendered to convenience and inauthenticity. Exercise your patience, nurture your garden, and you’ll feel better for feeling real. By Sarah Rice
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How I learned to stop worrying & love chaos
Managing a busy household and working from home means juggling duties and responsibilities and still somehow finding the time you need to take a break. Sometimes, no matter how well you schedule, chaos will step in and take over. So just let it, advises Cath Jenkin
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In the end, it’s love that matters most
It’s not the rooms in your house that count, says Nobantu Shabangu, in this tale of learning to live with change. It’s the room for love in your heart.
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The secret treasures of a good winter spring-clean
Every shift of seasons brings a good enough reason to clear out your cupboards of things you don’t need. And in the process, you’ll find the things you do. By Cath Jenkin
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Eight things you really need to know about buying a house
It’s a place to live and a place to bring up a family. More than that, it’s a place to call home. But before you move in to the house of your dreams, there’s a lot of red tape to get out of the way. Here’s what you need to know. Happy house-hunting! By Mandy…