Decorate Yourself Happy!
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 enough...Read More
A Facelift for Your Garden.
Give your garden an instant boost with these 5 simple tricks. Is your garden giving you glum vibes? The winter washout is real and for many of us this is the “ugliest” season of the year. Dried grass, dead plants and general dustiness doesn’t do much for any garden. On the other hand, many of us were lashed with some pretty intense rain recently, and drowned...Read More
Safely Shop on Facebook Marketplace.
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 shop on facebook market place....Read More
Sunscreen for Your Home
Protect your home from sun damage. The power of the sun has been the saving grace of many South Africans. Indeed its powerful rays, have been harnessed to light our homes, boil our kettles and keep the TV’s on during the cold winter nights…and the Springbok rugby games. The fact that the sun can power our lives is a clear indication of how powerful it is. And anyone...Read More
How to Celebrate the Magic of Friendship Day.
The true value or friendship “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” Celebrate Friendship Day. C.S. Lewis Celebrate friendship. 30 July is International Friendship Day, and we think it is worth celebrating! Be friends with your space You can’t pour from an empty vessel – you...Read More
Thoughtful Thrifting
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 household item or odd piece of furniture. During...Read More
Not Your Granny’s Lampshade.
Is stained glass making a comeback? In the 90’s and 00’ we had a couple of intense craft and DIY crazes. There was Scrapbooking, fabric painting, modge-podging and then there was stained glass. This trend ranged from housewifely levels of glass paint with silver or bronze puffy paint dividing lines that people would hang up as suncatchers, to traditional cut...Read More
Unusual Vegetables You Can Grow In Your Own Garden.
Let’s grow weird! Unusual vegetables you can grow in your own garden. Spring is around the corner and its time to sort out your veggie planting schedule. The usual suspects: If you are like us, it’s tomatoes, radishes and lettuce all the way. Onions and green peppers when we’re feeling adventurous, and maybe, MAYBE, we’ll concede to some butternut or gem...Read More
Retreat to Your Shade Garden
Find solace in a shade garden  “Green temples, closed against the beat of noontime’s blinding glare and heat…” Theodosia Garrison, Shade In South Africa we are blessed with nearly unlimited sunshine. (This is why investing in Solar energy solutions makes so much sense.) We are known to have some of the most beautiful gardens in the world. Roses,...Read More