How to Make an Outdoor Plant Wall
Brought to you by Build Something. This DIY outdoor plant wall is perfect for spring and summer! This easy build incorporates pocket hole joinery and is mounted on the exterior of your house to spruce up your backyard or add more curb appeal in your front yard. Mount terracotta plants and add succulents or even start a herb garden! Materials Required: Wood Products: (4) 2×4,...Read More
Get to Know: The DIYgirls
As a professional maintenance, repair and interior design company, The DIYgirls service residential and commercial properties as well as retail spaces, lodges and hotels throughout the country. From their meticulously tailored designs to their custom-made products, they are known for delivering solutions that meet the exact requirements of their clients. Girl Boss As founder and owner of...Read More
VR-Events: Futures Made
VR-Events is a Virtual Reality and 360 production company based in Cape Town. They are pioneering innovative ways to experience and interact with education, entertainment and the working environment through virtual reality. Bespoke Experiences VR-Events is changing the way we view and interact with the world. Working closely with their software team, they specialise in creating bespoke...Read More
Smart Couple
Belinda and Garith recently swapped their 80 square meter apartment for a 1080 square meter free standing home. The smart couple shares their thoughts on doing it yourself and saving time and money by using readily available apps. Enthusiastic DIYers As enthusiastic DIY’s they took a hands-on approach from fixing up, to building furniture and especially making life easier with smart...Read More
Home Automation the SmartKit Way
SmartKit was established in 2017 to provide quality home automation at affordable prices. We represent brands such as SONOFF, and our own OpenIrrigation; in addition to selling EZVIZ, LifeSmart and Amazon Echo. We spoke to Tim Gaul from SmartKit and discovered some pretty neat facts about smart homes. A Beginner’s Guide According to Tim, the quickest way to get involved in home...Read More
SKYE HD Gets It Right
SKYE HD is a home automation business based in Cape Town. The business started as a TV manufacturer and then evolved into home automation. They now cover all low voltage services for both commercial and residential clients and their CV includes hotels and homes all over South Africa. They offer a turnkey solution from design through to implementation. Home Automation Home automation or...Read More
Agent Zero: State of the Art Technology
Agent Zero is a new company specialising in Internet of Things (IOT) products with smart door locks and sonar fish finders being their main focus. They strive to bring top quality products from around the world directly to the consumer. Find out more about the Agent Zero brand below. IOT If you are like us and wondering what IOT is, here you go. According to the Software Testing Help Website,...Read More
Living in Style with Piet Smedy
Having recently celebrated his first year as Editor-in-Chief of Condé Nast House & Garden and graciously agreeing to host three talks at the first Cape Town HOMEMAKERS Expo Virtual Event, we chatted to Piet Smedy about the changes to the House & Garden brand over the past year, where he sees Africa continuing to take global design and what he has gotten up to at home during the...Read More
For the Love of ItalOven
ItalOven is one of our featured Virtual Exhibitors for the HOMEMAKERS virtual event starting on 1 September 2020. Managing Director, Cedric Burger and Director, Elsa-Marie Fouche have collectively built the brand for over 21 years and offer customers a wide variety of choices, products and services. The company was established in 1984 in Cape Town, making ItalOven one of the leaders in pizza...Read More