Special home issue
* Autumn 2015
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The hottest décor trends travel
Kruger rest camps, lighthouse holidays and New York
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A lighthouse stay and Kruger holiday!
– what you didn’t know garden: succeed with pot plants
wheels: pack it all in a trailer
food: how to cook money: become a the basics better property investor
editor’s letter
Welcome
H
ome is where the heart is – and we hope our annual Home edition of Reality will give you the inspiration to treat your home to some extra TLC. From the latest décor trends (p4) and container gardening advice (p6) through to getting the best out of your household insurance (p14), our Autumn issue is packed with articles to make you house proud. Before the printed magazine arrives at your home, have a look at this early preview of the articles. There’s plenty to spark excitement – a Kruger National Park special (p8), New York’s top 10 sights (p10) and the best of basic cooking tips (p7).
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WIN 03 A Kruger National Park stay!
HOME 04 Home inspirations 06 Going potty TASTE 07 How to cook better TRAVEL 08 Kruger’s best rest camps 10 10 best bites of the Big Apple
WHEELS 12 … and the kitchen sink WELLNESS 13 Always online isn’t always good
MONEY 14 The magic of
Happy reading! Robyn
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competition
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One lucky Sanlam Reality member will win a two-night stay for a family of four at a rest camp of their choice in the Kruger National Park.
PRIZE INCLUDES: Two nights’ selfcatering accommodation for a family of four people. PRIZE EXCLUDES: Transport to and from the park, game drives and gate entrance fee. HOW TO ENTER: Simply SMS the word KRUGER with your name and Sanlam Reality membership number to 31108 (normal SMS rates apply). The competition is exclusive to Sanlam Reality members. Competition closes: 15 June 2015 TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The prize is valid for travel between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016 but booking dates are subject to availability of accommodation within the Kruger National Park. The prize is not transferable, nor can it be exchanged for cash. A Sanlam Reality consultant will assist with the booking. For Sanlam Reality competition standard terms and conditions, see www.sanlamreality.co.za.
HOME inspirations Giving your home a perk-up needn’t involve a huge overhaul. Tracy Melass gathers expert opinion to guide you.
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Celebrate Africa
ABOVE: Escape into the South American jungle, with the Amazon-inspired colour – Jungle Adventure – by Plascon.
The colour of escapism “Tropical is the 2015 trend that appeals to me in particular,” says Plascon’s colour manager, Anne Roselt. As hosts of the FIFA World Cup last year and the Olympics in 2016, Brazil, and particularly its rain forests, has been a source of inspiration for many designers. “We’re bombarded by so much digital information, that the allure of the rainforests allows us a feeling of escapism. Green colour-blocked furniture, water-colour effects and painted ceilings are some of the techniques related to this trend.”
Bielle Ross, editor of Elle Décor says ‘Africa rising’ is her top trend. “This drop-deadgorgeous country of ours is quite literally pulsating with unbridled creativity, potential, talent and enthusiasm. The colours, patterns, textures, narratives and materials of a characteristically African aesthetic are being celebrated, reinterpreted and reimagined to extraordinary effect by designers.”
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Going
potty Containers offer creative gardeners unlimited options and surprising practical benefits, as Tracy Melass explains.
Top three things to do Nick Stodel is head of Stodels Garden Centres and president of the International Garden Centre Association. His top three tips are: • Give your potted garden a fortnightly boost with a seaweed-based plant tonic to promote stronger, healthier plants that are more able to cope with stress. • Liquid feed them every two to three weeks to promote lush, healthy growth and lots of flowers. • Cut back any dead or faded flowers to promote more blooms and tidy up yellow or straggly looking foliage to keep your potted plants in tiptop condition.
taste
How to
cook better Two self-taught home chefs with a flair for food and a quirky sense of humour decided to put their trial-by-error wisdom down on paper in a new cookbook titled Cook. Better. Brandon de Kock and Nikki Werner share their insights… HOW TO MATCH PASTA SHAPE TO SAUCE Smooth sauce = long skinny pasta For a smooth sauce that will cling to lengths of pasta, like a plain tomato sauce or creamy carbonara, choose spaghetti or linguine (which looks like flattenedout spaghetti but actually has an elliptical shape). The thinner the noodle, the stickier the sauce must be.
Chunky sauce = short pasta If your sauce is chunky, serve it with shells that scoop up sauce as you toss them around the bowl, or tubes – like macaroni or penne – where sauces slide down into the hollow centres. Sauce is also trapped by the corkscrew shape of fusilli and sticks to the rough, ridged surface of penne rigate.
Meat sauce = long wide pasta Wider, fatter noodles are somewhere in between because the pasta is wide enough to hold rich, heavy meat sauces – the kind that’s more of a slowcooked stew, where the meat is shredded and tossed with its sauce and the pasta. If you want a long noodle, go for tagliatelle or pappardelle.
Kruger’s best rest camps
The Kruger National Park is even more South African than braaivleis and rugby. It’s our cherished jewel and one of the world’s great game reserves. Justin Fox sniffs out its top five rest camps.
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Olifants The gorgeous Olifants Camp is perched on a koppie, which stands tall beside a bend in the Olifants River.
Letaba For many Kruger faithfuls, Letaba (meaning river of sand in Sotho) is a favourite camp.
Satara Satara is a large camp in the heart of lion country. Facilities include a shop, cafeteria, restaurant, garage and laundrette.
Lower Sabie A commanding location on the south bank of the Sabie, one of the few perennial rivers in Kruger, Lower Sabie has great views of the stream and Lebombo Mountains beyond.
Tamboti If you’re not keen on the (relative) hustle and bustle of the bigger camps, try one of the smaller bush camps.
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10 best bites of
THE BIG APPLE Bigger, faster, taller, more exciting: that’s New York. Forget about sleeping, this city will have you breathlessly on the go, 24/7. Justin Fox chooses the best sights.
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travel
1. Empire State Building 2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 3. Times Square 4. Central Park 5. Guggenheim Museum
6. The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island 7. MoMA 8. The 9/11 Memorial and Museum 9. Nightlife 10 Downtown Manhattan
TOURING TIPS Walking, taxis and the subway are the three best ways of getting around New York. If you’ve got a smartphone, you can use apps to plan your trip. There are many good free ones, such as Moove It and TripGo. These usually combine public and private options to give you the best plan for your budget and convenience. New York Pass is a tourist card that saves you time and money when out sightseeing. Cardholders get free entry to 80 attractions and can skip the long ticket queues (www.newyorkpass.com).
wheels
‌ and the kitchen sink Few of us can afford the largest of the SUVs, which means travelling with the whole family and their kit can be a challenge. Peter Frost hunts for other ways to travel with the kitchen sink. TRAILER TIPS Check your licence. To tow anything over 750kg (the normal weight of a small trailer) you need an EB licence. Insurers will not pay out in the event of an accident if you have the incorrect licence. Temporary EB licences can be applied for if the holiday season is too close to take the test. Load a trailer correctly, with the weight distribution so that the front, where the tow hitch is, is around 75kg. Pick it up to check:
if it is too heavy or too light you need to rearrange the contents. Remember, too light is worse than too heavy, as it will put backwards pressure on the tow hitch over bumps. Buy a trailer cover, even if the trailer lives in a garage – condensation and dust take a heavy toll on a stationary vehicle and your smart accessory will very quickly deteriorate. Wash it regularly too.
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wellness
Always online isn’t always good If you’re too wired into work, feel like you’re ‘always on’ and can’t get downtime even when you’re at home, you’re ready for a digital detox. Tracy Melass plugs in.
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he scenario is all too common: it’s dinner with good friends, the conversation’s engaging, and yet each of you glances at your phone every few minutes. When there’s a lull in chatter while you order, chances are you sneak a peek at that all-important email, or scramble for your handset when you hear the distinctive ping of a WhatsApp message. These are the warning signs of a digital junkie, or at least someone on the road to addiction. As cellphones, particularly smartphones, and laptops have become ubiquitous, the truth is we’re struggling more and more to know when to switch off.
The magic of
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Imagine taking the roof off your home and turning it upside down – everything that falls out of your house constitutes your home contents
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Insurance can seem like a real bugbear. But when things go pear shaped, a good insurer is like a magical helper waving a wand to make everything right again. Just follow these basic principles. By Helen Ueckermann. Know your contents An easy way to determine which items fall under house contents is to imagine taking the roof off your home and turning it upside down – everything that falls out of your house constitutes your home contents. Here are some examples: • Furniture, furnishings, carpets and rugs, linen, blankets, towels • Electrical items such as TVs and DVD recorders • Clothes and shoes • Toys and sporting equipment • Handyman tools such as drills and saws • Gardening equipment When you explain to your insurer what you need to insure, you can’t be vague about it. You need to be precise about what you need cover for, as well as the value of the items.
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Travel
Love the lowveld GREENWAY WOODS RESORT
From R1 240
per person sharing (4 nights) Situated in a quiet part of White River about 50 kilometres from the Kruger National Park, Greenway Woods Resort offers three-star self-catering accommodation and timeshare. INCLUDES: Self-catering accommodation in a chalet (up to six people) and car hire. There are fly-in options at R4 950 from Johannesburg, R7 790 from Cape Town or R7 290 from Durban. VALID: 28 April to 10 December 2015
PROTEA HOTEL KRUGER GATE
From R3 490
per person sharing (3 nights) Enter a world of suspended timber walkways threading through indigenous forests alive with birdsong. This four-star hotel is situated only 100 metres from The Kruger Gate entrance to the Kruger National Park.
INCLUDES: Dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation in a twin room, car hire with unlimited mileage and Classic Plus cover. There are fly-in options at R6 750 pp from Johannesburg, R9 590 from Cape Town or R9 090 from Durban. VALID: 1 April to 30 September 2015
JOCK SAFARI LODGE
From R7 180 per person sharing (2 nights) Tucked into the south-western corner of the Kruger National Park, this five-star private lodge is aptly named after a Kruger legend, Jock of the Bushveld. INCLUDES: Full board plus two game drives and car hire with Classic Plus cover and unlimited mileage. There are fly-in options at R10 390 from Johannesburg, R13 280 from Cape Town and R12 780 from Durban. VALID: 8 April to 31 July 2015
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Wheels FORD RANGER 2.2 XL – PLUS 4X4 The Ford Ranger looks like a truck and makes no apologies. Where some of its competitors have succumbed to the temptation to look more car-like, or at least more SUV-like, the Ford sticks to its roots. NORMAL PRICE: R393 500
OUR PRICE: R350 000 SAVING: R43 500
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