Essentials South Africa

‘ITS LAST REFRESH WAS 40 YEARS AGO’

‘Experiment with different gallery wall layouts – a simple linear arrangement works well with large-format prints’

When it came to selecting a location for their next house buy, it was quite simply a case of putting a pin on the map and then checking to see if the area had good schools for their two boys, says Suzie.

They settled on a suburb that happened to boast wide-open countryside scenery as a bonus. But when the sale of their old house fell through on the day

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