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Kate Shepherd, creative director of events design company Something Different and online furniture store Something Desired, brings us her favourite home décor trends.

Kitchen surfaces are an expensive, and expansive, exercise so careful planning is essential before the big splurge.

Consider the pros and cons of the more popular flooring options.

Take a peak inside some of the year’s hottest trends in kitchen design.

Concrete furniture is set to remain one of the most popular decor trends of 2015.

Are you about to embark on a home improvement project? You may want to consider using cement to improve the overall look and feel of your abode. Lafarge South Africa has the widest range of designed-for-purpose products covering every application

The steel is going up! The interest in our building site has been amazing. There have been so many people stopping to ask if this is a warehouse being erected, or just asking questions; and the monstrosity against the skyline is only the ground floor so far.

Things seem to be moving ahead so quickly! This week started with the foundations being filled with no less than 21 loads of building rubble. It was quite a feat to have the foundations levelled and filled in only three days, considering all the loading and unloading was done by hand.

Flooring is an integral part of your decor and affects the overall look and feel of your interiors. Many factors will influence your choice but more and more home owners are looking more into green alternatives. To cater for this growing need, manufacturers are keeping up by developing greener alternatives

According to Justin Barnard from Boutique Tiles, flooring is a key design element that influences a room’s overall character and can either make or break a room. To this end, people must be both painstaking and prudent when selecting their flooring solutions.

Stepping into a home and being met with an epically beautiful staircase is one of the most impressive aspects of a house. Based on the primacy effect, first impressions are lasting ones.

Sun and exposure, water, maintenance and accessibility are other factors that one should consider during the planning phase.