Create a happy, beautiful and eco-friendly home Having a happy, healthy home is a key part of our wellbeing, but how do we ensure the pursuit of our perfect living space doesn't negatively impact on the environment? Blogger and low-waste expert Kezia Neusch provides simple swaps and genius hacks to help you reduce your household's ecological footprint, covering everything from how to break up with your tumble dryer and why your mid-morning snack might be harming the planet. This book contains everything you need to know to create a sustainable home for you and your family.

This title offers almost 3,000 time and money-saving tips, shortcuts, and quick fixes from the 'First Lady' of household hints. Whether it's unclogging drains with dryer sheets, raising the best tomatoes - with the help of panty-hose - or sharing hundreds of ways to make doing laundry better, cheaper, and faster, Heloise has the answer. More relevant than ever when time and money are tight, these shortcuts and solutions for cleaning up, entertaining with ease, making repairs, getting organized, and coping with nuisances guarantee a hassle-free home. Beloved by millions of readers around the world, Heloise's down-to-earth tips have been the backbone of the Hints from Heloise brand for more than 50 years. In Heloise's first new book in more than five years, she offers thousands of no-nonsense solutions that address: the worst (and best) day to do laundry; how to clean up a broken compact fluorescent light bulb; dusting baseboards without bending; and, deterring kitchen pests with crushed peppermint candies.

The name Heloise is synonymous with household hints. Today, more than 40 years after the original Heloise began her newspaper column, her daughter has carried on the tradition for dispensing reliable and practical advice, garnering a whole new generation of fans.

Now for the first time, Heloise's hints for getting and staying organized have been assembled in one easy-to-read volume.

From shopping and home bookeeping to travel and entertaining, Heloise covers every aspect of a busy lifestyle to give her readers the kind of guidance that millions of fans have come to expect.

With 23 years of publishing this guide under their belts, South African Decor & Design 2020 are equally proud of all that has been and excited about all that is still to come. The Guide has grown progressively over the years with the recent launch of their new website, the establishment of their digital platforms, and the ever-popular blog ‘Marcia Loves It’ collectively facilitating positive change through innovation and creativity. Once again they have compiled a remarkable directory of over 3000 key industry players, home décor specialists, interior designers, architects and lifestyle brands.

The Guide continues to facilitate networks between industry players and provide inspiration and valuable information to all their readers. As well as offering the latest trend inspiration, newest product collections and optimal brands, they also strive to be at the forefront of international exhibitions, events and shows, while embracing the rise of the social and digital spheres.

The choice of cover this year was inspired by all that is good about living in South Africa. We so often forget about the beauty of the country and are so inundated daily by all the negatives that go with living here that they wanted to create a shout out for all the reasons why we do live here. Credit goes to photographer extraordinaire DOOK for creating that exact image to portray their theme.

COMPETITION: When buying this book, inside you'll find details on how to enter and stand the chance to win a furniture makeover worth R 50,000.00.