by Vicky Sim | Jan 14, 2015
Today, 14 January, is Organise Your Home Day. So here are my top five tips to getting your home organised, and keeping it that way: 1. Start with a declutter – less is more Go through your most used cupboards and space – especially the kitchen/dining area, bedroom and...
by Vicky Sim | Sep 9, 2014
My husband Tony is a bit of a hoarder (1). There are two spaces in our home where his hoarding is particularly evident – his study and the garage. For my own sanity I moved out of the study and created an office for myself in the granny flat. I found the teetering...
by Vicky Sim | Sep 10, 2013
I don’t know what happened to winter (we really didn’t have one this year) but here in Durban, spring has sprung and it is getting warmer. As I was looking into my wardrobe a couple of days back for something less wintery to wear, I noticed several items that need to...
by Vicky Sim | Apr 3, 2013
Perfection is a funny thing. It masquerades as being something very good and necessary, something to strive for (especially for us A-type personalities!), but in fact it can be something that harms us more than doing any good. Now you may think that being a...
by Vicky Sim | Jan 31, 2013
Isn’t it amazing how quickly things can descend into chaos? Just a few weeks away on holiday was all it took! Now it has become quite a challenge to revert my home and garden back to some semblance of their former selves. It is particularly the natural world...
