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Edging as a DIY Home Improvement Project
By Chris Sergienko · 13 years ago
Remember those days when having a beautiful garden meant forking over astronomical sums of your hard-earned money to a garden service or landscaper? Remember when a neatly paved driveway or garden path meant either putting ...
About South African BBQs - "Braais", and BBQ equipment.
By Chris Sergienko · 13 years ago
Throughout the world, various cultures engage in a social custom that entails some form of outdoor cooking. Nowhere is such activity more proudly celebrated than in South Africa, however, where the word "braai", meaning "barbeque", ...
About Toolchests
By Chris Sergienko · 13 years ago
You can tell a lot about a worker and a workplace by their tools. Whether you’re a qualified artisan, a hobbyist or the long suffering husband-cum-handyman about the house, you will no doubt agree that ...
Traditional vs. Gas Fireplaces
By Chris Sergienko · 13 years ago
A fireplace has to be one of the most appealing features a home can possess. Not only does it create a deeply romantic atmosphere but it can also be the focal point around which a ...
Innovations in Garden Edging
By Chris Sergienko · 13 years ago
The world of garden design is being continually revolutionised with the advent of various garden maintenance and landscaping solutions, not least of which has been the introduction of a number of different edging systems. Edging ...
Gas Fireplaces as an alternative in South Africa's electricity crisis
By Chris Sergienko · 13 years ago
As we head into what promises to be a particularly icy winter, many look forward to unpacking their winter warmers. It won’t be long before we find ourselves staying home on the weekends, preferring to ...
Occularists in South Africa: What is an Occularist?
By Chris Sergienko · 13 years ago
An ocularist is a trained professional who manufactures and fits custom made ocular prostheses or artificial eyes. He or she is also qualified to fit scleral or haptic shells (lenses that fit over non-sensitive, blinded ...
Ocularists in South Africa
By Chris Sergienko · 14 years ago
An ocularist is a trained professional who fits and manufactures custom designed Ocular Prostheses (artificial eyes). An ocularist is also qualified to fit Scleral or Haptic Shells (an artificial eye shell which fits over a ...