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In just 28 days...

… the Krugers converted an old-fashioned kitchen, braai room and living area into a space they can all enjoy.

- By Marian van Wyk Photograph­s Francois Oberholste­r

Reason for renovation

Eben and Sarita really had to get cracking once they’d taken ownership of their sorely neglected house in May 2014. “We had to move in on 28 June and we completed the major – and messiest – part of the renovation in those 28 days,” says Eben, marketing manager at Eurolux.

“The house had been rented out for 15 years and really needed some TLC,” says Sarita, who runs her own advertisin­g agency. “The kitchen was old and the layout simply didn’t work for us. The separate braai room alongside it was a cramped facebrick space and the TV room was dark. We wanted to create one big living area that would allow us to do everything together as a family.”

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