It's year 15 of our annual Fix it with Flair Competition, with a new partner on board.
Tackle your renovation with Gelmar – your trusted partner and retailer.
There are THREE categories. Once you’ve decided which one best suits your project, submit your pics!
DIY
This one is for avid DIYers who did at least 50% of the work themselves. So if knocking down walls or retiling doesn’t scare you, go for it! You’ll have to submit a budget breakdown and show what you did with your own two hands.
Requirements: At least 50% of work done by you - Budget breakdown submission required.
Prize: Winner R30,000 | Runner-up R10,000
MOST BEAUTIFUL
If you’re all thumbs and have a fear of power tools but you oversaw a gorgeous renovation and paid for it, consider this option. Even if a contractor completed 100% of the physical work, you are eligible for this prize.
Requirements: Project oversight by entrant - Professional contractor work acceptable.
Prize: Winner R30,000 | Runner-up R10,000
INNOVATION
If you fancy yourself an out-of-the-box thinker, this category is for you. It could be a mobile home, an outdoor kitchen – you name it! Whether you did it yourself or managed the project, feel free to enter your makeover here.
Requirements: Innovative design or concept - Creative thinking and execution.
Prize: Winner R30,000 | Runner-up R10,000
ABOUT
When you are renovating, updating, or building a new space, you want to create an environment that works smart, functions seamlessly, maximizes available space, has exceptional organising solutions, and reflects your décor aesthetic.
At Gelmar, we understand this and work hard to source, stock and deliver functional and stylish solutions direct from our shelves to your door.
Whether you’re looking for beautiful handles to finish off a bathroom cabinet, superior runners to ensure kitchen drawers glide open and closed smoothly, clever fittings and storage solutions to make sense of a cupboard, ingenious space-saving bedroom solutions, hinges for your new kitchen cabinetry, a contemporary mirror for your upgraded bathroom, or a stylish new tap mixer, you will find it all at Gelmar. The Gelmar customer is: You. Me. Everyone.
People from all walks of life come through our store doors or fill up their carts online. Despite their differences, all our customers share the same desire: they are looking for value-driven, practical, simple, efficient, innovative, useful and affordable products and solutions to help them bring their DIY and renovation projects and dreams to life.
BE INSPIRED
Find inspiration in the homes of our previous Fix it with Flair winners
HOW IT WORKS
Entries open on 22 August 2025 and close at midnight on 13 November 2025, and no late entries will be accepted!
Only online entries will be accepted.
Upload the ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos of the project you’d like to enter. If you are unable to complete your entry in one attempt, you can choose the ‘save’ option at the bottom of the form, and enter your email address to receive a link where you can complete your entry within 30 days.
FINALISTS
Finalists will be contacted via email. The decision of the organisers and selection of the winners is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
PRIZES
Prize money to be redeemed within 6 months of notification.
By entering this competition, you agree to adhere to the competition rules and to receive communication per email from Tuis | Home regarding the Fix it with Flair competition.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. The competition is open to anyone in South Africa and Namibia except the employees of Media24, the competition sponsors, their subsidiaries, promotional and advertising agencies and immediate family members. 2. No AI-generated images will be considered for any competitions in Tuis | Home where the submission of an image is the entry mechanism. 3. Winners and finalists should be prepared to be photographed and filmed for other media purposes which form part of the competition. 4. All projects entered in the Fix it with Flair competition should have been completed within the last three years. 5. Entrants are required to grant Tuis | Home access to the property for photographic shoots. 6. Entrants who do not comply will be disqualified. 7. Entries & images remain the property of Tuis | Home; any images may be used in Tuis | Home, related publications and online. 8. The editor reserves the right to transfer entries from one category to another.
ENTRIES
INNOVATION
Yolindie Kammies
Calvinia, Northern Cape
INNOVATION
Yentl Bruwer
Robertson, Western Cape
INNOVATION
Washington Mendes
Koringberg, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Tammy Herselman
Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Tammy Herselman
Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal
INNOVATION
Stephanie Nel
Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Rina-Marie Loubser
Ballito, Kwazulu-Natal
DIY
Petro & Fanie Kruger
Cape Town, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Merril Wilson
Prince Albert, Western Cape
DIY
Marlize Snyman Peyper
Stellenbosch, Western Cape
INNOVATION
Malan Gericke
George, Western Cape
DIY
Magrietha Jacobs
Pretoria, Gauteng
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Madelein Nothnagel
Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Lise Taljaard
Belville, Western Cape
DIY
Kobus Liebenberg
Bredasdorp
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Jacqueline Stander
Stellenbosch, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Gerhard Loots
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Gerhard Loots
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Fiona Reed
Alberton, Gauteng
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Fanie Meintjes
Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal
INNOVATION
Elmari van der Merwe
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
DIY
Ella Liebenberg
Bredasdorp
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Daniela Lengner-Grossi
Cape Town, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Chevonne Mc Geer
Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal
INNOVATION
Beulah Beukman
Yzerfontein, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
An-Mari Coetzee
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
INNOVATION
Sandra Muller
Randburg, Gauteng
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Lorette Nieuwenhuis
Paarl, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Leandri Kruger
Potchefstroom, North-West
DIY
Frederik Jacobus van Zyl
Rooihuiskraal, Centurion, Gauteng
INNOVATION
Elizabeth Sonnekus
Mossel Bay, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Alexis Muntz
Centurion, Gauteng
INNOVATION
Alexis Muntz
Centurion, Gauteng
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Alexis Muntz
Centurion, Gauteng
INNOVATION
Alexis Muntz
Centurion, Gauteng
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Sanel Potgieter
Viljoenskroon
INNOVATION
Maryke Meyer
Middelburg
DIY
Liezel de Jager
Krugersdorp, Gauteng
INNOVATION
Estelle Kleinhans
Patensie, Eastern Cape
DIY
Elize van Wyk
Villiersdorp, Western Cape
DIY
Corrine van Wyk
Windhoek
DIY
Angie Henderson
Dowerglen, Gauteng
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Tania Bene
Vredenburg, Western Cape
DIY
Pascale Mouries Houbart
Wynberg, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Marelize Griffin
Northcliff, Gauteng
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Lynette Fourie
Philippolis, Free State
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Junette Retief
Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Debi Lorenz
Cape Town, Western Cape
INNOVATION
Anita Malherbe
Ceres, Western Cape
INNOVATION
Percy Human
Alberton, Gauteng
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Lindie Senekal
Paarl, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Laura Maree
Cape Town, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Laura Maree
Cape Town, Western Cape
DIY
Jeanine Geugis
Betty’s Bay, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Cathryn McCleland
Gqeberha, Eastern Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Tia Carlyle
Cape Town, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Tanya Ryke
Yzerfontein, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Leoni Hainsworth
Sandton, Gauteng
DIY
Lelani Boonzaaier
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Ermine Flemix
Paarl, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Dewald Kannemeyer
Durbanville, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Alison Foote
Edenvale, Gauteng
INNOVATION
Teana Fourie-Wegner
Paarl, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Tanya Ryke
Yzerfontein, Western Cape
DIY
Petro Henning
Lephalale, Limpopo
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Melissa Pieterse
Bonnievale, Western Cape
DIY
Bianka Coetzer
Hartbeespoort
DIY
Peter Wetdewich
Hibberdene, KZN
DIY
Lourene Nel
Boesmanland, Northern Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Geraldine Johnson
Middelburg, Mpumalanga
INNOVATION
Chevonne McGeer
Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal
DIY
Chevonne McGeer
Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal
DIY
Emma Penfold
Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape
DIY
Emma Penfold
Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape
DIY
Grershin Salie
Cape Town, Western Cape
DIY
Yolande Froehlich
Jeffreys Bay, Western Cape
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Anita van Zyl
Kuruman, Northern Cape
INNOVATION
Anita van Zyl
Kuruman, Northern Cape
DIY
Bianca Loretz
Bloemfontein, Free State
INNOVATION
Denise Mare
Jongensfontein, Western Cape
DIY
Deborah Britz
Worcester, Western Cape
INNOVATION
Erika Metcalfe
Johannesburg, Gauteng
MOST BEAUTIFUL
Kendal Muir Prins
Cape Town, Western Cape
CONTACT US
If you have any queries regarding the competition, please email sune.esterhuizen@media24.com.
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