1,2,3 fixed!

Many homes have a Wendy house that started life as a backyard storage space for all sorts of odds and ends but soon degenerated into a ‘junk room’.

This was certainly the case at reader Annelie Carstens’ Durbanville home, where three teams battled it out on Home’s reality show 1,2,3 Fix It! on DSTV channel VIA in a competition to prove their renovation mettle. In this instance, her cluttered storage space became a treasure chest for the competitors to delve into.

Annelie’s home was one of 600 that were considered for the TV series, sponsored by BUCO and Timbercity.

All three teams worked makeover wonders with their clever ideas; meticulous planning; plenty of blood, sweat and tears – and a bunch of discarded items rescued from Annelie’s Wendy house and garden.

The orange team, Dewald and Erika van Zyl of Lephalale, came out tops with the show’s conclusion in June and the yellow team, Jacques Müller and Justin Duckitt of Nieu-Bethesda, took second place. The blue team, consisting of Wesley Moolman and Ivor Petersen of Cape Town, came in third.

Today, Annelie’s home boasts a welcoming entrance, a lush veggie garden which previously consisted of only