CAPE COD Deconstructing Architecture and Design Styles

We look at what defines CAPE COD – its key design elements both architecturally and the interior design.

Decoding Chairs – A guide to where to place your Derriere!

Sitting Down has as many variations as there are brilliant design minds to conceive of them. We exam and deconstruct a few of them here. And learn their names.

New Year – New interior Inspiration!

I dont know about you, but in our world, things are ramping up for a big spring market!! So I thought I would share a few design tips and trends for the New Year…. Please remember, not all of this applies if you are selling a home. It is great to incorporate some things, especially […]…

Creating an Inspiring Work Space

A home office can be one of the most important rooms in a house, but it often gets overlooked. As a place of work, home offices are often cold, bland and uninspired. Here’ are a few tips on how to make a more creative, inspiring and productive space. Lighting Getting adequate lighting is essential to […]…

A Home What really matters – Flowers

A very very wise man once said that “After women, flowers are the most lovely thing that God has given the world” Well thank you Mr Dior, there is no doubt you are very astute and that we are very lovely indeed, but enough about us girls and more about flowers… Flowers uplift any space…

A Home -What Really Matters – Part One

I have long been a fan of Lucia van der Post, daugher of our own Laurens Van der Post. Regarded as one of the most stylish women in England and a doyene of good taste, I have always agreed with her that the things that matter in a house, apart from it being filled with…

SA Design Royalty – Julian and Trevyn McGowan

South African design has come a long way very fast and right now it is celebrated around the world. There are many players involved in the renaissance of South African design and no more so than the extraordinary husband wife team that is Julian and Trevyn McGowan. The couple have a very interesting background. Julian…

Project – Little Girl’s Room Renovation

Turn a tiny, dark room into a fun kids Bedroom and play area that is warm and light on a shoe string budget –

Can we expect a little interlude from Midcentury Modern design? Please say it is so!!

In this blog we discuss the rise and rise of glamour and opulence in interior design as midcentury modern takes a momentary back seat.

Exciting new Interior trends on show.

It’s been a while since our last post. Sometimes life comes at us full throttle and the pressures of work, family, health become a little overwhelming. But I’m back now and so excited to share with you the trends that were on show this weekend at the yearly Decorex exhibition in Cape town, South Africa…