House and Leisure magazine - June 2013

I received the latest issue of House and Leisure magazine in the post yesterday, and look who's on page 38 & 39:

I feel very honored to have snippets of our home featured in the Trends Style Snoop. Thanks H&L.

Mixing It Up

I said it before and I will keep believing that when it comes to creating spaces in your home, mixing it up and adding old with new, makes for a way more exciting and interesting space!

Paging thru the April issue of Living Etc Magazine, I came across this stunner of a home belonging to interior designer Athena, DJ husband Victor and 9 year old son Jivan, in The Hamptons, New York.
To me this home is exciting, homely, interesting and just damn awesome.

"Live dangerously, break the rules and you'll end up with something that really excites you"  Athena's design mantra.

By mixing styles, like Athena has in her home, you will get a home that's unique to you, the owners, and completely exciting. The mixing of modernist with rustic and raw is just magical in my eyes.
To create a similar look in your home, mix classic vintage pieces with modern contemporary high end with flea-market finds. The synergy will be fantastic!
Also, keep the "backdrop" of the home, like the floors, walls etc, neutral and bring in pops of colour with artwork and objet. You don't want your home looking like a colourful mess.

Blackboard Fun

A fun and inexpensive way to personalise a kiddos space, is by painting a wall in blackboard paint:

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A blackboard wall gives a child freedom to create their own master pieces, without doing so on the other walls of the home. If painting an entire wall seems a bit too much for you, why not do what we did at home in Rylee's room and paint the bedroom cupboards in blackboard paint, similar to this:

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Or just paint a section of a wall like this above. Go ahead and create a canvas for your little artist!

Stella & Spencer

Meet the two new additions to our family . . .


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Stella and Spencer are just the sweetest little Labrador pups! My friends think I've lost the plot a bit . . .we busy moving into our new home, we have a very busy 3 year old son, another baby on the way, so why not get two energetic Labrador pups?!
Rylee, our little 3 year old, is just in love with these pups. It's the cutest thing to watch them play, such joy!

So of course, the designer in me thinks, these two precious pups need a stylish bed, right?!

Introducing Hünd, makers of  eco-friendly dog beds and other canine supplies that are South African made and stylish too, of course!

"At Hünd we design and supply eco-friendly dog beds and other supplies that are South African made. Our company, established in 2011, is driven by people who love dogs. We use creative design to create products that are sustainable and stylish. We offer comfortable and unique products that will not compromise the environment."

These little crochet animals have been made from hemp and stuffed with cut-off t-shirt material from a local factory. Sweet little toys for the pups.
Check out their website and online shop here.

Stitched

Tapestry revival inspiration for a Friday. A cool way to create a 'contemporary-vintage' feel is with these modern interpretations of a 'old-school' handmade craft.

clockwise from top left: tapestry taxidermy tapestry by Frederique Morrel, stitched rug pic from covermct.files.wordpress.com, tapestry cushion R650 from Hector & Bailey, couch by Casamento, stitched installation at Decorex by Tracy Lynch, Bottom picture by Frederique Morrel