Decorex Joburg | Part 2

Aug 122012
 

For those of you who missed Part 1 of our Decorex adven­ture, Decorex is the largest décor & design show in South­ern Africa, fea­tur­ing the lat­est on the local and inter­na­tional front.  Today we have some more of the fab­u­lous items & designs exhib­ited at this year’s Decorex Joburg in the 2nd part of our post.

Tex­tiles & Linen

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Her­tex Fab­rics’ stand with some of their new ranges on dis­play.  Her­tex is launch­ing no fewer than 45 new ranges this year.

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100% Linen with a sil­ver Foil print from the Van­ity Range by Her­tex Fab­rics.  I absolutely fell in love with the look and feel!

Beau­ti­ful bed linen and unique scat­ter cush­ions by Anne Colle.

Clas­sic Stripes, Burlap and Typog­ra­phy at Clas­sic Bond

Fur­ni­ture

TradeS­e­cret buys “can­celled orders” and offers it to the pub­lic at a dis­counted rate.  On dis­play was hand­crafted French oak cab­i­nets & dressers, 100% nat­ural linen sofas and tex­tiles and a huge “got to have” oak indus­trial style side­board.  No longer a trade secret!

The “Con­tem­po­rary Coun­try” dis­play by Entrepo.  The name itself is derived from early 18th cen­tury French, mean­ing ‘to store’, ‘among’, or ‘to place’.  The place to find unique decor items, their felt run­ner is hand­made from 100% wool.  The size of the indi­vid­ual fibres are roughly as thick as a fin­ger!  It has to be seen as the image sim­ply doesn’t do it justice.

Sus­tain­able Design

RAW offers designs in sus­tain­ably sourced, engi­neered mate­ri­als.   Ikonik™ is their take on the tra­di­tional steel locker, pro­duced exclu­sively from Finnish Birch Ply­wood (even the hinges).  It has become a very pop­u­lar must-have object.

Bam­boo fibre home prod­ucts offer a fresh and styl­ish solu­tion for peo­ple wo want to live a green lifestyle.  Made mainly out of bam­boo pow­der, it is sold by Bam­boo Fibre Table­ware.

Walls & All

Fresh ideas to cre­ate a per­son­alised, unique inte­rior.  These gor­geous wall pan­els are avail­able from What Works Design.

Exquis­ite is the only way to describe these tiles from Shell Shock Design.  As well as fresh­wa­ter and wild sea Mother of Pearl, they incor­po­rate all kinds of nature into our prod­ucts: plants, shells, peb­bles, semi-precious stones, even beans.  The mother of pearl is cut into chip sizes which are secured to Mesh, Acrylic, Alu­minium Hon­ey­comb Board or Mag­ne­sium Board.  Options include Capiz Shell Dec­o­ra­tive Pan­els, Shell Lam­i­nates, stun­ning Mosaic Tile Designs and Wallpaper/Border Strips.

The Luxe Factor

Vic­to­rian is not my usual style, but this bath­room by Vic­to­rian Side Bath­rooms are the ulti­mate in luxe.  Vic­to­rian Side Bath­rooms are renowned for bath­rooms of time­less ele­gance.  The high­est atten­tion to detail with only the best fit­tings, much thought has been given to the lay­out and the ulti­mate sen­sory experience.

I could spend extended time in a bath­room like this…

 

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In a state of Bliss

Jan 122012
 

As more friends return from hol­i­day, the com­ments about great hol­i­days seem to have one thing in common:

I can’t wait to sleep in my own bed…

This is invari­ably said with that long­ing look in their eyes!  I wouldn’t blame you if you think this post is about beds, but here’s the thing: my own com­ment usu­ally is that I can’t wait to be in my own bath­room.  To top it, my hus­band (away on a busi­ness trip in Botswana) bemoans the tiny shower in his apart­ment on a reg­u­lar basis.  The first thing he does when he gets home after his 5 hour trip, is to hop in the shower!

There is just some­thing to be said for a bath­room that has you leav­ing it in a total state of bliss.  So what exactly makes a bath­room a haven?  To me it has to do with so much more than loads of nice fluffy tow­els (add large to that!) and beau­ti­ful fra­grance or spa prod­ucts.  Think lay­out and light, large shower heads in roomy show­ers, enough shelv­ing and stor­age space, under­floor heat­ing (yes, please!), large mir­rors and of course, the styling.  Let’s not get into the hard­ware in this post.  State of Bliss, remem­ber?

Here are some bath­rooms that I think will leave anyone’s senses refreshed & restored.  It def­i­nitely gets my vote; how about you?  What makes for a great bath­room in your opin­ion?

Source: elledecor.com

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