Aug 162012
 

Imag­ine com­bin­ing all of these inte­rior pho­tographs by Matthew Williams and cre­at­ing one, big, beau­ti­ful space…

Where every­thing is beau­ti­ful, even when messy, the light­ing is always per­fect and the stacks of books & pil­lows look like works of art.  So pretty.

Matthew Williams

Jul 312012
 

Wal­lArt brings your walls to life with mod­ern and Eco-friendly 3D  Wall Pan­els.  These 100% Recy­cled and Biodegrad­able 3D Wall Pan­els by  have the power to liven up a place and add that extra aes­thetic dimension.

The raw mate­r­ial  that forms the base of this eas­ily installed Eco-friendly prod­uct, is called bagasse.  Bagasse is really the fibers of crushed sug­ar­cane stalks that remain after raw sugar is extracted from the juice of the sug­ar­cane by shred­ding it.  It is 100% recy­cled, com­postable and there­fore 100% biodegradable.

The pan­els come in a selec­tion of styles that take you all the way from the adven­tur­ous African shores to a touch of nos­tal­gic France with a mod­ern sig­na­ture.  I can just pic­ture one of these in our upstairs bathroom.

Wall Panels

Wall Panels

 

Source: freshome.com

 

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Jul 292012
 

I’m lov­ing these crum­ple cups from the Revol Frois­sés Col­lec­tion by Revol.  The stack­able tum­blers come in a vari­ety of sizes and colours and can be used in myr­iad ways to serve hot or cold food and drinks. Mod­elled on crushed plas­tic throw­away cups, they’re a quirky addi­tion to your next shindig.

Revol porce­lain is made of a clay, quartz, feldspar and kaolin, which is fired at ultra-high tem­per­a­tures to make it durable. This means the tum­blers can go from refrig­er­a­tor or freezer to oven to table. They can also be used in a microwave and are dish­washer safe, for easy maintenance.

Why not try serv­ing choco­late cake in a mug or steamy hot choco­late in these gor­geous cups?

Revol Froissés Collection

 The Revol Frois­sés Col­lec­tion is avail­able from The Kitchen Pantry.

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Jun 302012
 

Along the trop­i­cal belt of KwaZulu-Natal, nes­tled amongst the palm and giant milk­wood trees lies Ter­emok Marine, a lux­u­ri­ous five-star bou­tique lodge. Ter­emok Marine Bou­tique Hotel and Spa is one of those rare places with a won­der­ful his­tory but is thor­oughly contemporary.

Built in the late 1950’s, Ter­emok was intended as the hol­i­day home of a Russ­ian trav­eller. Aptly named, as the word means ‘lit­tle hide­away’ – and a hide­away it cer­tainly is.  Sit­u­ated just a kilo­me­tre from the hus­tle and bus­tle of Umh­langa village’s shops, restau­rants and pop­u­lar beaches, Ter­emok is a haven of tran­quil­lity nes­tled among ancient milk­wood trees.

All eight suites are unique in design, lay­out and feel with small sub­tleties like indi­vid­ual scent and mood-music, cre­at­ing an enchant­ing atmos­phere. Each suite trans­lates some of the house’s her­itage through decor and art. The atten­tion to detail and com­mit­ment to mak­ing guests feel at home is evi­dent through­out — a feast for the senses indeed. We stayed in the Zodiac Suite and were totally enchanted, but it is cer­tainly worth drag­ging your­self away from your suite for the deli­cious break­fast served alfresco or for a truly indul­gent treat­ment in the Spa.

Ter­emok is the per­fect com­bi­na­tion of all the things that make for a fab­u­lous break.

 

via houseandleisure.co.za; http://www.teremok.co.za

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Jun 152012
 

Excit­ing news and some Retail ther­apy for you today!

I’ve just received the new cat­a­logue for Realm Liv­ing from Belinda McCall, one of the founders of Nest Designs  and  Realm Liv­ing.  To cel­e­brate the launch of the new cat­a­logue, they’re offer­ing 10% off the entire range when you spend R5 000 or more.

The new range is contemporary, fresh and exciting, yet timeless.

At Nest (designed for kids) and Realm, the vision is to bring time­less, com­fort­able fur­ni­ture and fur­nish­ings to every­one who lives, works and relaxes at home.  Their focus is firmly on exclu­siv­ity, inno­va­tion, func­tion­al­ity and qual­ity.  Woods and other mate­ri­als are top-grade, var­nishes are water-based and oils are entirely nat­ural. The fur­ni­ture is man­u­fac­tured mainly in Europe and usu­ally comes flat-packed with sim­ple assem­bly instruc­tions, so that cus­tomers aren’t charged for things they could eas­ily do themselves.

Here’s some of my favourites.  You can also request a cat­a­logue or view the entire col­lec­tion online.

Retail therapy

Retail therapy

Retail Theraphy with Realm Living


 

 

 

 

 

 

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