While I have very little all black and white decor in my home (mostly because I come from the neutrals-are-king phase and also because I have a baby and a toddler so mess is generally my decor style right now), I do love it. It's so wonderfully classic, and can be styled in a vintage 1950s look, or modernized with a cool Scandi theme. I've even seen kids rooms look amazing in ... Read More
All the Reasons Why I Love Little Boys’ Rooms
I am sitting here on a Tuesday evening watching a rerun of The Truman Show, and I realised that our lives sometimes tend to play out like another episode of our favourite show: get up, make sure the kids are fed, changed, cuddled and off to school, go to work, do a grocery shop, sit in traffic, make dinner, have a shower, go to bed... and repeat. It's so important to ensure we ... Read More
Inspirational Grey & Charcoal Home Offices
I worked from home today. And home, really wasn’t so much about being at home, but about being available to my kids (baby had his 6 month doctor’s appointment) and also to avoid being in the soul-destroying Cape Town for at least one day this week. It was rather blissful. But I ended up working in silence (is golden) at my parents’ house which turned out to be supremely ... Read More
Home Style Inspiration: Scandi
Google 'minimalism' in relation to home decor, and you're very likely to see a smorgasbord (word of the day) of Scandinavian-inspired interiors fill your screen. In recent years, the 'Scandi' style has taken over from vintage-chic as one of the more popular and progressive home decor looks, largely in part to the success of IKEA, which has really taken the minimalist trend to ... Read More
Home Style Inspiration: The Karoo Life
I've always loved the crisp mornings and giant skies of the Karoo. There's something deeply satisfying about waking to a world expectant and beautiful, yet almost to a place where time stands still. The semi-arid desert, indigenous flora and unique architecture are just some of the things I love about the Karoo, and no less than the simple decor found in just about any ... Read More