Dark & Lovely

As you all know, I'm a major fan of interior designer, Abigail Ahern. If you know Abigail's work, you will know that one of her signature decor traits are dark walls. Here are some dark and lovely inspiration pics of her London home:

Why not take a leap into the dark side and create a similar look in your space?!
Check out Abigail's blog for great decor tips and advise.

Collaboration with Mr Price Home - House & Garden Show 2013

Very excited to be involved in this years House & Garden Show in collaboration with Mr Price Home. I will be one of three creatives who will be vamping up a caravan with Mr Price Home lovelies and a bit of my own designs too.
The brief was to come up with a concept to revamp a second-hand caravan using Mr Price Home merchandise and add your own 'twist' to it too. Here are my mood boards for my caravan:

If you are in Durban between the 28th June - 7 July, pop by and come say hello! We will be alongside the Homegrown Hall.

Weekend Away

Apologies for the lack of posts recently! I celebrated my big 3 0, went on a weekend away to celebrate, and moved into our new home. So been rather busy lately!
We finally in our new home, so should be back into the swing of things soon.

Here are a few Instagram snaps from our weekend away to the Berg. Some pics from my sisters Instagram too.

Loved spending time with my sister this weekend. Dont get to see her often cos she stays in Joburg. Missing her already!

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.