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Colour Compact
Interior designer Kim Stephen’s terraced home in Barnes, London, combines her signature flair for colour with a clever use of its relatively compact spaces
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Winter 2023
Modern Living
Paris Panache
Designer Robert Normand’s unerring eye for colour and aesthete’s appreciation of decor, objects and art are on full display in his Paris home, where a series of interleading, beautifully dressed spaces each contributes something unique to a house that is an artwork in perpetual progress
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Winter 2023
Modern Living
The Art Of Chic
The ideal recipe for eclectic chic 21st-century style? Combine the classic details of a Haussmannian apartment with owner Emmanuel de Bayser’s eye for the finest mid-century furniture and design objects – plus a growing collection of contemporary art. Parfait!
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Winter 2023
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In The Zone
A tightly knit curation of design-savvy details, furniture and finishes makes for an innovative spin on apartment living in Cape Town
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Winter 2023
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The Fabric Of All Things
With a nod to traditional English decorating and with references to its Asian locale, this Singaporean family home is a visual tapestry of pastels and patterns
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Winter 2023
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Brute Force
Referencing the industrial architecture of Chicago and New York, the stylish design of a Sydney home offsets raw, Brutalist surfaces and hardware with softer, seductive furnishings
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Winter 2023
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Black Magic
Dark colours and graphic forms combine to create an urban ‘bush lodge’ look in this luxe family home on KwaZulu-Natal’s north coast. The result is serendipitously sexy
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Winter 2023
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I'll Take Manhattan
...and Italian summers too. A New York City loft remains true to its industrial roots while undergoing an upgrade inspired by the warm light and soft textures of the Med
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Winter 2023
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Quiet Riot
By offsetting elegant restraint with strong notes of natural, artistic and design exuberance, architect Frederic Berthier’s Paris apartment combines architectural stillness with human energy to beautiful and refreshing effect
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Winter 2023
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Fresh Start
Interior designer Lynne Harris-Whitfield has melded old and new in her relaxed family home in Cape Town, which combines considered space planning with a trove of creative touches
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Winter 2023
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Artistic Expression
This reinvigorated late modernist home at the foot of Table Mountain has become an ever-evolving personal exhibition space for its gallerist owners and their young family
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Winter 2023
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Where The Heart Is
Johannesburg architect Anthony Orelowitz has designed a home for his family that reinvents what it means to make a haven in the city
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Winter 2023
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Far From The Madding Crowd
Country life doesn't get more idyllic for this family of five. Nestled amongst the orchards of their Elgin Valley fruit farm, home is a charming celebration of living both indoors and out
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Winter 2023
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Stable Mates
This decorator couple's English countryside home is a converted stable block that's eclectically decorated and designed for easy living
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Winter 2023
Modern Living
The Farm Kitchen
This mysterious little barn-like building on a farm in the Cradle of Humankind im Gauteng-essentially a kitchen with an accompanying organic vegetable garden-was hand crafted over four years reusing salvaged materials
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Winter 2023
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Still Life
A heritage cottage in South Africa's arid outback is saturated with expressive furnishings, magpie finds and earthy hues to set a new tone for a couple's retreat
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Winter 2023
Modern Living
Material Honesty
A nuanced interior and subtle architecture make this barn-style holiday home in the Cape winelands a prime retreat
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Winter 2023
Modern Living
Best Of Times
A sensitively renovated heritage farmhouse on South Africa’s Garden Route seamlessly combines old and new, with bold design choices giving it new life
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Winter 2023
Modern Living
New Cooks On The Block
The restaurants to head to in Cape Town and Joburg this season
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