IT’S SHOWTIME, PEOPLE.
All photos: Elle Decoration for Freeworld Coatings / . Production: Laureen Rossouw Last Sunday it was the Argus and we were grounded for most of the day in Kalk Bay. No driving, no shopping, no going...
View ArticleBEFORE: VERTICAL GARDEN COMING SOON
The Rodding Eye: 'BEFORE' What the? They’re called rodding eyes. Plumbers wouldn’t be seen dead without them. If you run into a couple of dozen of these widgets and they’re going begging, accept them...
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Rivers of peacefulness and calm. Giant tributaries of prettiness. In an earlier post this week, The House of God & The Office of the President, I promised to send a postcard or two of Groote Kerk...
View ArticleNOTHING GOLD CAN STAY
A poster by Alice Edy, South African illustrator / writer / maker of stuff. Part of a visual essay on Jozi, it caught my eye in a flip around the Toffie Festival in Cape Town this weekend. The Robert...
View ArticleVERTICAL GARDEN MADE WITH PLUMBING WIDGETS
Painted in Midas Fresco ‘Lekker White’. A gritty look, reduced VOC eco paint for exteriors. A couple of days ago I sent a postcard with the Before picture of a plumber’s rodding eye. An uninspiring...
View ArticlePAINTING YOUR OM ALL PEACEFUL
I know, it’s bit of a cliche. But painting really can be quite meditative, I think. Today I painted an old Victorian bamboo chest. (Sacrilege? Is it really? Sorry, I think painting it white looks...
View ArticleHEMELHUIS WALLPAPER
When I was little, we were often taken on holiday to visit our granny who lived in Cradock in the Karoo, in a house with a sign on the gate that said Carrington Lodge. It was lovely to sit on Granny’s...
View ArticleHOW TO WASTE TIME PROPERLY
Sourced from Pinterest When I’m not writing, and planning work projects, I like to paint and potter. You can waste hours and hours painting, and get a lot of thinking done at the same time. So it’s not...
View ArticleNEON PINK, LIKE SAFFRON.
Image: ‘A Drifter’ These images from ‘A drifter off to see the world’ remind me of the pink neon bowl by Kerstin Eser and Kim Bougaardt that’s part of the current installation at the Freeworld Design...
View ArticleA GARDEN WALL IN MASIPHUMELELE
I was in Masiphumelele on Sunday. Everyone knows that Masi is famous for its gardens. But do they mention the garden walls? This patterned wall hit a high note for me. I purr when I see how colours...
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