Ta daa!

Here it is, at last. My little (biggish) corner of the Silk & Cotton Co. showroom on Somerset Road, Greenpoint, opened to the public yesterday. Let’s take a tour:

Eagle-eyed blog readers will recognise lots of the furniture from my studio showroom. I think I’ve been subconsciously assembling this shop in the background for quite some time. Lots and lots of tea towels, cards, purses, ceramics and whatnot for sale.

May I introduce my very first piece of furniture design (below). I sketched this divider unit onto a piece of paper, handed it to my able cabinetmaker friend, Steven Brooker of Gibb Cabinet Works, and look what he made! Perfect for displaying my new range of runners, aprons and napkins (win them here and here). Behind the unit, you can see more of the Silk & Cotton Co. showroom, full of yummy textile goodness.

My favourite bit? It has to be the Skinny laMinx sign on the wall, inspired by classic 1940’s apartment block signage all over Cape Town.  I had made by the type-sensitive-but-strong artist Kevin Brand. If this shop o’ mine doesn’t work out, I think I might change the name of our apartment block and put the sign up there instead 🙂

Please come and visit my shop inside the Silk & Cotton Co. showroom, just above the Vida e Caffe on Somerset Road, Greenpoint. It’s open between 9am and 4:30 during the week, and from 9am – 12pm on Saturdays.