The Sea Point Promenade really is my favourite place to take a walk, and when the exercise ban lifted a few weeks ago, it became clear that I’m no exception there. There’s so much to see! Waves & surfers, paragliders & windblown trees, dads with prams & nurses with wheelchairs, doggos & joggers all making up a …
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Slowing down on the Promenade
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How Pattern Works
I spent the first month of lockdown designing, filming and editing the How Pattern Works online workshop, which launches today. I developed the course out of my teaching experience with Ace Camps in Portugal, where I was using the amazing tile heritage of Lisbon as my teaching tool. While teaching, I noticed how the energy …
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Making Friday: #myapartmentsafari Challenge
Let’s go on safari… while we’re stuck inside our homes.
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Making Friday: Have a Good Day Colouring Page
Download our Seriously, Have a Good Day colouring page!
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Lisbon Square for Cloud9 Fabrics
The latest textile collection for Cloud9 Fabrics called Lisbon Square is a textile reminiscence of my 2016 visit to Lisbon.
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Decorating with Scissors: Jo’s House
Here’s what we came up with for Jo Glover, one of our lovely customers who sent in some pics of a couple of rooms that needed a bit of a Skinny infusion.
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Decorating with Scissors: How can we help?
We know that buying pillows online is tricky, but our aim is to help you feel as confident shopping online as you would if you came into our Bree Street shop. So what’s the solution? Well, let us do some decorating with scissors for you, so we can show you exactly what your new pillows …
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Gluten Morgen! A collaboration with Jason Bakery
When we opened our shop in 2011, Bree Street was not exactly the beating heart of the Cape Town scene, although it was a great place for car upholstery cleaning and spark plugs. Actually, the only real reason I signed the store lease was that my favourite coffee shop was half a block away. Eight …
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Colour Yum: Persimmon and Sand
I know, I know, they say it’s all about blue this year, but we’ve started the year hot to trot with our new favourite colour combo, Sand and Persimmon. While they may not make good ingredients for a smoothie, they do make for a yummy colour palette, in both fashion and interiors. Clockwise above : Burda magazine ++ Paloma Wool ++ Nanamica ++ Verloop x Peanuts …
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