The whole world has endured a shared experience of loss and fear during the Pandemic, and now we share the hope for a time of renewal, optimism, growth and change. Today we launch four Risograph prints, expressing this hope in a graphic rendering of the way we mark time, the beauty of small shifts, and …
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New Prints : Freedom, Change, Progress & Shift
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Decorating with Scissors again
I’ve been redecorating strangers’ houses with nothing but a pair of scissors!
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What to do with your SALE fabric
It’s the DESIGNER CLEARANCE SALE on the 2 & 3 August 2019. We’ve put together some inspirational images for how to make use of our discontinued fabrics which will be on sale. If you REALLY want to come to the sale all planned and ready, check out the super-useful info at these links: How much …
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Mood: Sunny!
Here’s where the SunnySide collection all began – on my inspiration board, featuring African baskets (that look like sunshines), bits and pieces from Alexander Girard, a spot of Picasso, some tiles from Lisbon, my mom’s ceramic sun, a dash of good-mood vibes from Jonathan Adler, and blockprinted and papercut sunshines-a-plenty from me!
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My mom’s sunshine
This is Old Sol, made by my clever, talented mom after a visit to Bath in the UK, where she saw a paving stone that had been lifted during roadworks, revealing a carved Roman sun on the underside. Old Sol lived on the outside wall of our 70s childhood home in Johannesburg, and still hangs …
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Colour Yum: Winter Seasonal from Heath
Colour names like Turmeric, Hickory, Black Plum and Bluejay from our favourite San Francisco brand, Heath Ceramics.
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Made-to-order Skinny laMinx chairs
Now that we have so much space in the shop, we have lots more room for furniture, and we’re excited to introduce our bespoke range of midcentury-inspired chairs. Oslo in Roof Garden Miami Are you in Cape Town? Come to our showroom at 201 Bree Street to see the styles and feel how comfy they …
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What goes with green?
Have you ever wondered how we decide which colours to include in a new textile print? Well, it was quite a process this year with Roof Garden, as we haven’t had a three colour print in our range before, so here’s how it happened: The process started late 2016, when the design had been decided upon, …
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Best Things: Rope walls
Sometime, things you see on the blogs just stick with you for ever, and this 2011 post from The Brick House is one of those. The rope wall in the blog post is superbly simple, so so effective as a non-solid room divider. I’m going to make sure that one day I have reason to follow the DIY …
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