When you want more than a lick of paint
Updating your home with wallpaper instead of paint.
We have all heard the home renovation trope: “Just add a lick of paint”
But what if you want more? Or can’t stand the smell of paint? This week we are looking into a classic wall treatment to update any space, without getting hardcore. (There will be no tiling, cladding or...Read More
Make peace between your pieces
Stop the décor Cold War
Bridge the generational gap between décor eras and bring cohesion back into your home.
You can MAKE it match
Storytime:
I was privileged enough to move into a half furnished flat. Half furnished because the family member who lived there before I did, moved into a similarly half-furnished space and had to...Read More
How to enjoy your new space without alienating your grown kids.
Empty nest syndrome refers to that weird feeling of loneliness some parents get once their chicks fly off. (grownup kids move out)
My mother-in-law had an empty nest by the time she was 56.
She could have moved to a smaller house, and finally erased her children’s messes and clutter from...Read More
Cute ways to store your books
Books beat kindles every day!
Buying books, and reading books are two different hobbies.
If you are at all bookish you will know this. The problem with both, however, is that you still end up with more books than bookshelves. In honour of International Literacy day, celebrated on the 8th of September, we thought we’d have a chat about...Read More
Dopamine décor is our favourite new decorating trend.
What is dopamine?
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, hard at work in our brains, and is involved in everything from movement, memory, pleasurable reward and motivation to behaviour and cognition, attention, sleep and arousal, mood, learning and even lactation.
This is some powerful stuff!
If you have enough...Read More
Don’t make marketplace mistakes
Here’s how to safely shop on Facebook marketplace
This little piggy went to market(place)
We all know the internet can be a dangerous place and we need to be careful, but somehow the convenience and familiarity of Facebook marketplace has us letting our guard down. Let’s look at how to safely shop on facebook market place....Read More
Don’t waste your money on a bargain.
Happier than ever to get something cheap
With the cost-of-living skyrocketing, we have never been happier about a shopping trend than we are about thrifting.
For a couple of years now, our local pawnshop and second-hand store have been the first place we visit whenever we need a household item or odd piece of furniture.
During...Read More
Is stained glass making a comeback?
In the 90’s and 00’ we had a couple of intense craft and DIY crazes. There was Scrapbooking, fabric painting, modge-podging and then there was stained glass. This trend ranged from housewifely levels of glass paint with silver or bronze puffy paint dividing lines that people would hang up as suncatchers, to traditional cut...Read More
Love, wood and fire.
The Carpenter and Sons Story
We sat down with the Deon and Carina Malherbe, the heart and hands behind the bespoke carpentry we can’t get enough of.
The Carpenter and Sons is a family-owned carpentry business built on a love for woodworking and a commitment to exceptional craftsmanship. In 1989, Deon Malherbe stepped away from a successful...Read More
Free yourself from your too much stuff.
Downscaling is not the same as de-cluttering.
Decluttering is basically just a fancy name for cleaning up your space. Decluttering can go further, and get rid of stuff you don’t use, stuff you don’t like, and like Marie Kondo says, anything that “doesn’t spark joy”.
Downscaling on the other hand is a more drastic step towards...Read More