A Community of Belonging by African Creatives – Home is an Oasis Where We Can Begin Again: Vulnerable, Steady and Healing

by Emilie Froment | May 28, 2021 | Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Design & Architecture, Furniture, Home Decor, Lifestyle, Posts

  As a contemporary and genuinely South African furniture and design company based in Johannesburg, The Urbanative’s products are manufactured locally. Expect a synergy between the juxtaposition of abstracted African heritage inspirations with the...

If You Talk About Food As Much As or More Than You Eat It, You’re in Good Company with this Beautiful Book

by Emilie Froment | May 28, 2021 | Dining, Lifestyle, Posts, Reading Matters, Travel, Wine & Spirits

  It’s believed to be the ‘most important link between nature and culture’ and very much ‘about putting generosity before rigour and pleasure before lucidity’ – food has this universal power of bringing people together and as the wise Irish proverb goes,...

This U.S. Island Home’s Discreetly Striking Rural Narrative Harnesses Lightness from a Focus on Material Aspects

by Emilie Froment | May 28, 2021 | Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Design & Architecture, Featured (Slider), Furniture, Garden Design & Decor, Home Decor, Kitchens, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel, Walls, Floors & Windows

  Intentionally appearing low-key from the valley, as a courtesy to the pastoral farmlands below, this gracious architectural dream was designed as both retreat and part-time residence for a growing local family with strong local roots going back several...

All Hypes Aside: When it Comes to Lisbon as the City of Choice to Invest in Offshore, Finding Our Place in the Sun is Easier (and Savvier) Than We Care to Admit

by Emilie Froment | May 17, 2021 | Design & Architecture, Habitat Video Library, Home Decor, Industry Leaders, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel, Wealth, Work Spaces

  With unflinching sincerity and confidence, this prime offshore investment property has been launched in one of Lisbon’s demonstrably – even obviously – cool suburbs. Many of us might admit to having been, at some point or another, convinced by the wise move of...

Time Spent with This Cat is Never Wasted: Most Do as They Please, This One Does as It’s Told (and Then Some)

by Emilie Froment | May 17, 2021 | Habitat Video Library, Industry Leaders, Lifestyle, Mobile, Posts, Travel, Wealth

  We all know they’re instinctive connoisseurs of comfort, but this particular specimen is also the most skilful hotstepper in the kingdoms of stamina, intelligence, safety, innovation and style. Among a voluptuous list of other advanced technological...