by Emilie Froment | Aug 2, 2021 | Climate Control, Design & Architecture, Dining, Home Decor, Kitchens, Lifestyle, Posts, Walls, Floors & Windows, Wine & Spirits
Located at the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country, this private wine cave serves as a destination along a secluded bend of the Blanco River. Excavated into the north face of a solid limestone hillside, this shotcrete lined tube is protected on the east and...
by Emilie Froment | Jul 25, 2021 | Design & Architecture, Featured (Slider), Furniture, Home Decor, Kitchens, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel, Walls, Floors & Windows
Overlooking the Swan River, Infinity Views is nestled into the cliffside above Perth’s sought-after Blackwall Reach. The structure and composition of this residence is extremely efficient by necessity. Conceived as a mechanism to communicate the expertise of...
by Emilie Froment | Jul 19, 2021 | Bedrooms, Furniture, Home Decor, Lifestyle, Posts
South African furniture and décor artisan Palmy Living locally designs and manufactures products with durable, quality materials. At the head of this team are husband and wife duo, Johann (engineer, product designer, practical thinker) and Cara-Ann (creative,...
by Emilie Froment | Jun 24, 2021 | Design & Architecture, Featured (Slider), Furniture, Home Decor, Lifestyle, Posts
A multi-award-winning product designer who’s remained a constant on the South African scene, Haldane Martin is one of those exceptional creatives that’s been able to move seamlessly and successfully between interiors and furniture. Since establishing Haldane in...
by Emilie Froment | Jun 10, 2021 | Bedrooms, Featured (Slider), Furniture, Garden Design & Decor, Home Decor, Lifestyle, Lighting, Posts, Travel, Walls, Floors & Windows
Free-flower-power-spirit here meets craftsmanship know-how and falls squarely within the aesthetic sensibility of California’s sweet spot. ‘There’s a sense of decompression when you walk onto the property. You can feel your blood pressure drop. That’s followed...
by Emilie Froment | Jun 10, 2021 | Art & Galleries, Design & Architecture, Events, Furniture, Home Decor, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel
In 2020, she made history when she became the first South African designer ever to have her work collected by the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, for their permanent collection. Not a trivial detail, not in anyone’s books. . . anywhere in the world,...
