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,...
by Emilie Froment | Jun 3, 2021 | Art & Galleries, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel, Walls, Floors & Windows
From the outside, a dilapidated, stark white building with its silver roof stands bleached by the Karoo desert sun. We sense a subtle yet tempting invitation to step into the mystery through a rustic door that leads into a pitch-black space. Black Room is an...
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...
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,...
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...
