The final Alphen post is all about the lovely La Belle. Its a truly gorgeous deli and bakery with so many sweet and savory delights that Ill need to get back again and again to t...
Further to yesterdays post about the overhaul at the historical Alphen Estate in Constantia, Cape Town, heres a peek into two of the 21 luxury suites in the boutique hotel. Adam Court, the inte...
After a major revamp, the historical Alphen Hotel in Constantia relaunched about a month ago. Finally I have some pictures to share of the whole estate and as theres so much to show Ill spread ...
Happy New YearMay you have a wonderful year, (Kate Spades sentiments perfectly mirror my mantra for the year ahead!) May there be peace and love for you, those you love, and all across the ...
For my recent birthday a friend gave me Fleur Woods coffee table book Food Fashion Friends.I had never heard of Fleur Wood but it turns out shes an Australian fashion designer with a succes...
Ive followed Gwyneth Paltrows blog GOOP for a while and over time Ive come to like it more and more, mostly due to her increasingly down-to-earth posts and content thats actually quite useful.Most of...
Today Im guest posting over at US interiors, design and general gorgeousness blog Because Its Awesome. Tobe asked me (along with various other bloggers whove done some inspired interior posts) ...
A case of.. Life Imitating ArtUnfortunately I cant find the source for the art - please let me know if you know whose it is, and what its called?Floral image found at Style Me Pretty
viaMy sister just arrived in Cape Town after the very long 14 hour road trip from Johannesburg. She did it primarily to show an American friend of hers the largely deserted expanse that ma...
At the moment I find myself so drawn to deep moody shades of jade....either in the form of luxurious fabrics, or verdant greenery which brings the outside in...PS : If youre reading this via subscrip...
Have a look at this charming animated video The Bearable Lightness of Packing in which the ever-stylish and totally nomadic Diane von Furstenburg talks about travel and packing for it. She...
Total love affair......enough said(Spotted over at This is Glamorous)
Since I received the recently released Style Icons (Paul Duncan) as a gift last week... ...it hasnt been out of my reach...Its a truly comprehensive reflection of state of great interiors&n...
Have a wonderful weekend!PS : No spare time of late means very little online time. So excuse the light posting and especially the dearth of travel posts. Im sure youre all in the same...
It was almost ten years ago that my Mr S and I married. It was 2002 and the height of the shabby chic moment. We (read : I) decided that peonies were the only flower to grace our wedding. ...
Im sure Im not alone on this one. This time of year is always chaos. Ive set my sights on a lazy salty summer holiday and it cant come soon enough...although right now mid-December seems ...
After the beige and greige overkill that came with the interiors-of-the-moment in the last decade Ive been running a mile for sometime.......but Im now recovering from my kneejerk reaction to these h...
Tucked down a semi-suburban Stellenbosc h street behind a facade not unlike those surrounding it, lies this high-octane dose of interiors magic. Armed with creative carte blanche, a ge...
...May your weekend be drenched in colour...Images Via :Coloured Minerals, Pencils, L ive in Colour, Hermes Scarves in the Wind
Now that Cape Town has won the bid to be World Design Capital 2014 (more here), the rallying colour for which was bright yellow....I think that my yellow can now mellow.....to this low-key hue o...
I had such a great day yesterday. It started with an always-impressive launch from St Leger & Viney at Waterford Wine in Stellenbosch. Cape Towns decorating commun...
A most fantastic luxury travel booking website launched last week. The Most Perfect View is a unique collection of luxury hotels...all selected because of the incredible views that they o...
Hello again! In the current issue of Ivy and Piper Ive just discovered the fashion illustrator Inslee Haynes. I know that this is not my usual sort of blog post, but I so love her illustrations which...
Its the school holidays here in Cape Town and the weather is starting to warm-up. Besides having some fun outdoor stuff planned to do with my son in the coming week or so,Ive also got quite a b...
What with summer fast-approaching, clearly my mind is beach-house mad at the moment... (see Mondays post on a super-chic colour-infused beach house here)Im particularly keen on this local b...
This gorgeous weather in Cape Town has got me very excited about the summer which is rapidly working its way towards us.....and if I had a summer beach cottage somewhere on the Cape c...
Today is National Braai Day here in South Africa. ...foreign readers... a braai is a barbeque..and we really do have a day devoted to it as its considered by many to be THE national pastim...
Theres so little to say here (especially as I am rendered speechless...)Seriously....thi s is how I would while away the days on the wanderlust-worthy Dolphin Island,a 13 acre private retreat in Fiji(...
I have seldom come across the rarely-matched mojo as the one belonging to Roxy Owens. Shes the colourful character behind Society Social - a focused line of frolic-inducing pieces from col...
India Hicks, daughter of the famed British interior decorator David Hicks, has various homes on Harbour Island in the Bahamas....and thrillingly theyre FOR RENT (on a weekly basis).A ...
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