This is the start of a great new adventure, my first weekly post for ELLE DECORATION SA. The funny thing is that, as much as I love interiors, my own blog, Saint Verde Digest, is not really about interiors, so what a thrill to be working with DECO. What I’m going to be sharing with you in the future are interiors that I find interesting and unique. Artists, designers, friends, car guards and an assortment of misfits who all have one thing in common: a unique perspective on personal space.
Kelli Crawford, a top fashion conceptualizer at Mr Price connected me with Michelle Hankinson’s cool Berea home in Durban that she runs as a bed & breakfast. Michelle (MichELLE, nice touch don’t you think ?) is an interior design lecturer at D.U.T. in Durban, and her work on sustainable design is breaking new ground.
Photographs: Neville Trickett
I’ve had the pleasure of being in this gorgeous home and its even better in real life
So proud of you Michelle it’s beautiful 
What a gorgeous home! So colourful and inviting.
beautiful pictures … beautiful home !!!Lobve your work ..hope you win !!
Nice but I don’t like the ‘african’ paraphernalia, it reminds me of a December tourist stall on Margate Beach. Do real africans have this sort of things in their home? Doubtful.
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love love LOVE it. makes me want to come home!
Does anyone know where you can purchase the pillows with the portrait busts on them – they are absolutely beautiful!!
Great to see this gorgeous local home!
what a grogeous home and an amazing post by saint verde… ive been reading his blog for a while, and am always inspired and delighted by the selections.
all the best!
david john
los angeles
Story beautifully told Neville, thank you.
Katherine, the cushions are from the corner gift shop at Musgrave Centre in Durban(opposite Circus Circus). Hope they still stock them x
Such an interesting home…feel like I could wander around in there for ages making little discoveries…thanks for sharing…
Such beautiful splashes of colour and texture, love the bird illustration!
Magnificent!!! Neville you captured everything we love about that beautiful home. Mish you captured everything i love about Margate.
much love to you both xxx
Am so in love with this house! Can see how Kelli and Michelle were separated at birth just by their taste. Thank you Mr Trickett for your unique view on the world!!!