Diary date: 23-26 May Venue: Cape Town Convention Center The Mother city will be hit by a wave of culinary delights at this years Good Food & Wine Show. Rub shoulders with some of the biggest names in the food industry and...

Windhoek is rolling out a series of Pure Beer Society venues; existing venues, re-launched with handcrafted furniture and fittings made from materials specifically selected for authenticity and quality. Three local artisans were...

Recently launched at the Woodstock Foundry, the Benedikt-Taschen bookstore stocks the very best of Taschen titles, as well as a handful of carefully selected international magazines such as Frieze, The Gentlewoman, Architecture Now and Frame...

The culture of commuting by bicycle is growing in the Mother city, with events such as Moonlight Mass (happening tonight) raising urban cycling's profile. Starting in Green point and going throughout town, over 1000 bikers take...

Decorex is happening this weekend and the CTICC is going to be packed full with a variety of exciting and innovative products, people, trends and events. Decorex gave us a heads up on what not to miss! 1. Bliss Entrance Feature. Well...

r among Capetonians is well-established restaurant Societi Bistro. Known for balmy summer evenings spent under their fairy lit trees and cosy winter nights seated at their atmospheric log fires – they have something to offer all year round...

shopping may become a thing of the past with the newly renovated Siam Center in Thailand which incorporates a refreshing mix of technology, art, fashion and design to create an interactive digital interior between shoppers and retailers:...

DECO talent is always on the scout for talent of all kinds and when great art and furniture are found in one amazing creative space, we can't help but get excited. WHATIFTHEWORLD is a project space situated in the heart of Woodstock in Cape Town...

  On the first Thursday of every month, Cape Town’s streets become a museum, a gallery, a shopping experience. Walk the streets and enjoy an evening of art, entertainment and culture until 9pm. Starting off the weekend...

Another inspiring space aiming to be just that, is Cape Town based 'It's a house". Situated in the heart of the trendy De Waterkant 'it's a house' is a creative melting pot where imagination is the key ingredient...

A weekend or two ago, we took a trip down the rabbit hole, at the Flamjangled Tea Party in Durbanville near Cape Town. A realm of hilarious absurdity in which loved up dragons and giant vultures reign. In the world of the Flamjangled,...

With the ever-in natural-luxe mohair trend looming large, a talk and tea hosted last weekend by Mohair SA together with 'Glitter Knitter' Steven Berg in Port Elizabeth's trendy Stanley Street, piqued our interest.  Steven...

he Flamjangled Tea Party in all its quirkiness about to rock the socks off the Cape this weekend, what better to scribble about than the much loved drink called tea. Tea comes in four main varieties: white, green, oolong and black...

Bicycle Club is an expression of Madame Zingara’s colourful history and of its eclectic past in Loop street; a wacky bohemian venue where guests are encouraged to let their hair down - and expected to stay up way past bed time. Especially...

  We were knocked out when our new pop-up unit arrived at the office last week, courtesy of Xanita. We love the look of this eco-happy material. It’s such strong stuff, we can see it being happily lugged from one event to the next...

We're popping out of our skins with excitement, since just yesterday morning Label Orange agreed to have our Elle Decoration Xanita-sponsored pop-up alongside their stunning 7-day showroom in Woodstock's Salt Circle Arcade....

When we're not at our desks, there's a strong possibility you'll find us here. The Blend is the new coffee shop on Roeland Street, one of the nicest coffee shops in Cape Town. When ordering, you can choose between three different beans...

The Elle Deco team was lucky enough to be invited to a Le Creuset event with chef Reza Mahammad at Cape Town's Sillwood Cooking School earlier this month....

We look at the Cape Rococo architectural influence in Cape Town and other elements that inspired some of Michael Chandler's design....

The souffle On Wednesday night, DECO stylist Hendrik and I joined 15 of our readers at a Lindt chocolate workshop held at the Lindt headquarters in the Cape Quarter, Cape Town. Chocolate, its provenance and all things cacao related, was the main event...

We’ve just received this photograph (above) of the beautiful collaborative wallpaper design at the Saartjie Baartman Centre in Manenberg. The centre, a refuge for women and children who have experienced domestic or sexual violence,...

The Cape Town City hall is abuzz with last-minute touches and preparations for this weekend's Toffie Pop Culture Festival. For an entire weekend, the City Hall will be transformed into an avant-garde playground for design lovers and enthusiasts...

Mother’s Day is upon us, and let’s be serious…there will be flowers involved. Don’t do the usual this year, think laterally and give your mum flowers with a difference... Here are a few ideas: Stick them to...

Our DECORATING issue (now on shelf) showcases various deliciously dark and delicious food. Exploring this a little further, we have compiled a list of dark foods to tantalize your taste buds.This is not just a trend; dark fruits, veggies...

utral and natural colour palette is a major trend for 2013. In no way dull, neutrals are evocative and reminiscent of nature. It is about going back to basics, removing unnecessary elements to get to the raw essentials. As described by...

We all know Pantone chose Emerald green as their colour of the year but chosen by the world’s foremost creative designers, architectures and fashion experts from all over the world, was the moody hue of indigo. A rich, intense shade...

  Featured throughout THE DECORATING ISSUE  (now on shelf ) white takes on a new stance. A very warm one.  Traditionally associated with a cool, pure look, we discover how white can inject cosiness. Also the colour of...

Following on from last week's post 'How do you like your eggs?' here are some ideas for laying your table in ways that honour the time and trouble you put into making wonderful brunches on weekends. These rustic settings...

It's worth the work, making your workspace a place you actually love to spend time in. When you consider that it is the place where we spend at least a third of our lives - that's around 90,000 hours of our lives - it makes complete sense...

Guest blogger, Cape Town designer Jaco Janse van Rensburg, sent us a few more images from his Instant Grass interior revamp - and more tips for you to copy at home....

Big thanks to former ELLE DECORATION Deputy Editor Kelly Berman, for sharing her wedding album with us. We love how Kelly integrated plants into the decor for her wedding party, and how...

As seen in the September issue of our sister magazine ELLE, this Chanel-inspired charm is the doing of our DECO designer Gera Smuts. ...

Our interns at ELLE DECORATION have been trying out a few things with fluoro and neon. On their travels, they also found these wonderful inspirational ideas (scroll down) on the beautiful...

This year's pile of invitations to scope out the "Salone Internazionale del Mobile" was a show in its own right. Our editor Laureen Rossouw got bagsful of beautifully designed 'Come See's' for The Milan Furniture Fair 2012...

We just love this vertical garden idea – a refreshing take on the traditional stag head display. These plants mimic the shapes of animal trophy heads in comical fashion. Here are some more contemporary animal trophy head ideas...

We're smitten with these porcelain plate cut-outs we recently produced for a fairytale-inspired shoot in our latest Ideas Issue (page 65). Lucky for you, were giving two away to a DECO reader... WIN A miniature porcelain stag head (above)...

We take the 'hunter gatherer' look to the extreme in our latest Ideas Issue. It's jam-packed with trophy heads, stuffed animals and nature-inspired curiosities, ranging from the more traditional to the more eclectic....

It's Easter weekend, so we went looking in our vast library of past issues for a little treat, and discovered this shoot by DECO contributor Maranda Engelbrecht in our 2011 Revamp Issue. It's a lavish tongue-in-cheek take/twist...

On page 94 of our latest Ideas Issue we’ve created a CIY typographic wallpaper (below) using whiteboard paint, primer and coloured pens. It’s inspired by this image (above) of a bedroom in the beautiful Danish family homestead on...

In anticipation for our upcoming Afro-inspired Ideas and Pattern Issue, we've gathered some more bright finds from the Design Indaba Expo: Dizzying patterns, afro-cool colour, beautiful pattern combos, and colour blocking with wood and steel...

Here's a fun idea: Grab all the plastic you can lay your hands on – garden chairs, tupperware, and plastic tablecloths – and head to the beach for an adventurous and waterproof outdoor dining experience. This is exactly what...

Cooking made easy! Hendrik Coetzee, DECO's talented new stylist and food lover, prepared heart-shaped beetroot for us to enjoy for Valentine's – each one carved by hand. Eat your heart out! Dress with balsamic vinegar,...

Today we visit the beautiful home of the happy-picture-making couple Maike and Travis, the creative duo responsible for the hugely successful wedding photography company welovepictures. We've been following their work for quite some...

DECO's Charl Edwards and housemate Katrin Coetzer have created a little garden on wheels in their Cape Town apartment. Sourced from a second-hand furniture store in Wynberg, this trolley has become the perfect indoor mobile garden,...

As a colour, as well as an earthenware material,Terracotta (terra cotta: baked earth) is fast becoming a favourite, with more and more designers harnessing its unique properties. Its brownish/orange colour varies considerably in...

We spied this prototype,the Cube Light, amongst all the people, art, gadgets, furniture, colours, techniques and food etc at Decorex this weekend. Perched at illustrator, graphic designer and thing-maker Lauren Fowler's stand,...

In celebration of Earth day we decided to feature the idyllic and eco-friendly home of Graphic designer, Tino De la Carrerra. A desire to escape the hustle and bustle of city life in Madrid led him to the mountains of Segovia, Spain...

We are thrilled that it is this time of year again, hello Decorex Cape Town 2013! Taking place at the CTICC between the 25th and 28th of April, we look forward to being inspired by what is new in decor, design and lifestyle and trying...

shopping may become a thing of the past with the newly renovated Siam Center in Thailand which incorporates a refreshing mix of technology, art, fashion and design to create an interactive digital interior between shoppers and retailers:...

DECO talent is always on the scout for talent of all kinds and when great art and furniture are found in one amazing creative space, we can't help but get excited. WHATIFTHEWORLD is a project space situated in the heart of Woodstock in Cape Town...

    Featured on page 11 of the DECORATING issue (on shelf now) we commemorate the one hundredth year of Piero Fornasetti and his eye-catching designs (excuse the pun!) and also gives a nod to the black and white...

Tomorrow night, pop on your social hat and join the Elle Deco at Crema Design in Cape Town for the launch of their new Tom Dixon 'Shop in Shop'. Designed by the Tom Dixon team and including many of his recently launched...

We're big fans of the Soweto Theatre and our Editor Laureen Rossouw put in a vigorous punt for this extraordinary building, one of the top ten finalists in the 'Most Beautiful Object in South Africa' 2013 awards. The...

rtesy of maxrollit.com and Jasper Conran The announcement of emerald as Pantone Colour of the Year - 2013, inspired us to scope out at these heady infusions of green (see Laureen Rossouw's top emerald pick in Ed’s Letter of our TRENDS issue, now on shelf)...

Elle Decoration stand at Design Indaba Expo 2013 Thanks to the amazing cleverness of Graphic Laminates, our Elle Deco stand at Design Indaba 2013 last weekend made us incredibly proud. We loved every minute, sitting around such a...

t comes again... a showcasing of stellar international design ideas along with South Africa's top creative talents at the Design Indaba 2013. Taking place at the CTICC in Cape Town this week, creativity of all sorts will reign. From...

  Inspired by the Beijing house on P82. and Trend 13 in our TRENDS Issue No. 88 (now on shelf), we explore pendant lights in all their hanging glory. From industrial minimalistic cool to clustered and unusual, there are pendant lights to match any taste...

Art director and graphic designer Tatjana Buisson is the creative mind behind Postick, an innovative way to transform virtually anything into a personalised postcard. Whilst living in Barcelona, Tatjana got busy and enjoyed collecting...

Yesterday Elle Deco Managing Editor Maryke Olivier zipped up her travel bag and flew off to the Black Forest, to get an eyeful of Duravit Design Days 2013.  A collection of the most beautiful bathrooms in the world, including design-minded...

In our Trends Issue, our trend piece 'Memphis-Meets-Africa' looks at the colourful revival of the famous 1980's Memphis design movement and explores its links to local South African design. We featured a beautiful...

LLE DECORATION SOLVE New Talent Search is back, now in association with Pick n Pay. For 2013 SOLVE, creatives are asked to turn their ideas for the perfect piece of green design into reality. The inspiration for the competition is simple:...

    We know emerald green is the Pantone colour of the year for 2013. But beyond that, what else is on the horizon for the forthcoming year? Just when we were beginning to wonder, guest blogger Jaco Janse van...

    Last week, Kartell celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Louis Ghost chair. It seems like just the other day that L.G. entered our realm and left our jaws on the floor on account of its...

Freshly launched online, Africandy calls itself ‘The Definitive South African Design Emporium’ - an assertion that's anything but hot air. The store is packed to its virtual rafters with the very hottest local design...

Moroso presents 'Metamorphosis - Moroso Collections, from design to visual arts': the inaugural exhibition at Casa Cavazzini, the new modern and contemporary art exhibition space in the Udine, Italy. Masterfully designed...

Irving Harper is one of the most iconic living figures in modernist style industrial design. Harper, who was born in 1916, worked for George Nelson Associates, Inc. creating designs for Herman Miller furniture. During that time...

Here's a fun idea: Grab all the plastic you can lay your hands on – garden chairs, tupperware, and plastic tablecloths – and head to the beach for an adventurous and waterproof outdoor dining experience. This is exactly what...

Cooking made easy! Hendrik Coetzee, DECO's talented new stylist and food lover, prepared heart-shaped beetroot for us to enjoy for Valentine's – each one carved by hand. Eat your heart out! Dress with balsamic vinegar,...

For our latest Summer Issue we traveled to the little fishing town of Arniston to photograph a beautiful fishermen's cottage. We knew of course a visit to this town wouldn't be complete without a scroll through the laid-back...

Feast on this! We've taken two ice cream inspired accessories for a stroll on the promenade – with some hilarious results! We also list our flavour of the day – by the coolest new ice creamery in town. PURE INDULGENCE...

We've just discovered a fun Christmas gift idea at Melissa's The Food Shop. NICE, famous for their delicious and much-loved ice cream, has just launched a new dark and white chocolate range, wrapped in a beautiful and collectable...

Tatler Magazine has just named Babylonstoren as one of their top hotels for 2012, calling it 'the most delicious new opening of the year'. 'Nowhere else in the Cape Winelands do the worlds of contemporary and historical...

Summer holidays and good weather call for carefree outdoor eating with friends. And super easy recipes of course. That's why we're featuring the perfect 'anytime sandwich' recipe by Evan Faull from Knead Bakery,...

We're giving away two beautiful Coastal Blue Le Creuset pots, as featured in our 'Perfectly Pastel' shoot in our latest Summer Issue (above). Inspired by the hues of the coast, with its soft, graded pastel colour, they...

We've just sourced these wonderful Millet Stalk Food Covers at Melissa's The Food Shop. Perfect for summer dining, outdoor lunches and picnics, they also make for quick-easy hanging decorations (See our DECO IDEA below). We're...

ELLE Decoration attended the launch of The Tasting Room and The Kitchen on Maison Estate, the Franschhoek family vineyard of designer furniture retailer Chris Weylandt. What caught our eye, and still has the DECO office talking, is...

Don't miss out on Freeworld Design Centre's new exhibit Design For Food, a collection of designer food installations by Tina Bester, Maranda Engelbrecht, Gerda Genis, Jacques Erasmus, Casamento and Luke Dale Roberts. Freeworld's...

Tokara Wine Estate in Stellenbosch invited us to celebrate the first birthday of their 'new' restaurant and taste Executive Chef Richard Carstens' fine four course cuisine, matched with Tokara's award-wining wines...

We love local. And what could be more local than fresh Waterblommetjies? So feast your mouths on this unique Cape delicacy, featured in Francois Ferreira's new book Occasions. Featuring meals for special occasions, this cookbook...

Today we share a quick and easy recipe for you to try out this weekend. And all you need are fresh strawberries. The recipe is featured in Relish, a new book by DECO favourite and food star Sonia Cabano. Containing over 280 recipes...

DECO's new favourite spot in town is former art gallery turned luxury café Skinny Legs and All. And it's the definition of cool: The name, its laid-back street cafe vibe, the ensemble of art, the unpretentious food, and the...

The DECO team headed up the West Coast to the tiny seaside town of Paternoster for a spring shoot (and careful bundu-bashing between the fynbos!). We made sure we were done in time for a veldkos lunch at Kobus Van der Merwe's eatery...

We've prepared a fresh food feast for DECO's new Spring issue. Maranda Engelbrecht, contributing DECO food stylist, whips together 4 meals so fresh and green (below), you'd be forgiven if you thought the greens were still attached to the soil...

Ever been to a secret dinner? For the Toffie Food Festival, dinners were hosted around Cape Town this past Saturday night to feed and entertain all Toffie Food conference delegates. DECO editor Laureen Rossouw played host to her...

This past weekend food enthusiasts gathered at the Cape Town City Hall for the first ever Toffie Food Festival, a large-scale food salon and culinary bazaar, with food the focus of all events, displays, talks and tweets. Missed out?...

We met up with star-blogger Julie Powell, creator of hit blog Julie And Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, and recent apprentice in a butcher shop. Julie is in town for the upcoming Toffie Food Festival this weekend...

A few weeks ago Elle Decoration attended Eat Your Heart Out, a food jam organised by young-one-to-watch Jade De Waal. 'After too many spaghetti bolognese days at res, Eat your Heart Out was born to show people there's still...

This upcoming weekend Cape Town welcomes the first ever Toffie Food Festival. Following the super successful Toffie Pop Culture Festival earlier this year, this new addition to the Toffie brand is sure to inject some HOT flavour to...

Recently launched at the Woodstock Foundry, the Benedikt-Taschen bookstore stocks the very best of Taschen titles, as well as a handful of carefully selected international magazines such as Frieze, The Gentlewoman, Architecture Now and Frame...

  What better way to start the year than with a fresh eye: our Trends Issue - showcasing stunning homes from all over the world and everything you need to know about the looks to get in 2013 - is out this week. Our cover...

We're popping out of our skins with excitement, since just yesterday morning Label Orange agreed to have our Elle Decoration Xanita-sponsored pop-up alongside their stunning 7-day showroom in Woodstock's Salt Circle Arcade....

We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we loved putting it together. We're proud to say, our Summer Issue No. 87 is ready to hit the street. Look out for it at a magazine stand near you, later this week. (On the cover: our Ed's holiday house in St...

The daffodils are out, the tulips are out, and so is Elle Decoration Spring Issue No. 86. Grab bunches of great ideas from these 160 pages of Springy pleasure, from a newsstand near you....

The wonderful thing about the shoots we do is this. We bring home literally hundreds of beautiful shots. And not all of them can make the cut. So we thought we'd show you a few of our art director's selects of our Winter Karoo...

We've just hit 'print' on our upcoming 'Country Fresh' Winter Issue – best described as the most collectable issue of ELLE DECORATION to date. So you better save the date. It's on shelf 21 May 2012. We've...

We just love this vertical garden idea – a refreshing take on the traditional stag head display. These plants mimic the shapes of animal trophy heads in comical fashion. Here are some more contemporary animal trophy head ideas...

We're smitten with these porcelain plate cut-outs we recently produced for a fairytale-inspired shoot in our latest Ideas Issue (page 65). Lucky for you, were giving two away to a DECO reader... WIN A miniature porcelain stag head (above)...

We take the 'hunter gatherer' look to the extreme in our latest Ideas Issue. It's jam-packed with trophy heads, stuffed animals and nature-inspired curiosities, ranging from the more traditional to the more eclectic....

On page 94 of our latest Ideas Issue we’ve created a CIY typographic wallpaper (below) using whiteboard paint, primer and coloured pens. It’s inspired by this image (above) of a bedroom in the beautiful Danish family homestead on...

In our latest Ideas Issue, our radar has honed in on Christopher Jenner (page 31). While he might look like the lovechild of Don Draper and Tom Ford, jet around the globe the same way the rest of us go to the supermarket, have bucket...

We're proud to introduce you to our special GROW supplement in association with Pick n Pay – your guide to inspiring ideas for the urban interior. It's filled with the latest in green news, trends, ideas and buys. Read more...

Feast your eyes on our bumper Ideas Issue. It's filled with top tips, easy updates and design inspiration from cover to cover. We also introduce our special 'Create the Look' pages, a must-see for great interior ideas...

If you've picked up a copy of our latest Colour Issue, you would've noticed a second person on our Editor's page picture (below), alongside Editor Laureen Rossouw. While shooting this photograph, Ezzy, a drummer at the...

Our next issue is going to print in a couple of hours, so things in our office are, as expected, a little busy. Add to that the buzz of the Design Indaba Conference and Expo, and you've got a pretty good idea of our schedule. But...

In our latest Colour Issue you'll find a streak of colour running throughout – our colour-blocking trend pages kicks it off with a burst of refreshing colour combos. Which is why it's no surprise we're still obsessed...

In our latest Colour Issue we've compiled a handy little black book of ideas, trends, tips and a listing of useful contacts. 'There's nothing better than a recommendation from a good friend when you're renovating',...

In our latest Colour Issue, we’ve selected six of local fashion’s avant-garde – people whose inherent style we admire and whose trend-savvy we trust. Today we chat to designer and shop-owner Peacemaker Hliso, stylist Lulama...

Kartell, the Italian furniture company known for their collectable contemporary plastic furniture, has opened shop in De Waterkant, Cape Town. The company, with its headquarters in Milan, began manufacturing automobile accessories...

If you've had a look through the pages of our Colour Issue, you would have noticed an abundance of colour. Our upfront trend pages reveal decor's current obsession with electric blues, acid yellows, tangerine tango, soda pop...

In our latest Colour Issue we breathe new life into the desktop. We explore green avant-garde desktop installations featuring suspended gardens, shots of acid-bright blue, delicate pressed flowers, grainy timber, and chalky weathered walls...