So thrilled to announce that we’re one of ten blogs in the running for the Best Design Blog award in the SA Blog awards.

Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to nominate us. Now, there’s one more push. Please click the bar below to vote for us (you’ll need to scroll down quite [...]

We have 6 tickets for the Cape Town Homemakers Expo to give away! This competition is only open to people who will be in Cape Town over 2 – 5 September, which is when the Expo will be on at the CTICC.

To enter, please email your name, address, phone number and title to julie[at]elledecomag.co.za by [...]

The DECO team hunts down good design absolutely everywhere, and this month, we tracked it down in a trailer park. To be more precise: we attended the media launch of the Old MacDaddy Trailer Hotel – a caravan park like you’ve never seen before. The brainchild of the bunch who created Daddy Longlegs and the [...]

Remember Meccano? All those clever little powdercoated metal bits and pieces that could be bolted together in a million ways? Well, designer Andre Klauser was inspired to bolt something very similar into his rather stylish Mechano Chair.

This folded mild steel chair is available from Thorsten van Elten in a range of powder-coated hues, and also [...]