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Tapestry Plum and Tapestry Teal

Linen House is an internationally sought after brand of on-trend bedroom linen and superb quality fabrics. Available in South Africa , their new classic and contemporary ranges take inspiration from global trends and the enduring appeal of natural fabrics and tones.

Sandy Point

Sandy Point is one of Linen House’s current ranges: for a natural, modern, relaxed look. The white/taupe design is beautifully detailed, with a pleated border and fabric ties, and the option of continental pillowcases that echo the theme. Available in all size duvet sets from single to superking (we have king and superking).

What’s on offer? A large selection of bed linen to cosy up your winter bed, extended with wonderful options in scatters, throws and bedroom essentials.

Visit Linen House for more information or call Linen House: 021-5521060

Wendy Legro's hot water bottle - for Droog

Oh wow. Another object we covet. And so can you. Tell us what you think of this supadupa designer hot water bottle by Wendy Legro for Droog of Amsterdam. Read more about the product, Wendy Legro and her design thinking on the Droog site here. We enjoyed the Q&A with Wendy.

This is Wendy Legro.

Just comment below and tell us why you, and you alone, should own this item – oh, and don’t forget to say what you think of our new Winter Issue No. 84 – now on shelf.

+ + + And what about Stuff You Can Win…? Well, yes, naturally. There’s that too. Like the beautiful ‘Upcycle Flower Lamp’ by The Botany Project, featured on page 13 – we’re giving away two of them. And…a designer hottie – ‘The Too Beautiful to Hide’ hot water bottle designed by Wendy Legro for Dutch design company Droog. Look on P28. We’ll be posting about those this week, so please get the latest issue and visit us here soon, to get lucky.

Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2012 campaign

Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2012 runway show

Fashion and interiors are really first cousins. It’s so interesting to watch how the two do their tango. We’ll put money on it that the retro sherbets and Fifties milkshake colours that are hitting a high note in the Northern Hemisphere this summer, will very soon step over the threshold and come inside. Seeing the Louis Vuitton ad campaign for the first time was a moment of candyfloss-like sweetness that you could almost taste on your tongue.

We’re not the only ones who’ve fallen in love. Sera Holland is a South African graphic designer and blogger now living in Ireland.  By night, Sera is a textile designer. She’s also fascinated by the influence of fashion on textiles, was knocked out by the supersize cut-out floral fabrics in the Vuitton campaign, and decided to make some of her own.

Lifted from a post on her blog handmadebyme.

Sera: “Ever since Louis Vuitton launched his spring 2012 collection I have been obsessed with anything and everything laser cut. From clothing (especially clothing!) to interiors, to shower curtains, to little cut out cards, there is nothing that won’t work in this beautiful style! And so I decided to make a little lazy laser cut print of my own, which one day I would actually like to laser cut, but for now printing it onto my gorgeous linen cotton fabric will have to do : ) And it’s available in 3 soft ice-creamy colours in cushion covers, napkins and tea towels at my etsy store and others.” We think Sera’s cushions look edibly delicious – the cut-outs and the colours. Pass the petit fours please.

What the world needs now is an extra helping of prettiness with three spoons of sugar stirred in – what do you say?

Posted by Jenny Mason   

Our very design-minded intern Inge van der Merwe, went strolling through the streets of Cape Town this week and snapped off these beautiful cameos showing the classic use of typography in architectural signage. Good to see how urban building proprietors are restoring period logos – polishing the brass, repairing mouldings and plaster embossing, and finessing the look with a good paint job.

Photo story by Inge van der Merwe

Moroccan Warehouse Bowl and Stoned Cherrie Vase. 'Raoul Asofa Stripe' fabric available from St Leger & Viney.

Featured in our IDEAS ISSUE No. 83, these hand painted ceramics want to come home to you and only you, don’t they? This Stoned Cherrie vase and the Moroccan Warehouse bowl are both begging to check out of the DECO office. Just comment on this blog post. Say where you’d put them in, and why they’d work well in your place. The judges will let you know!

Oh, do have a look at Sara Trickett’s ‘Book of the Week’: Visionaire Sun Beams, posted last week on itswhatiminto   A celebration of gilt and shimmer, every spread is beautiful and artful in the true sense of the word.

Brass Etch Pendant and Etch Web by Tom Dixon

Like we said last week, we’re enjoying seeing how metallics keep shining through and we’re fascinated by Tom Dixon’s astonishing new pendant light, the Etch Web (above right), with its unusual open structure. An irregular pentagon shape is repeated 60 times across the body to create a total sphere, making it the ultimate shadow play pendant. The Brass Etch Pendant, released by Dixon in 2011 is joined by the copper and stainless steel versions. This piece is digitally manufactured from metal, creating a mass of intricate shadows when lit. Coming to Crema Design soon-soon.

DECO stylist Hendrik Coetzee has moved into a new place. So now the fun begins. He’s been doing a few things at the weekend to get his ducks all lined up. He picked up a bunch of hooks and things from the Milnerton market and then found this rack at the R5 stall outside Game in Darling Street. How cool and satisfying, doing things with a superslim wallet.

For more handy house-loving hints, flip through the pages of the DECO Ideas Issue, No. 83, on shelf now.

Paola Navone designed these massive colourful nests, woven with 11,000 hazelnut branches from springtime prunings. ‘The Secret Garden’ project was part of an installation presented by Barovier & Toso and Citco in the Botanical Gardens in Brera, Milan this year.

Nests of different shapes were either built on solid turf or hung, suspended and free-floating. And inside? Murano glass blown chandeliers by Barovier & Toso.

The nests contain the chandeliers, hiding and protecting them, almost like eggs, and inviting visitors to peek between branches and gaps. This powerful visual display demonstrates the magic that a Barovier & Toso chandelier gives to a space, whether in a magical fantasy space like this, or at home.

Posted by Renée Rossouw

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.

When there’s chocolate involved it’s hard not to be happy and feel the endorphines flow. Chocolate was without a doubt going to be dinner for the evening. We ate our way through a chocolate appreciation lesson given by professional international chocolatier Dimo, who took us delicately through the journey of the cocoa bean from the tree to the truffle. What an amazing experience, seeing how chocolate engages all of the five senses.

It was then time to make the long awaited chocolate souffle. (We tried to hold back on licking our bowls but couldn’t resist the airy chocolate mixture.)

The souffle took 6 minutes to bake and about 3 seconds to disappear. Delish.

With superb Paradyskloof wines from Vriesenhof to wash it all down, the atmosphere was giddy and happy. Everyone who attended went home with a 6 month subscription to ELLE DECORATION and a hamper of Lindt worth R450. Long may the chocolate high last!

How about trying the souffle we made? Visit our Facebook page for the recipe. Let us know how it works out for you.

Posted by Kyllie Hogg