BiscuitScout

Local Etsy seller, BiscuitScout makes these most gloriously astonishing oversized handknitted chair covers. The knitter behind Biscuitscout is a graphic designer turned country girl, living in Napier in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, where she knits up her trademark winter “sweaters” for ottomans and armchairs, knitted in a chunky Aran style.

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Out and about: Espresso Lab Microroasters

I took my camera along on my ritual Saturday morning visit to Espresso Lab Microroasters this week. After a restorative sip of the most delicious coffee in Cape Town, I took some snaps of this super-chic specialist coffee roastery in the Old Biscuit Mill.

It’s not called Espresso Lab for no reason: [...]

Go to Church

We paid a visit to the prolific and mercurial Peet Pienaar’s new playground in Cape Town’s Spin Street. His concept store is called Church,  and the entire store changes look and content on the last Friday of every month.

This month, Church is completely kitted out in a wood theme. You’ll find wooden sunglasses, Comme de [...]

James B Talented

Just today somebody asked me if I thought if South Africa had a particular design style, and I felt a little stumped for how to reply. But when I visited the JBH Design website later in the day, I felt I’d found the answer to the question in this Braai Chair and Table range of [...]

Take to the streets

Everywhere you look, the city is alive with colour. Be inspired by the energy and colour of the streets with our free downloadable collaged posters (click in the sidebar to download each one). Then use the Freeworld paint swatch strip to bring the same vibrant energy into your home with colour.

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