QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY RORY
Is this the first house you have designed ?
In a sense yes. I’ve designed houses in UK but with an
architect and you tend to follow the local architectural
language in London. This allowed much more creative
freedom in terms of shape, size, materials etc which was
wonderful. More of a blank canvas.
Was the pool already there ? did you change anything
to it?
The pool was here but we dechlorinated it and its now a
clean water pool, we also added the planting and tiling
which wasn’t there. Having lived here a year or so now
our plan is to make it larger and deeper into an eco-
pool but not for a while.
Did you design the staircase ?
Yes .I designed it to our specification and had it made
by a local joiner
Details about the master bathroom
The master bath is monochrome but has a lovely
texture through the tiling and accessories. Having
had quite a cramped bathroom in our last London
apartment this feels spacious and inviting. I kept the
wall tiling to a minimum (in shower only) as we wanted
to hang art and make although monochrome make it
feel warm and a fluid extension of the bedroom and
walkthrough dressing room.
Why did you design the bedroom terrace so deep?
It’s such a lovely spot, with a stunning view of Table
Mountain and with the palm tree growing over it.
The bedroom is already quite spacious and I wanted
somewhere you could happily spread out, do yoga,
work, read and when the doors are open it feels like an
extensions of the bedroom
Kitchen diner details
The kitchen was bespoke by Play Associates and build
by a local joiner. The cabinets are matt charcoal and
textured kiaat, the worktop is a semi matt charcoal
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Malawian Chair Company
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Crazy Chair Co
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Jambo Imports
Yuppie Chef
Ferndale Nurseries
Southern Guild
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- International
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Oka
quartzite.
The dining table and garden bar top were made from
two beautiful slabs or gum tree we found and had made
by a furniture maker here in Cape Town, Marc Pincente.
He also made our 4 poster bed.
Baskets accessories on wall
I really wanted to have some traditional made African
pieces but in a way that wasn’t ‘for the sake of it’. We
found pieces with muted tones that worked with the
overall palette and loved the textures of the hand
woven baskets and bowls. We’re collected pieces as we
go. Beading is a traditional South African technique and
we’ve bought some beaded cushions and are on the
look-out for a fully beaded chair.
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