Estate Living Magazine Alfresco Living - Issue 36 December 2018 | Page 19

By design
With more than 30 years’ experience designing homes, holiday
getaways and lodges, Lederle Design was an obvious choice to
create Rondebosch Oval’s signature interiors. The company’s
creativity and flair can be seen in establishments from Camps
Bay to Italy and France, in each case using the environment as a
starting point to curate a home that’s as beautiful to look at as it is
comfortable to live in.
This was indeed the case at Rondebosch Oval. Lederle Design’s Sue
Lederle reports that the company was briefed to create beautiful
spaces with broad appeal. ‘My own design style errs on the side of
the classic, but we knew that potential buyers’ tastes would probably
be more contemporary,’ she says. This amalgamation is brought to
life in the Rondebosch Oval showhouse, where Sue and her team
had enormous fun creating a space that could serve as a template,
showing home owners how they could personalise their homes with
statement wallpaper, bold furniture and unexpected colour. The
result is a classic home with elegant touches and pops of colour, like
the botanical wallpaper in the guest bathroom.
The homes themselves have been planned to ‘create an elegant,
homey country feeling in the city, enhanced by the breathtaking
mountain views’. Lederle selected finishes that are modern without
being clinical, leveraging colour as the main design tool. ‘We kept
the decor neutral, as this would appeal to the largest pool of buyers
while also containing costs,’ she adds, noting that neutral does not
mean boring: fabric prints from Home Fabrics, Halogen and Lula
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