if you choose to live on your own as a young person (and i say this assuming that you don’t earn major bucks or perhaps you live in an expensive city – or both) you will probably be faced with the reality of renting a studio apartment. unless you’re an investment banker, or you won the lotto, or your granddad left you a sweet inner city pad the size of an ark that he bought back in 1950 for R500, or you’ve found some 3 bedroom palace with wooden floors and a working fireplace that’s being rented out for tuppence.… Read the rest
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kris·miss·moss gift guide
i’m thinking about christmas already. sigh. my family has instituted a one gift per person R100 limit (to combat the “meltdown“). i told them R100 is almost impossible, so i’m shooting for under 200 bucks. anything handmade is great to me, and anything i can order online is even better. if i can walk to a shop – wonderful, but that kind of limits you geographically & since i’m out in “the sticks” (as some might say) i welcome e-commerce with open arms (i’m also lazy). PLUS i’d also like to inject some christmas cheer into the south african postal
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cupboards
i love these kitchen cupboards – so simple! i know people get kind of stressed out about redoing their kitchens, then they end up spending lots of cash on fake wood and fake granite tops etc etc – but look how great this solution is. i reckon probably inexpensive in comparison, too. if you ever get tired of that scandanavian wood vibe, just paint them. boom. via decor8
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a recycled retreat
via the new york times
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love the light
i’m nowhere near buying a house (or even a cupboard somewhere) – but if i was on the market for a wee bit of real estate, i would probably start off with something teeny like a studio flat. this is a pretty great example of a studio that doesn’t feel like a studio.
i love the galley ‘kitchen’ behind the couch, genius. and there are two living areas – impressive! i’d probably replace the 2nd living room with a dining / work area. the decor itself is bordering on… Read the rest
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chair
i picked this beauty up for R150 at a junk shop. do you think i should reupholster it? i kind of love it as it is right now, but perhaps it could do with some brightening up.
church house
this is pretty cool (in theory), it’s just too bad that the owners have the worst taste in the world (how’s that lounge, hey?) they could have done so much with it! they converted the church, but then basically made it look like a church with a lounge. plus there’s the whole living in a graveyard thing.
i remember seeing a church in cape town that a couple converted, that was way cooler. i wish i could find that, think it was in the VISI or elle… Read the rest
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around the web
mega post time! to make up for the fact that i have been scarce and having fun away from the internet for a while.
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weddings
i’m not one of those girls who sits around dreaming about their perfect wedding, but i do like looking at other people’s awesome shin digs. snippet & ink showcases some of the coolest weddings i have ever seen.
makes you want to go to a wedding, right? that and the booze.
one day i will have a room like this
just for kicks.
the brick house
perhaps you remember this post i did about these rad DIY shelves? well apartment therapy did a tour of the brick house’s, well, house. the portrait above the desk was naturally the first thing that caught my eye (and the rest of their art is also wonderful). and the kitchen! i would move in right now.