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Vinyl Clocks 27 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
We’ve come across this trend before – that of using discarded items and upcycling them to create something new and exciting. However, the work of Uber Cool Design in Cape Town has taken handmade wares...
Essie Notecards 27 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Essie Letterpress is a design and print studio situated in an old farm shed near Citrusdal. All work is designed and printed using a 1964 manually operated German Proofing Press. We first spotted the ...
Q&A: Hoi P’loy 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
HL chatted to Ploy Phiromnam, co-designer and owner of Hoi P’loy about lighting design and how to incorporate vintage lighting in your home. How did you get into lighting design? We love to travel, ...
New-Style Apple Pie Recipe 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Recipe Phillippa Cheifitz Ingredients: 8–10 apples juice of 1 lemon Butter Brown sugar Honey Nutmeg A few cinnamon sticks A handful of seedless raisins, soaked in boiling water About 1 cup ap...
Minimalist Noordhoek Home 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Text Deborah Louw Styling Jeanne Botes Photographs Elsa Young When Clint and Taryn Vosloo saw the piece of land perched high above the beach in Noordhoek, near Cape Town, they let their imaginations ...
McGregor Food and Wine Festival 2013 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Enjoy wines from local cellars and savour delicious fare from village restaurateurs, chefs and caterers at McGregor’s Food and Wine Festival this weekend. Taste delectable wraps, pitas and sushi whil...
Protea Lights 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Inspired by our national flower, designer Rudie Mulder created the Protea Light, a statement piece he believes is perfect for a rustic, country setting. Choose from a number of finishes, including ni...
Orange Custard Tart Recipe 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Recipe Raphaella Frame-Tolmie Ingredients: 1 cup cake flour ½ cup cocoa powder ¼ cup caster sugar 114g unsalted butter 1T vanilla extract 3T ice-cold water 2 large egg yolks 55g flour 60g su...
The Big Bottle Wine Festival 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
For a fun and delectable weekend-long festival filled with food, wine and luxury, head to the Big Bottle Festival in Constantia. Meet over 40 of SA’s top winemakers and producers and taste delights fr...
Annie Sloan Chalk Paint 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Well-known in the UK and North America, Annie Sloan’s decorative chalk paint is now available in South Africa. The paint was developed as Annie’s solution to the tiresome process of painting furniture...
