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Patternsnap
Harpers Bazaar called Patternsnap “The Shazam of the interiors world”, which is a perfect description of this ingenious (and free) smartphone app that allows interiors junkies and professionals to use...
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Black Gold
For quite some time, I’ve been buying and stashing brass animals in a cupboard at home, waiting for the day that I had enough to send off to the foundry. No, not to melt down for pocket money! I was...
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Mid-March Making Friday
After last week’s great reception to my post explaining Making Friday, I’m under pressure to follow up, aren’t I? Well, here goes, with a post about using the side effects of the thing you’re making...
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Ahead of the pastel pack
I just heard that Pantone has released its colour palettes for 2016, including one they call Ephemera, featuring “delicate shades of wan blue, pale peach and tender yellow”. Well, ahem, what have I...
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Best Things from LA #01: Alvin Lustig & Doyle Lane
Two discoveries made while in LA, courtesy of long-time Skinny laMinx fan, Melinda Forster and her journalist friend Andrew Romano, will stay with me for a long time. ALVIN LUSTIG Both discoveries came...
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Making Friday: Fun with scraps
This Making Friday post is about what other (small) people have been doing with Skinny laMinx fabrics, courtesy of our production manager, Sarah. Sarah loves what she does at Skinny laMinx, but I think...
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Best Things: Studio Ilse for IKEA
Some of the readers of this blog will recall that I used to ardently wish that we had IKEA in South Africa. In fact, I was so desperate that in 2009, I even made a tea towel about it! I’ve since had...
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OH Thursdays – Customs House
If you live in Cape Town and drive a car, you’ll have driven past Customs House many times as you set off away from the city on Nelson Mandela Boulevard. It’s on the harbour side of the elevated...
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How to: Fold a Christmas tree napkin
Wish you knew how to fold a napkin (or dozen) into a forest of Christmas trees for your Holiday table? Follow our video tutorial below, made by the super clever Melissa!...
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In the shop: Height Charts
I have three brothers, and clearly remember the rivalry and glee when our birthdays came around and we would compare our heights against our siblings’ at the same age. My mom still has the...
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