Anthropologie homeware

I like a colourful kitchen and these cute items are all from the Anthropologie on-line store:

(all pics borrowed from Anthropologie website)

 So pretty, no? There's something for everyone's taste at Anthropologie, which is why I love them so much!

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Love Milo

Beautiful ceramics, wooden tableware, fabric and lighting from South African designer Nicki Ellis who calls her brand Love Milo. With stockists of her work in Europe, UK, Australia, Dubai and of course South Africa, you won't miss out on this opportunity to shop for the beautiful, functional items she creates, drawing her inspiration from nature and black/white photography.  She's featured in Elle Decoration, Sarie, Garden and Home, Top Billing to name just a few local magazines. 

As seen @ Kamersvol Geskenke

The following four images were borrowed from her Facebook photo album:

Now this is what I call functional art, no? I adore it! Please visit her website here and her Facebook page here, to see more of her beautiful work. My personal favourites are the wooden items, featured here and here and linked here.

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Bodie and Fou Autumn

Inspiration from one of my favourite on-line boutiques and interior shops BODIE and FOU whom I wrote about here, a while ago.... I'm totally addicted to their sites and pages and can spend hours reading and getting my dose of eye-candy. Check it out for yourself...... With Christmas shopping upon us, I can easily break the bank at their shop... Hehehe. What about you?

Find them by clicking on the links below:

BODIE and FOU blog

BODIE and FOU Facebook

BODIE and FOU on-line shop

BODIE and FOU Pinterest

BODIE and  FOU Twitter 

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Liesel Trautman ceramics

There is absolutely nothing I love more than beautiful design. When I saw Liesel Trautman's work at Kamersvol Geskenke this last Friday, it was love at first sight. It immediately grabbed my attention with it's freshness and simple designs. Like me, she's an image junkie and draws inspiration from Victorian and Chinese design. My personal favourite is her take on the kewpie doll (something I remember from when I was a little girl).  They are a definite "must have" and I will put that on my list for Santa! (haha!)

Visit her shop on 154 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town or her website, here.

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FALCON enamelware

Oh, I just love this enamelware from FALCON. We're seriously busy to finish the renovations to our kitchen and I can just picture this lovely enamelware in our "new" kitchen (sigh....). It seems they don't ship to my country though but I'm hoping that will change sometime soon (and the  ZAR must get a bit more value again; then I can perhaps do a bit of shopping from FALCON, hmm..hmmm....)

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Fabulous prep set

Funky red bake set

i LOVE and i WANT these!

If I could splash out on something, it would definitely be on this; it just makes so much more sense to me to get something that is long-lasting, contemporary and classic at the same time (uhhh, is that even possible??), versatile and funky. My verdict: melamine is OUT and enamel is IN!

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Weddings - table decor

All depending on the time of year and the weather, there are just so many options for having the most beautiful table décor for your wedding. Just have a look at these!

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Green Grass Design

I paged through a magazine at the doctor's the other day and saw some beautiful design items that gave me that typical kind of...... "I Want That!" feeling. With my little lime-coloured moleskin notebook always handy, I jotted down some names and URL's.. 

Green Grass Design is a proudly South African venture involved in graphic design, laser cutting and engraving, like the Nando's Toolkit Boxes ,  snowflakes, intricate cutting for wedding stationery and much more. 

gift pendants

stencils

laser cut doily made from recycled wood

Xmas tree decorations

bad apple

All these items are very reasonably priced, especially if you consider the amount of time and effort that goes into creating it.

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Sootcookie Ceramics

Why has it taken me this long to discover this wonderful ceramicist who calls herself "sootcookie"? It is an Afrikaans word for a typical old-fashioned sweet biscuit, like our grannies and moms used to bake for us. Her work is just too divine;  all of it, with  my personal favourites being the "paper" jets below and the "sootcookie animals", especially those cheeky little bunny rabbits. 

Sculptures:

The Owls:

The Animal Collection:

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Knack Studios

Knack Studios are amongst my new favourites for DIY  and makeover inspiration. If you follow the links to the pictures below, you'll see why. I simply just loved their beautiful photographs until I dug a bit deeper and discovered some real treasures... 

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so pretty, from here

simply gorgeous, from here

fabulous cupboard makeover, from here

just because I like this photo, from here

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Vintage on Etsy

i LOVE vintage....

Fabulous vintage school desk from here

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Industrial factory cart from here 

Fabulous tables from here

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Oh, my....! I would LOVE something like this! (from here)

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Fabulous black cabinet from here

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