blue and yellow throws, and the effect is all breezy summertime–yet one can easily imagine a more moody blue atmosphere, created via the inclusion of velvety, textured throws and decor accessories in deeper blue tones. Also on the first floor is Anna’s room, and Jamie’s is situated on the loft level above. Both very much reflect the personalities of their occupants and clearly came together as a result of real collaborations between them and their mother. Jamie “wanted a room that felt like his own little den, which it is,” says Kim, while Anna “seems to acquire and collect all sorts of toys, artwork, and knick-knacks all the time, hence the emphasis on display in her room.” Back downstairs in Kim’s home office–situated at the front of the house–a monochrome patterned wallpaper repeats another of her regular signatures, this time the use of black and white as a “neutral.” The Schumacher wallpaper used here is called “Deconstructed Stripe,” and Kim says, “I find it jazzy and light, and it brings me joy while I work.”
In Kim’s home office, the “Deconstructed Stripe” wallpaper by Schumacher (fschumacher.com) forms an energizing backdrop to the trio of still life paintings of chairs by South African artist Aurelia James (aureliajames.co.za). The desk is from Cape Town furniture store LIM (lim.co.za), and the glass “leopard print” pen holders/brush pots are from Pezula Interiors (pezulainteriors.co.za), also in Cape Town. The Soft Pad office chair with gold detailing is from Cult Furniture (cultfurniture.com).
In Anna’s bedroom, the desk is from La Redoute (laredoute.co.uk) with a chair that Kim found in an old junk shop in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The rug was bought “years ago” from The White Company (thewhitecompany.com), as was the yellow velvet fabric used to upholster the headboard, which was sourced at fabric store Bbellamy & Bbellamy (https://www.facebook.com/ bellamyandbbellamy/) in Muizenberg, Cape Town. The bed linen is from Zara Home (zarahome.com), with a selection of scatter cushions collected by Kim over time–everything from Designers Guild (designersguild.com) to “something I picked up in India, [and] something from a Christmas fair here in the UK.”
“Yellow is probably the color that I use most,” says Kim, “but always in small quantities (accessories, a cushion), and I always make sure that it sits close to something black and white.” The abstract artwork in the hallway of the house was purchased from Cécile & Boyd (cecileandboyds. com) in Cape Town, and the rattan bench was picked up at a junk store in London, “as was the handbag on it, which is a play on an Hermès Birkin,” says Kim. “It’s canvas, with a Birkin design painted onto it.”
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