TRUE BLUE Renowned for her penchant for bright colors, an interior designer took the use of bold shades – and combinations thereof – to the next level in her own family home. First off, she painted all the walls of the dining room, kitchen, and lounge in a vibrant forest green (inspired by the color of a ceramic beer mug she’d found in an antique store!) and then splashed dashing blue on the kitchen cabinetry. “Once I start, I can’t stop.” She smiles. “White just looks blah.” Tip The kitchen was all white before interior designer Sarah Ord (sarahord.com) put her color sense to work here. The walls are painted in Hunters Prairie (G4-C1-1) by Plascon (plascon.com), and the cupboards in Granite Falls (B4-C1-2), by the same manufacturer. Thea artwork of a seated lady viewed from behind is a Picasso print on chipboard, unearthed at Cape Town’s Milnerton Market (milnertonfleamarket.co.za).
MY BLUE HEAVEN Since it’s owned by an art dealer and collector, it feels very appropriate that the kitchen of an austerely lovely urban abode should feature a wall of built-in cupboards painted in a shade as close to Yves Klein blue as this one. The color offsets the cast concrete structure beautifully, and complements the mid-century furniture as well as the contemporary and tribal African art that the owner has been collecting for over 20 years. Tip The kitchen is open plan to the dining room, and leads out an open courtyard space. The vintage runner provides a touch of complementary color, as do the artworks, while the industrial lights date from the late 1930s and originally hung in an old German warehouse.
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