LEISURE
Clockwise from top left The main guest bedroom features Graffito wallpaper by Kelly Wearstler and OKHA’s geometric Rayon table lamps in stainless steel.
dotted around this space. Creating
form and material and has its round
a transition point between this area
shape mimicked in the circular
and the circular six-seater outdoor
rug, creating a focal point under the
dining table, a suspended sofa
arched overhead hang.
swings gently in the breeze –
While artificial lighting sets
a reminder that this is a home to
the mood in these two rooms, it
be enjoyed.
is sunlight that brings the formal
On days that call for indoor
lounge on the ground floor to
A private working space is furnished with John Vogel’s Time Stood Still writing desk for Southern Guild and a green-blue polycarbonate Ella swivel chair by EDRA. The children’s bedrooms feature bold primary colours and paintsplashed walls, with playful elements such as hammocks and bucket stools.
sliding-door façade, incorporating the sky and garden into the room’s visual language. Upstairs, the bedrooms are an exercise in high-energy decorating, as per the homeowner’s brief. “The children’s bedrooms feature bold primary colours and paint-splashed walls, with playful elements such as hammocks and bucket stools adding youthful freshness,” says ARRCC designer Sarika Jacobs. More grown-up, yet equally charming, the main guest bedroom continues the home’s pattern play through its Graffito wallpaper by Kelly Wearstler and custom designed rug, which create imaginative shapes through their free-flow lines. OKHA’s geometric
hibernation, the family cinema
life. Here, a predominantly white
Rayon table lamps in stainless
on the basement level beckons.
interior is highlighted by an ivory-
steel elegantly flank the bed. A
Fitted with a profusion of comfy
toned Flex Form L-shaped sofa
private working space furnished
grey recliners, sofas and daybeds,
and paired with OKHA’s signature
with John Vogel’s Time Stood Still
it invites full-day movie fests. The
Curator sofa. A contemporary take
writing desk for Southern Guild
cigar room cum wine cellar is
on a chaise longue, the Curator
and green-blue polycarbonate Ella
equally enticing, its barrel-vaulted
sofa’s geometric curves lead the eye
swivel chair by EDRA overlook
ceiling, with board-formed concrete
to a striking blue rug and up to the
the balcony and garden beyond,
finish, amplifying the cocooning,
trippy artworks by shape-master
while the en-suite bathroom
otherworldly feeling of the space.
artist Andrzej Urbanski of Everard
also enjoys this panorama, its
The Stix coffee table by OKHA is an
Read gallery, which pick up on the
wall-length mirror reflecting the
extension of the barrel ceiling in
colours viewed through the glass
mountainside sunlight. •
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SILVER DIGEST // AUTUMN 2019
