We wish we had, but no, we didn’t make upthe word! Techorating” is a catchy term coined back in 2008 by interior designer, Doug Wilson, as a concept for the emergence of integrating home technology and home decor in balance with one another. Doug hosted Trading Spaces on TLC (DSTV Channel 135) and created the …
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Real Estate has produced many of the world’s wealthy people, so there are plenty of reasons why property is a sound Investment. For every dollar you invest, you need to calculate what your return on that dollar will be, 10% is considered an excellent return on your investment, but working on 6 to 8% may …
Although it’s not hard to find a house with charm in Cape Town, especially in the City Bowl suburbs where pretty cottages, picturesque terrace houses and promising fixer-uppers are the rule rather than the exception, it still took Craig, a footwear importer and his partner Riekus Raaths, a graphic designer for an advertising agency, two …
A magical home blending many styles – text and production by Michael Nott – photography Alan Hageman, before photos courtesy of the owner A blend of elements of European Gothic, Mediterranean, Moroccan and African styles sounds discordant and potentially incoherent and jarring. There’s certainly the possibility that a house that combined all these styles …
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