A happy weekend to all...

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God is in the Details

In the neighbourhood of Porte Saint-Denis (10th arrondissement of Paris), an exquisitely appointed loft space - every last detail carefully chosen, collected and curated - becomes a beautiful reflection of owner, Anouk Dossin. (Serious swooning over bathroom tile)...

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Whimsy

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Gris

This is what I call an unashamedly confident room... 

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Three Months in Cape Town: A Snapshot.

Here are just a few of the daily wonders encountered since returning to Cape Town...

Biscuit Mill, Woodstock

A brightly-coloured row of buildings in Woodstock

Kalk Bay photographed from Boyes Drive

Penguins on Boulders Beach, Simonstown

Boats, Simonstown

Whale season in Hermanus (husband and daughter on the promenade)

Breakfast at the Alphen Hotel (moi and daughter)

Home

A partially obscured Table Mountain as seen from Kloof Nek Road

The extraordinary Drakenstein Stud

Drakenstein Stud - reminds me of a Goyard stripe

Victoria and Alfred Waterfront

Spring has sprung. Bella braves the chill.

Government Walk looking a lot like Rome from this angle

Some of our other children

The blinding white beauty of the Swellendam Church

Drakenstein Stud at sunset

A rather startling encounter in Riversdale - our pug, Persephone and Warthog

Cape Town has fab coffee - skull in your latte, anyone? @Truth

Cooking in the kitchen

Kitesurfing in Kommetjie (not me!)

Sunday lunches with friends

Normally, I would not be seen dead in my PJ's with zero make-up, however, this is a typical morning in our household (before tea). Notorious B.I.G on top of me and Persephone in my arms. Happiness is...

Photos by Philippa Berrington-Blew and Craig Strydom

Bowerbird and Sibella Court

Creating beautiful interiors with the things you collect is the ideology behind Sibella Court's fabulous new book Bowerbird. Photographed by Chris Court, I cannot get my hands on it fast enough...

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Strong Presence

My name is Philippa and I am a Pinterest addict.

There, I said it.

One of my most cosseted boards is entitled Portraits. Here are some favourites...

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