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Bedroom Makeover Without Breaking The Bank

Just recently I was asked for advice on how to give a bedroom a make-over without spending a fortune. I thought to share these tips on the process with you.  Please notice that I did call it a process,...

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Coffee Tables: A Contemporary Take

Over the course of the past year, we have been lucky enough to be working on interior projects that have given us the opportunity of applying some trendy new industrial/rustic living décor and design...

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Ask Décor Diva: Where Can I Buy Retro Cushions?

One of our readers recently contacted The Design Tabloid to ask our resident Décor Diva some advice… She asks: “I have a dark brown suede L shape couch and want retro, bright scatter cushions but not...

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Buying Cheap vs Buying Value

The other day while walking my dog on the local cricket field I got chatting to one of the other “dog club” members. He was a man who had been round the block a few times with regards to running and...

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Pinterest Lovelies

A  happy 2014 to all our friends and readers! I trust you all had very merry new year’s celebrations? Okay – so I decided that it would be cool to share some our Pinterest pins with you while we take a...

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Window Treatments 101: Hang ‘em High!

I was recently asked the following question by a client of Design Monarchy: “Do you think I should take the curtains right up to the ceiling or will this make it look too formal?” And this was my short...

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Our Local Blogging Community

You know, so many people have so many opinions to give when it comes to social media and our involvement in it.  I am sure that you must often encounter the same conflicting takes from your friends and...

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A Heart Space at Work

Hello – being the month of LUV, it is probably as good a time as any to take a look around your work / office or desk space – just to check out whether your are feeling connected to it, or disconnected...

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Bathrooms: Don’t replace. Resurface.

Many years ago during the sale of our last house, I discovered that there two areas of a house that buyers are always drawn towards like magnets – the kitchen and the bathrooms.  It seems that if your...

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Know Your Bath

Last week we chatted to Robyn Lambrick about the wonder of “resurfacing” – a restorative process where old and ugly sanitaryware gets a new lease on life (read post: here). Robyn’s husband owns the...

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Can You Do Minimal Interior Living?

One of my favourite design blogs, and has been for about 5 years now, is Design*Sponge. What I appreciate most about D*S is that it is written for the man in the street. The homes and spaces that are...

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Blogging: Have You Lost That Loving Feeling?

I started out writing this article because the subject matter was bothering me and I wanted to get it onto paper. I sat down, open up a Word Doc and typed the title. Boom – got that right! Now what? I...

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Is There Heart in Your Home?

One of the vloggers I regularly follow starts off a video blog by greeting her audience with this salutation: “Hello all you Shiny Puppies”. I’m thinking – maybe I should also come up with an opening...

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Decorex Cape Town 2016: An Unpopular Opinion

Quick note of indemnity – this is a longer than usual read. Wanna run over to the kettle to make a cuppa quickly? Otherwise – here we go. The 2016 Decorex Cape Town Expo happened in the beginning of...

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Château de Gudanes – Timeless Love Story

By Rose McClement Okay – who of you reading this right now can recall the movie Love Story from way back in 1970? (Oh my word, I feel “timeless” just recalling it. Timeless in this case being a kind...

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A Paint Colour By Any Other Name…

by Rose McClement It has really been a good while since I wrote a blog post.  Marica is such a rock star in this regard.  At the start of the new business year, the pace is generally much slower.  In...

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African Women’s Crowning Glory

by Rose McClement Two weeks ago, on the 27th April 2018, we as South Africans celebrated Freedom Day.  On that day 24 years ago ALL South African, of every colour, race and creed over the age of 18...

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The Evolution of Pink

by Rose McClement When Beatrice Moore-Nöthnagel of Media24’s Tuis / Home Magazine recently approached me for a quotation as an “Expert Opinion” on the topic of “why pink remains ever popular in decor“,...

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A Little Girl’s Haven

Can I share a pet peeve with you? Super trendy, super stylish children’s rooms. Are you scratching your head? Please let me explain. Some parents get so caught up in creating a cutting-edge,...

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Decorating Dilemmas: The DO’S & DON’TS

by Marica Fick Earlier this month Rose was offered the opportunity to do a 5-minute speaker slot at an XtraOrdinary Women network meeting. During the 5 minutes, the speaker gets the chance to briefly...

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