Plate up!
When choosing the perfect shade of pink for her living room, ceramicist Kate Malan was inspired by the fynbos surrounding the Gqeberha home she shares with her husband Craig and their sons, Ben and Gabriel.
“I wanted an earthy, natural pink for the walls and I decided to add a mural as a talking point,” explains Kate.
“The colourful ceramic plate (above the doorway) with its organic shapes served as inspiration and I’d seen a similar black-and-white circle design online. The concept grew from there.”
Kate made a blue circle using leftover paint from a previous project and an upside-down arch that’s mirrored in the adjacent nook.
“For the arches, I mixed white with the original pink until I was satisfied with the shade,” she adds.
Make it match
Just off the living room in the Malans’ house there was an empty nook begging for a purpose.
The creative couple enhanced it with custom joinery that offers added storage, wine racks and open shelves.
“I painted the unit yellow to match the chairs in the living room and repeated the arch on the wall to unify the spaces.
“In addition, the floating shelves are the same as those in the living room,” says Kate.
Child’s play
This wall next to the Malans’ bathroom can be viewed from the kitchen.
“I spotted a similar gallery wall of children’s art by the.hectic.eclectic on Instagram and used leftover yellow paint to create my own,” explains Kate.
“Children bring so much art home, and it tends to go into the cupboard where you never see it.
“Now, we can display our favourites and update the gallery whenever we want. Some pieces are framed, while others are simply stuck on the wall with Prestik.”
Coastal colour
Master florists and décor fundis Dané Erwee and Chris Willemse’s dreamy seaside cottage in St James strikes the perfect balance between fun and functionality.
The walls throughout this home with its candy-coloured interior were washed with CreteStone tinted with pigment to create a warm pink, an olive green and soft blue tones.
“I wanted the house to be quite eccentric. A bit Mediterranean, Capri-inspired, and very colourful,” says Dané.
This guest suite at the back of the cottage was designed to accommodate kids.
“It doesn’t have a sea view, but it’s the quietest room in the house – the perfect place to relax with a book,” he says.
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