Name: Heather Moore & Paul Edmunds
Location: Gardens, Cape Town
Size: 860 square feet
Years lived in: 9
When the opportunity came to visit the studio and home of textile designer Heather from SkinnyLaminx, we jumped at the opportunity! She shares her home with husband and fellow artist Paul Edmunds. It's a living mood-board — with pieces of inspiration splashed about in a beautifully creative and aesthetic way.
Heather and Paul love to collect items and their home illustrates their soulful manner of slowly collecting over time. Every room is filled with pieces with a history attached. The view over Table Mountain is the perfect backdrop to this bohemian apartment and we can see where they get a lot of their inspiration. For more of Heather and Paul's work see: SkinnyLaminx and Paul Edmunds.
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Inspiration: I find my inspiration daily from different sources, and what might have started as a cup design might end up on a pillow. I once drew all the mugs in our kitchen for fun, that turned out to be an illustration for textiles I used commercially later.
Dream source:: For us it's more about discovering things than buying things, we once met this amazing guy on Brick Lane, London, he had the most unbelievable antique shop — it was a true treasure! That would be one of my dream sources I guess
What Friends Say: They love the it!
Proudest DIY: We are not very good at DIY, but I am proud in admitting we asks experts for help when it's needed. Even though we are both designers, we knew we needed our architect friend's expert advice when we swapped the back bedroom and the kitchen.
Favorite element: Our home developed over the years, the decorations were never in pursuit of "a look." Over the years we just slowly but surely replaced the "good" or "ok" items with better ones.
Kitchen Hardware, Accessories & Furniture: From a South African Cabinet Maker — Gibbs Cabinet Works
Accessories:: From all over, especially markets
Sofa:: Ercol, a gift from a friend
Living Room Lamp Shade:: LIM, Cape Town
Rugs & Carpets: Afghani Carpet, a gift from me to my husband
Art:: Bedroom: Paul Edmonds
Living room: French weaving tile. Painting with red dot by Medina Morphet
Thanks Paul & Heather!
Images: Liezel Strauss
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wow, what a beautiful & warm & colorful home! love it.
and what a coincidence that i met paul edmunds once when i was curating a show that included south african artists... back in 2000/2001!
and cape town is so lovely. i refer to it as the san francisco of south africa... with johannesburg as the new york city.
I am in love with the furniture in this home!
I know, the furniture! But also, the fabrics..... and the colors..... and the artwork..... Love, love, love.
now THIS is a real house. Thanks, AT. So lovely.
This home is lovely. The furniture and all of their collections and art... every picture had some gems to catch the eye. What a great house tour!
Huh? I must have missed something.
Where is that lovely red lamp from? I have been lusting after a Jielde and its very reminiscent.
That herringbone floor is crazy beautiful! How lucky are you???!!!
Yes, I covet the floor.
I love it too... the COLOURS, wow! The kitchen and the bedroom make me swoon. Thank you!
I've long perused SkinnyLaminx's etsy shop, how lovely to see her even more wonderful home! I must know where that bed is from. It reminds me of an Ikea model a few years back, but it only came in a twin size and didn't look half as sturdy.
Nice view of the table mountain... ahhh miss the lovely South Africa
what a great home <3 its very inspiring, and fun to wake up to everyday. the wood floors are awesome. oh, and all the lights and chairs <3 thanks for sharring
Yes, where did the bed frame come from?
Thanks for all the lovely comments. It was great having Lily coming around to visit!
Just to answer a couple of questions:
@Trumystique: The red lamp was spotted in a junk shop. I thought it was a Jielde when I bought it, but it turned out to be a lot less high end than that!
@KidMoe: You're quite right about the bed. We don't have IKEA in South Africa, but we really fancied that bed. So Paul drew it up (and changed it a bit) and got some welders we know to put it together for us. It's really fantastic!
Actually, I misrepresented Paul's DIY skills when chatting to Lily, forgetting that apart from the bed, he's made a lot of our furniture, including the chair in the bedroom, bookshelf and the side table in the lounge.
Thanks for sharing. I truly love the furniture, colors, and artwork.
Looks like preparation for a tag sale.
I think we both missed the same thing, KatSD.
that living room light shade/fixture is amazinggg - one question though... what's that crochet thing hanging from the bedroom door...!? !? !
So lovely, warm and inviting! I am a huge fan of Heather's work and plan on making some of it mine someday soon! :)
How beautiful is that scalloped transom leading into the bedroom? And all of Heather's designs out and about in the living space...just gorgeous. I have a questions for Heather..is that pitcher and mug in one of the last shots, your design( I am assuming it is) and is it still for sale or a past design that is no longer in production? Thanks for sharing your lovely home!
xo
Melis
Beautiful!!! I love it! Also I am so excited b/c at the end of the year I am visiting a friend in Joburg and then we are going to go to Cape Town- so exciting!
I'm surprised there are negative comments on here... I think it's simply beautiful and very personal! Wonderful home.
hate the colours in the kitchen, but I love that shelf that goes around the top of the tile, looks very handy.
those floors....yes.
omg, that CHAIR! love it. thanks for sharing!
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Not my personal preference, but a great display of creativity and self expression!
I definitely did NOT miss anything - your home is fantastic! So much personality and warmth - it looks like a place one would feel immediately comfortable in as a guest.
SORRY NOT MY CUP OF TEA VERY BLAN NOT INSPIRING AT ALL
He he, so nice to see the friendly enthusiastic comments (thanks a lot), and funny to see all the less positive ones too, esp the one about everything looking like it's ready for a tag sale. That's because most of it was found on a tag sale!
Couple of questions to follow up on:
@Sarah8Parker The thing hanging on the door is something my husband made for me - a kind of shoulder bag woven from polypropylene rope
@chicagosue Our cat is called Nanook. There's a little siamese who lives with us too, called Monkey, but she spent the whole shoot under the bed! I wish I could print on organic fabric, but I'd have to import it from China as there's no local supplier, so instead I support local cotton mills.
@luckylife2009 The pitcher and mug are decorated with my ceramic transfers, and are part of my Frankenflowers series - a very irregularly-made and occasionally sold range of ceramic mugs, plates, etc. I made the pitcher esp for a shoot for ELLE Decoration.
Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone!
Looks like the home of true artists. I love that everything isn't just so and perfectly presented. It looks real and creative. thank you for sharing.
I love it.
love the handy work such as using pegboard for bags (great idea!) and shelf in kitchen. thought the color in the bedroom was great and loved a lot of the furniture. thought a cute/warmish rug would be good in front of the sofa. from looking at the fabrics, i take it you upholstered some pieces yourself? anyway, they look great. also, would have loved to see more shelving units given its a small space and my personal obsession...thanks for sharing:):)
Hi! Not sure if you will see this comment at this late stage. I am very interested in the installation in picture number 32. Did your husband make that? What is it?
It appears to be empty tape rolls, and the white things look like coffee lids. If so, an amazing recycled art piece. Fascinating. Details, please!
stunning and inspiring. i love the colors and textiles. fabulous!
what's that hanging in the entryway of your bedroom (photo 11)?! its gorgeous and i just might need it! :)
Nice, perhaps lovely, but I can't go to gorgeous or a superlative because, for me, it's an almost relentlessy warm palette. By the end I was jonesing for a nice big slap of blue. (...espite the kitchen and the fan and little touches here and there...) That aside, high marks for putting together a home so stylishly relaxed.
ANd yes, please, do answer the Q reL the empty tape rolls. The pic is arty but doesn't tell the story. COuld just be your recycling.
This is one of the warmest comfiest looking places I've seen in a while. The fabric on the pillows and upholstery is incredible and that FLOOR....thanks for sharing!
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Obviously those negative comments stem from those who have never stepped foot in South Africa. Well Done Heather and Paul- it's a lovely break from the standard South African 'designer' home.
Great house, it actually looks lived in which is nice to see for a change. Great paint colour in the bedroom.
P.S. I noticed the Vegiemite in the kitchen straight away - do you have an Australian conection?
So cozy. The pictures radiate a "welcoming" feeling. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful home! And that mug print you reference is hanging lovingly framed on my kitchen wall.
loving that curtain with the fun stripes in the middle!! where is it from?? it's so hard to find things like that where i live...
Gosh, the comments are still rolling in. Many thanks for all the lovely words, everyone. Here are some responses to specific comments and questions:
@sdrouble Your idea of a rug in front of the sofa is a great one, and generally we have a white flokati there that looks brill. But these pics were taken in the middle of a serious heat wave, hence the banishment of the flokati!
@inkoeht The artwork you see on the wall between the bedroom and sitting room is by South African artist Kevin Brand - a birthday gift from Paul to me. See more of Brand's work at http://www.bell-roberts.com/?artist=22
@peggy and @kushkush The thing you see in pic 32 is at my studio, where I've stored all my empty postage tubes (for ceramics and decals) in a window space. It's gradually shrinking as I post things off, unfortunately, but it's interesting to see how it changes.
@aligator You have a sharp eye! Yes, that Vegemite was a recent gift from Paul's cousins who were out visiting from Western Australia in Feb. Nearly finished, sadly enough.
@guava3 All our curtains are vintage fabric finds. Also quite rare to find around here, but I do keep my eyes peeled.
Once again, thanks for all your lovely comments!
xx
Heather, your place is fabulous! I just love that wonderful South African light!
I agree with your ethos - a home should be a continually shifting and changing space. We do the same thing, 'upgrading' our stuff when better, higher quality examples of things when they come along!
This is one of the sweetest homes on AT. Love it, so inspiring.
Lovely Place Heather... Great taste. Love the way how all the beautiful pieces are placed to create a stunning and welcoming home.
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