ENTERTAINING AT HOME
It’s always a pleasure to be invited to celebrate a special ocassion, and even more so when the celebration is held at a private home. A few month’s back, vivacious couple Small and Philip Laude celebrated their 25th anniversary and housewarming with a sumptuous fête among family and friends at their new house designed by Ed Calma. Catch a glimpse of the party’s lavish floral scapes in our exclusive feature, Love in Bloom (p. 106).
Elsewhere on our pages, find lots of inspiration for home entertaining: innovative recipes for crowd pleasers taken from the Western Cape’s colourful Little gig Festival ( p. 134); tips for garden entertaining from Rizzoli’s magnificent coffee table tome ,the Art of the Garden (Buy the Book, p. 62); and styling ideas like the crisp Chinoiserie-inspired brunch setting pictured above by Moss Manila’s Cyndi Fernandez-beltran. It was great collaborating with her on creative table settings for our story, A Tropical Haven (p. 158).
Meanhwile, art lovers will definitely have fun making playful statements with a piece from the limited-edition porcelain collection from Bernardaud by Jeff Koons. These collectibles
allow you to bring downsized versions of Koons’ coveted balloon animal sculptures right to your table!
Finally, don’t miss out on Dyson’s latest smart devices so your home stays in tip-top shape and ready for the next get-together. We were at Dyson’s triple-technology launch in Singapore recently and we were certainly impressed.