Fine finishes

Ross Demolition (021 511 1204, rossdemolition.com) Wall art at the staircase, candleholder kitchen light and picture frames on kitchen cupboards MRP Home (0800 21 25 35 mrphome.com) Splashback tiles in kitchen Builders (0860 284 533, builders.co.za) Vase on dining room table Woolworths (0860 022 002, woolworths.co.za)

French doors that open out onto the garden were installed in the dining room – with the addition of new cottage pane windows in the kitchen, the space is much more light and airy.