Fresh ideas A new take on texture

Be inspired by a new take on texture…

Jungle fever

To create a memorable impression at the entrance to her Durban home, Kara Human added vibrant wallpaper (Ashford Tropics from Hertex) to the staircase. We love the texture it creates as well as the shape it takes on thanks to the steps. A door was removed from a small cupboard under the stairs that now serves as a wine rack – another interesting focal point! Railing from Iron Art

Loo paper is kept in an old galvanised steel bin, once used to store flour or rice.

A piece of history

Years ago in Stillbaai, it wasn’t uncommon to see entire homes built with corrugated-iron sheeting. “Hard clay bricks and cement were difficult to come by in the fifties and sixties,” says Manfred Vietze. He and his wife Louise wanted to retain this bit of history in their Stilbaai home and decided to create a feature in their bathroom.

First, they painted a corrugated-iron sheet with an anti-rust primer (Duram NS4 Anti-Rust Coating) and then a PVA paint in buttery yellow before the sheet was screwed to the stone wall. A strip of Oregon pine was added to the top to prevent nasty cuts and to serve as a display space for the Vietzes’ collection of hand-painted ceramic tiles. The vanity was made using an old table left behind by the previous homeowners. >>

A concrete plan

Initially, tiles Neri neon the Visagie bathroom wanted walls large tilfo er ms a! tin her Craighall, Johannesburg home. But since large-format she had tiles plenty for of the cement left in over her Craighall, from a renovation, she decided to since use it she to create had plenty these of impressive 1.2 renovation, x 1.2m ‘panels’. she decided After to applying another 1.2 layer x 1.2m of cement ‘panels’. on the walls, Nerina of cement used nothing on the walls, but a stick she and “a lot of “a patience” lot of patience” to draw to the draw lines and create marks’ ‘bolt reminiscent marks’ reminiscent of tiles of reinforced concrete walls. Nadine Prinsloo of Cemcrete explains how you can create this look in your own home:

1 Apply a base layer of CemPlaster (about 5mm thick) and draw in lines and bolt marks while it’s still wet. 2 Optional for added texture Once it’s dry, brush or trowel on CemCote (about 2.5mm) in the colour Concrete Grey. 3 Waterproof the walls by sealing them with Cemcrete’s Concrete Sealer, available in Gloss or Super Matt.

A walk in the park

Inspired by her love of New York City, Shawnee Hiten chose Central Park wallpaper for her bedroom in her parents’ Somerset West home. We love the depth and sense of space the full-length image creates. The raw wooden furniture is reminiscent of a park bench and the trees in the park, Shawnee (21) explains. Interior design and wallpaper by Dear Zania Interiors; blanket from Weylandts