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A new frontier A smart take on colonial leaves this Karoo lodge with just the right balance of tradition and relevance. Samara Private Game Reserve in the Karoo was once 11 separate farms overgrazed by cattle and sheep. The 28 000-hectare reserve, a project close to the heart of owner, London-based South African Sarah…
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Out of Africa, something new In the midst of the Camdeboo Plains in the Great Karoo, South Africa, this family house combines local materials with well-proportioned architecture, resulting in a luxurious haven of peace and privacy I have a farm in Africa at the foot of the Kondoa hills…,’ says Sarah Tompkins with…
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The Designers Discover the not so black and white world of sophisticated de riguer John Jacob Zwiegelaar Read more John Jacob Interiors Magazine features here… Ask any photographer about his approach of choice and – if he’s worth his salt he will say (confidently and with certainty); black and white portrait. As…
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On the couch with John BY DENISE MHLANGA Interior designer John Jacob Zwiegelaar is well known for creating highly bespoke, glamorous work underpinned by attention to detail. For this to happen, John feels strongly that space should be exciting and move you without a stitch of furniture or decor. When a client…
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Home Truth PHOTOGRAPHY RICHARD KEPPEL/SHINE Multi talented John Zwiegelaar has a quiet presence and a sense of the observer about him that are refreshing qualities in a master decorator to some of the most formidable clients around. In his newest incarnation as director of John Jacob Interiors (he is a chef too) established in…
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The constant decorator Small is beautiful in the redesign of this Cape apartment. This tiny clever space conjured from a pokey one – bedroom apartment of a metropolitan pied-‘a -terre-those New York or Paris apartments from which you emerge charged for social events to be held elsewhere. In contrast to Cape Town’s suburban lifestyle where…
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Turnaround Style BY JESSICA KIDDLE When it comes to interior design, the process is often as important as the result. So this homeowner found it when she moved into her new space. When this spacious Durbanville abode welcomed in its new owner it was in need of a renovation. And a…
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HOME MAKER EDITED BY HATTA BYNG Design Solutions In this Cape Town apartment, by John Jacob Interiors, kitchen units faced with Venetian-style mirrored panels create the ‘rock-and-roll-Marie-Antoinette’ look the client desired. Beautifully executed by Extreme Elegance, the panels mask the workings of the kitchen (fridge and dishwasher). The kitchen also functions as an entrance…
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Traditionally Modern Thanks to an ‘old’ head on good looking young shoulders, John Jacob Zwiegelaar creates interiors and furnishings that marry modern rendering with traditional proportion and scale. In the three years since he opened his design business, John Jacob Interiors in Cape Town’s Bree Street, this talented 31-year-old has garnered an impressive…
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