ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME

AHA MOMENT

THE MONOCHROMATIC INTERIORS OF THIS LIGHT-FILLED LOFT APARTMENT IS A TRUE REFLECTION OF THIS CREATIVE COLLECTOR’S EYE
DESIGNER FRANCOIS IRVINE

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

HIS LOFT IS FILLED WITH HIS OWN HANDMADE ITEMS, RANGING FROM THE CLEVERLY IMPROVISED WHITE COTTON LAMPSHADES TO THE ELEGANT CREAM-UPHOLSTERED ARMCHAIRS.

“It was when I saw this view,” remarks homeowner Francois Irvine, “that I knew I wanted to be in this space.” He’s in the process of unfastening a pair of white-painted industrial doors, dealing with old-fashioned full-length bolt – but these slide back with ease and in a moment

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