ROOTED IN HISTORY
Sep 22, 2020
3 minutes
TEXT GRAHAM WOOD
PHOTOGRAPHY
ELSA YOUNG
ARCHITECTURE
PERFECT TIPPETT ARCHITECTS
INTERIOR DESIGN
HEIDRUN DIEKMANN
A BOLDLY AND BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED FARMHOUSE AND BARN COMBINE SUBTLETY AND RESPECT FOR THE PAST – AND A REFRESHING DISREGARD FOR CONVENTION
CHAPTER ONE: THE FARM
The story of this house – a century-old farmhouse in the valley of the Simonsberg Mountain in the lush winelands of the Western Cape in South Africa – asserts the owner, “is about a farm with an old soul that was resurrected, land that was brought back to life and the joy of living one’s dream.” Part of that dream was simply to have a place of
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