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    Understated CHRISTMAS

    Dec 01, 2021 4 minutes
    FEATURE CLAIR WAYMAN
    PHOTOGRAPHY RACHAEL SMITH

    Christmas has a special significance for London-based, South African-born interior designer Justin van Breda. As a child, he would spend the festive period on the family farm in South Africa, with everyone sitting down for a traditional Christmas lunch, then heading to the beach for a swim afterwards. With his birthday falling on the 23 December and his father’s on the 24 December, there would always be a big celebration. “The highlight for me was choosing a tree on the farm, then bringing it into the house and decorating it on my birthday,” he recalls.

    ‘I wanted to create a tranquil sanctuary, where friends can walk through the door and feel

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