Your Home and Garden

Monastery Of The Moon

KITCHEN

A covered deck on one end of the courtyard has an alfresco dining area with a long wooden table and cane chairs.

VINTAGE VIBES

In the lounge, as in the rest of the house, restored vintage furniture predominates, with a bias towards mid-century design, including Wassily-style chairs and a Noguchi table.

A bigail Rands likes beautiful architecture, raw materials and good art. So when she stumbled across a former monastery and artist’s studio while visiting a small town in South Africa’s Western Cape region about six years ago, it took hold of her imagination and wouldn’t let go.

She was exploring a potential art project in the town of Tulbagh, which lies near a vineyard owned by her family. Her explorations brought her to an intriguing flight of stone steps on

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