Make a blanket statement
A luxurious blanket is often all that's needed to create a beautiful setting. They can be expensive but consider it an investment piece that you can one day pass on as an heirloom.
In DIY guru and builder Karin Cronjé's bedroom, a gorgeous wool blanket featuring leaves in a deep jade is a showstopper. The dense, felted fabric is ideal for adding definition and colour to a country home or a sleek city pad.
2 Bold in blue
The perfect colour to send you off to dreamland, blue is a world-wide favourite for bedroom feature walls. This children's room in a nagmaalhuisie (communion cottage) in Richmond in the Northern Cape boasts opulent décor and soft furnishings that complement the Victorian architecture of the building (see Fresh Ideas on page 8).
Serial renovator Jan Sauer Lambrechts loves the intense blue palette: “I find darker colours simultaneously cosy and cool, which works perfectly in the extreme Karoo climate. I love the harmonious, tranquil feel it creates.”
3 EXPERT ADVICE Jan Sauer's tips
A firm believer in having fun with his choice of interior finishes, Jan Sauer pushed his own creative boundaries and combined traditional chequered knee blankets and opulent floral motifs to create a Victorian feel with a twist.
For each bed, two contrasting PEP Home blankets were sewn together. “The blankets make for an unusual focal point, and the combination adds an element of eccentricity.” CONTACT sauergroup.co.za
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