Your Home and Garden

A World Away

RELAX IN STYLE

Bifolds frame the vistas from the living room. The occasional chairs, sofa, coffee table, ottoman, side tables and rug are all from GlobeWest. The sculpture is by Camie Lyons and the exterior is Alpine Dry Stone and Howqua Freeform cladding by Eco Outdoor.

not surprisingly, global influences permeate the holiday getaway of Stephen Mendel, co-founder of furniture company GlobeWest, and his wife, Tanya. When he first saw the five-bedroom house in 2018, it evoked happy memories of his childhood. “Warm and welcoming, it was reminiscent of traditional farmhouses in South Africa’s Western Cape, where I grew up,” he says of the solid masonry, pitched roofs and architectural detailing.

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