House and Leisure

House and Leisure – For those who want to celebrate all aspects of contemporary, stylish living in South Africa. House and Leisure is more than just a décor magazine. It’s the local premium brand with authority on Stylish SA at Home and Play. A source of warmth and pride, loved for celebrating the positives of life in South Africa, it’s the only decor home magazine that also offers strong leisure and lifestyle editorial content. Please note: this digital version of the magazine does not include the covermount items you would find on printed newsstand copies.

let the light shine in cocoon • ‘To cocoon in a layer of silk to metamorphose into a butterfl y.’ ‘To seek out spaces that envelop us in a protective and comforting way.’ ‘To retreat for a time of nurturing and self-refl ective calm.’

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making space… • A look at some of the faces featured in COCOON, who have each created ‘space’ that inspires comfort or respite

small comforts • House and Leisure's contributing food editor, Karen Dudley, reflects on food's power to help us find rare moments of quiet and calm

into the wild • From deserts to snow capped mountains, cliffsides to tree tops, be inspired by these striking cabins and pods that go against the norm in both location and style

look on the light side

cue the curve • Go with the flow and follow rounded, wavy edges, arched spaces and sumptuous circles as they offer calm and comfort

goodbye comfort zone • House and Leisure’s Contributing Design Editor, Bielle Bellingham, explores how Africa's next generation of designers are harnessing the power and potential of design to create change at this year's Decorex Africa

country feels • Country Road and Australian luxury brand St Albans, with South African textile mill Hinterveld, have produced a range of throws in natural fibres and earth tones to warm you this winter

escape within • Our round-up of this season's reads will keep you retreating indoors with visual tales and inspiration that transport you far and wide…

the past is the laboratory (and studio) of the future • South Africa's art and design muses return to their roots to disrupt our visual vocabulary and re-introduce neglected ways of working to create provocative inventions

history, alive • House and Leisure's Contributing Art Editor, Zanele Kumalo, discovers a true version of our history told through the theatrics of William Kentridge's latest opera, ‘The Head And The Load’, on its debut in South Africa

the great beauty • In conversation with Master Studio's Yaniv Chen (over an espresso and Zoom call from Milan), House and Leisure discovers and delights in his design thinking and aesthetic sensibility – as reflected in his latest interiors project

a dairy in the dust • Frances van Hasselt pens an ode to Gay's Guernsey Dairy in the Karoo, started by her mother in 1990. It holds true to old ways while embracing the new, with Gay's daughter-in-law Claudia now taking the wheel

light up your life

dune house in Betty's Bay • A plain timber boardwalk, almost identical to the public footpaths you find along the Kogelberg coastline, leans towards the house. The sound of the wooden planks underfoot and the smell of the salty shrubs are familiar cues of what is to come: the beach and, nestled beside it, a structure that rests on the contours of the dune.

owl house in Muizenberg • ‘The owl box is an offering to the environment… a call to life around the cabin, an invitation to co-habit the Owl House,’ says Alexander. Consciously designed with the wilderness in mind, the cabin sits lightly on its heritage property, while blending into the...