SARIE

SARIE is die voorkeur-glanstydskrif van die Afrikaanssprekende vrou van Suid-Afrika met ‘n moderne wêreldbeskouiing. SARIE is ‘n intieme deel van haar lewe en ‘n ware voortsetting van haar leefstyl. Maand ná maand vertel die tydskrif tipies Suid-Afrikaanse stories wat haar altyd goed laat voel oor haarself en haar wêreld. Dis na SARIE dat sy haar wend vir kernoplossings en vertroude geselsies. Dis waar sy haar spesiale inspirasie vind.

Editor’s Note

Editor’s letter

Décor editors’ letter

NEW & NOW • The most popular décor trend is still biophilic design. This results in, amongst others, the use of terracotta shades. Soft décor textures, as well as various candles to create ambience, are also seen. The kitchen is the meeting place where people cook, socialise and work, and the home office is better organised. Here are 6 trends that matter right now

FLOWER POWER • The dainty dahlia is currently in vogue in the world of flowers, while also inspiring many décor items. And the large variety of colours complement the soft hues of pink, coral, orange, clay and other warm shades that are now used in interior design

Cool, cosy and eco-friendly • IsoBoard brings you an assortment of practical and classic insulation solutions for your modern home

LOGIN TO LIFESTYLE • We’ve been busy. As if Covid-19 showed us that the unthinkable could happen overnight and now we’re running with it. We’ve realised how unpredictable and precious life is, so why postpone your dreams for a day that may very well not arrive. We’re packing up and moving to the coast, to the Karoo – we’re living the new, writes Bianca du Plessis Malan

HOMECOMING • I always knew I’d come home. To the Eastern Free State. The certainty set in many years ago. How and when was less clear. And then, after almost 20 years in Cape Town, except for a temporary stay or two in the Middle East, it happened

THERE’S JUST SOMETHING IN THE AIR • Two years ago, during lockdown, Cape fashion stylist and editor Mari Groenewald and her family retreated to her parents-in-law’s smallholding in Montagu for ‘just a few weeks’. But now they’re firmly ensconced in this historical village

NET MOOI FINE IN STANFORD • After much roaming around, including a stint in France, Cape Town interior decorator Lanie van Reenen now lives in her own house, a restored property, in Stanford. In this Overberg hamlet, where people still care about each other, she feels at home and secure

TIME FOR THE THINGS THAT MATTER • Occasionally someone still asks the question we constantly had to answer 17 years ago: What inspired you in the winter of 2005 to buy a ‘weekend house’ in the modest little Swartland village of Koringberg? After all, there’s nothing here – where’s the bank, the petrol station, the restaurant, the coffee shop?

WHAT WE RECEIVE IS ENOUGH • In my granny’s house in the Little Karoo, the sunroom was exactly that, definitely not a home office. Her pantry was packed with jars of pickled beetroot, small bags of dried fruit and pockets of potatoes. And when she left the house, Ouma took only the kitchen door key with her, not a whole bunch plus remote controls for the alarm system, garage door and security gate. My own huge collection of keys, in particular, triggers my yearning for a simpler life

Hotel luxury at home

Pink skies and Karoo quiet • The arid landscape of the Upper Karoo isn’t to everybody’s liking. You associate it even less with city dwellers and their dreams of semigrating. Meanwhile, a modern, new farmhouse with an on-trend monochrome interior has come into being, in preparation for the day the owners come to live here permanently

GET THE LOOK • A stylish entrance hall welcomes guests. In the Strydoms’ farm house one is greeted by a combination of...