Modern Living

Modern Living is a modern interior décor magazine, packed with inspiration, trends, style and shopping. Its focus is on aspirational homes across beach, rustic, urban and apartment living, with plenty of shoppable pages to help readers identify their style, be inspired by the spaces around them and invest in their favourite pieces.

The team behind this issue…

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ON THE MODERN TEAM’S LIST OF FAVOURITES

The Decor Memo New Look Boudoirs

Hot Right Now Dining Chairs • We’ve sourced a few of the latest chairs to add to your dining space. Bonus: many of them are stackable, so they’re easy to store or move around

Colour Strength • WHEN CHOOSING A COLOUR, it is a good idea to select three different shades of the one colour for consideration. You can think of these as the brave, medium-brave and beige variations of your colour. Brush each shade onto the wall and look at them in different lights. Photograph the options – invariably, you’ll find the right choice will leap out at you from the images.

The Decor Memo Urban Jungle? Urban Forest.

Decorex Africa, is that you? • What’s new then? Honestly, just about everything, says Mila Crewe-Brown, but here are some of the major shapeshifters to seek out

The Decor Memo Scentscaping

Book Marked • Our pick of the newest food and decor books to land in store. Are you ready to feel inspired?

The Decor Memo Hello, Great Outdoors • Local lighting and furniture design atelier Studio Lloyd has launched its first outdoor seating collection – and we love its sinuous lines

The Decor Memo The Fairest of Them All • Art lovers, are you ready for this year’s Turbine Art Fair?

The Decor Memo Blanket, But Make It Art

Hot Right Now Go for Green • If you’re looking to inject a pop of colour into a room, it’s as simple as adding a plant. Plus, they have a big effect on the air quality inside our homes – they produce oxygen and filter the air to remove toxins and chemicals. Don’t have green fingers? Go with faux.

Outdoor Fire Pits • We live in the ideal climate to take advantage of a fire pit or outdoor fireplace – no, not just for braais and kuiers, but everything in between too. This is our dream mood board

Hot Right Now Cocktail Hour • High tea and cocktails, anyone? Yes, please.

KEEP WARM THIS WINTER • STAY COSY IN YOUR HOME WITH ISOBOARD’S ASSORTMENT OF PRACTICAL AND CLASSIC INSULATION SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR MODERN HOME

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Space Odyssey • By combining respect for the charms of a heritage building with a firmly contemporary architectural approach, an award-winning renovation has brought this Cape Town home beautifully up to date

LOUNGE in Style • Sit back and let the day’s stressors melt away while you enjoy some much-needed R&R in a good lounge chair. We’ve selected a few beautiful options for style and comfort that deserve centre stage

Grande Dame • Grand yet eclectic and filled to the brim with one-off decorative finds, this glamorous heritage home in Cape Town is a fun-filled space

SMALL CHANGES, Beautiful Results • Your bedroom is a personal space that should suit your needs and taste. What we love about decorating a bedroom is that you don’t have to make huge changes to see and feel great results. Give your bedroom extra ambience with these simple tweaks

Going Up • When architect Philippe Harden renovated his Parisian apartment, he had a unique opportunity to connect it with a separate room directly upstairs

MODERNIST Living • “In with the old, out with the new” could be a good way to describe how mid-century modern is influencing the way we decorate our homes. Here are a few pieces for you to introduce into...