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Saturday, 20 April 2013

Festive Tables

There is just something wonderful about a nicely dressed table to add more spice to a lovingly prepared meal for your family or to celebrate a special occasion.

Our farm table outside on our open veranda, we are still praying the plants up the posts!


The plain wooden side of a crate is implemented here to create a beautifully simple but stylish table, add a few wooden rings, a pretty candle, old 70's light fittings to hold tea candles, a few kelims and you have a simple but elegant table to serve your culinary delights on.


Rustic table made from scaffolding planks adorned with roses, candles and old crockery, white serviettes and old cutlery, makes this Sunday meal a special event.


Dainty pink Duet roses, a kelim and silver decorate this simple table setting at the farm.


Enjoy decorating your family table, make every meal a special event with a few well chosen items, always a candle or two, special wine glasses, nice cutlery and crockery makes even only bread and wine is a meal fit for a king. Make memories for your children to cherish, a simple something like always having meals at a properly set table is something they will always remember, it is family time!

Warm regards form my home to yours...my table to yours...

Till we meet again!

Karen B

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

One man's junk is another man's treasure!

Beautiful headboards from a builder's scrapyard...

These doors became this...
From old burglar bars we created this soft and romantic headboard, we added small metal roses to make it more feminine, and a lovely room came to life.

Never underestimate your local 2nd hand builder's junk shop...

Enjoy collecting and creating beautiful things from old articles, thus saving the planet and giving a new lease of life to something that can still be very useful.

Till next time...

Karen B



Monday, 18 February 2013

Artist Annemarie Smuts

Beautiful art to grace any home by well known Yzerfontein artist Annemarie Halvorsen Smuts.
Annemarie's art can be seen at The Mantis Mall and Cafe Mozaic in Darling.
Contact Annemarie on smuts@wcaccess.co.za







Tuesday, 12 February 2013

THE JAY SMITH COLLECTION

Karen B Interiors  proudly presents a selection of the fabulous Jay Smith fabrics for your perusal. 

The Jay Smith collection has wonderful florals,  cheniles,  voiles, stripes, damasks, toile, velvets, plains among many others to choose from.



                                                                            

                                                                             



Visit us at the Mantis Mall,  No 3 Station St Darling.  We look forward to 

sharing this outstanding collection with you.

Photographs courtesy Jay Smith Collection.

Sunday, 10 February 2013

FABRIC



I have received beautiful fabric sample books. Exquisite selections to choose from.  Visit us at the Mantis Mall in Darling to view. 

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

TREASURE, BEAUTIFUL TREASURE


             A beautiful find at The Mantis Trading Store. An Epergine in which romantic posies used to show their splendour in the gracious homes of an era long gone. A stunning item looking for another gracious home to adorn with grace and style.
                             

Chicory Cheese Cafe

Chicory Cheese Cafe, another little gem inside the Mantis Mall! 


Funky and fresh! Beautifully decorated walls, spacious interior and a marvelous menu that serves among others a smoothy called "Singing Grasshopper"!! Well, expect a feast for the tummy and the eye when visiting Chicory Cheese Cafe in the Mantis Mall!

Very child friendly and also pet friendly, there is a lovely garden to sit in and space for your children and little pet to play comfortably in the shade of the trees.

Hostess and owner Anesia Darne, always ready to welcome you with a smile.

To Book call Anesia 0728526644

Sunday, 6 January 2013

A Feast for the eye, Mantis Mall

Mantis Mall in Darling is a real treasure trove. This quaint little shop situated at No 3 Station street in Darling, is right next to the Police Station.
 
The MALL, as we lovingly refer to it,  was a house before it was turned into the Antique shop, a book shop and a coffee shop.  Well worth a visit.


 
 
 

Thursday, 3 January 2013

Karen B Interiors: Exquisite handcrafted furniture.

Karen B Interiors: Exquisite handcrafted furniture.: A dream bed to add glamour to your bedroom. Add French flair to your home with this lovely armoire. An inviting bathroom adorned wit...

Exquisite handcrafted furniture.

 
                                     A dream bed to add glamour to your bedroom.

 
                  Add French flair to your home with this lovely armoire.

 
An inviting bathroom, adorned with
beautiful mirrors, each in a unique
frame.
             
                                  Pristine kitchen! Beautifully done,
                                 functional, with excellent flow and
                                  a dream to look at and to work in.

Photographs courtesy of Clive Biden, Mastercrafter.