Loxley Estate, Sheffield Beach
- Type
- Family home
- Service
- Interior design, decoration, renovations and project management
- Client
- Returning clients
The finished rooms
Open full screenIn brief
A family home beside the coastal forest at Sheffield Beach, renovated with structural changes and a new kitchen, then completed in every detail before the family moved in. Woven textures, African-inspired patterns and collected art give it a strong sense of place.
Before and After
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Kitchen
The old kitchen was stripped out and rebuilt, with white cabinetry, a charcoal island and woven pendants.
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Living room
Once the structural work was finished, the bare room was furnished and styled in full, with woven textures, collected art and African-inspired patterns.
The work
The project
A family home beside the coastal forest
After working on the owners' Johannesburg home several years earlier, Jonathan was asked to take on their new house, a beautiful forest retreat at Loxley Estate in Sheffield Beach. High ceilings and wide glass doors fill the rooms with light and open them up to the surrounding forest.
Jonathan oversaw the full renovation, from structural changes to a new kitchen and built-in cupboards in the bedrooms, while the owners remained in Johannesburg. They arrived in Ballito to a home that was complete in every detail.
What was done
Woven textures and earthy colours
The kitchen was rebuilt from scratch, the bare TV room wall became built-in shelving with cane-fronted cupboards, and new built-in cupboards went into the bedrooms.
The owners' love of Africa shaped the rest: a wall of woven baskets, African-inspired prints and collected art, set against earthy colours that echo the forest outside.
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