House and Leisure

House and Leisure is a quarterly 240-page journal-style decor and design magazine. The inspirational content focuses on decor, design, interiors, architecture, trends, food and wine, books, art, tech, travel and more. Beautiful lengthy stories, photographed by some of the best in the industry, showcase stylish homes and exclusive properties from around the continent.

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homecoming • Cultural ambassador and visual storyteller Kwena Baloyi explores the concept of homecoming, not just as a return to place, but as a return to self, to community, and to ancestral knowing

karoo modern • Creative maverick Mandy Nash returns to her roots in the Eastern Cape, where she is slowly recapturing the essence of her unconventional grandmother through a respectful renovation of her idiosyncratic home

power of a portrait • House and Leisure’s Robyn Collyer chats to photographer Gabrielle Kannemeyer about a deeply personal project — part love letter, part archive, and wholly a homecoming

the eyes • Zodwa Kumalo-Valentine reflects on the body as canvas for street style, and the street as a canvas for fashion and self expression

what we choose to carry • Not all heirlooms are antiques. Some are chipped mugs, kept secrets, family recipes, or stories told so often they become part of you. In a world built on impermanence, these are the things we hold close. Contributing Design Editor, Bielle Bellingham, reflects on a lifetime of objects lost and loved, and what lingers, and what slips away…

LOOKBOOK • Five local interior designers from the pages of House and Leisure return to colour our spaces with bold style and boundless expression

afro eclecticism • African influences collide with contemporary cool

neo classicism • Luxurious textures meet time-honoured silhouettes

urban expressionism • Slick style lives comfortably in a nostalgic setting

modern naturalism • Organic finishes wrap around geometric lines

rustic romanticism • Soft floral motifs are contrasted by metallic accents

colour your way • Add colour and mood to your world in an innovative and creative way with Olympic Paints

local flavour • For a vibrant range of local decor and design, fashion, beauty and art, shop The Local Edit

to the market • In the bustle of the marketplace, high design and casual chaos collide

collective voice • Contributing Books Editor, Steven Whiteman, chats with Littlegig founder, Georgia Black, about the African Imaginary library

homeward bound • Sara de Beer visits three local artists, who each reflect on… …home, land, memory, and what it means to return

textures of culture • Weaving past and present, House and Leisure celebrates textile artists and makers who craft new narratives of care, heritage and intention

warmth from within • House and Leisure’s Jana Human takes a road trip to Middelburg in the Karoo, and discovers the heartwarming nature of its people and the landscape they call home

dressed in feeling • Silhouettes in Dialogue, a collaboration between UNI FORM and Curación Collection, results in pieces that speak through feeling, muses Anna Weylandt, friend and admirer of both design houses

golden thread • An artists’ collaboration in heritage, memory and textile allows for a family heirloom’s metamorphosis

a place at the table • Mpho Phalane celebrates the power food has to bring us back to ourselves at Food I Love You, her restaurant at Johannesburg’s Constitution Hill

tunes of a town • In the dusty air of the Great Karoo, Prince Albert’s Journey to Jazz Festival blooms, weaving stories, rhythms, and hope into the fabric of the community. On its...