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.

Modern Living

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Behind this issue

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Hot Right Now candles • Not one to shy away from a candle ever, but the new trend for shapes and whimsy – and thinking outside the glass or pillared - has us all fired up

Curated + Connected • Art Gazette is an online contemporary art platform that connects artists with interior designers and corporates to curate art-first spaces

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Shop Our Scented Room • THIS LUXURY, PROUDLY AFRICAN E-COMMERCE PLATFORM IS A DREAM FOR GIFTING – FROM ME TO ME AND, YES, SIGH, TO SOMEONE ELSE ENTIRELY

Green fingers We’re All About Gardening RN

Plantr wall planters

SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE!

No garden? No problem! • Living in a small apartment with not even a patio to call your own doesn’t mean you have to give up your dream of nurturing plants. Terrarium gardens are back — here’s how to create your own miniature biotope

BEAT THE CHILL WITH ISOBOARD • IMPROVE YOUR HOME’S INSULATION WITH ENERGY-EFFICIENT ISOBOARD

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A Kind Of Magic • Visual consultant Jean-Christophe Aumas’ historic Parisian apartment is a stunner: a thrilling combination of flea-market finds, collectible artworks and a masterclass in the application of bold colour. The only thing you won’t find among the carefully-curated medley is the expected

Colour POP • Perhaps you’re introducing new décor items, giving your space a full-on fresh paint job or doing a total home renovation? You’ll quickly discover that pretty much everything in interior design comes down to colour. Essentially, it’s your choice of colour palette that’s going to make the biggest overall impact on your home. Perhaps that’s why colourblock design is our new décor obsession. Plus, It works in any area of the house. Throw the rulebook out the window, and brave a hint of stylish (colour) clash.

Out Of Time • Old-world embellishments and modern minimalism exist in suprising harmony in a Berlin home designed to be a statement of what might have been

Braai UPGRADES • Whether you’re a steak connoisseur or more of a flame-grilled mielie kinda foodie, there’s no denying we all love a good braai. And in the past this meant the eye-sore in the corner of the garden. But that’s no longer the case because braais (and their accessories) just got sexier

Beyond Trend • A hair stylist’s home in Johannesburg’s rejuvenated Milpark area is about filling a living space with cherished items, each with its own story

Work, Play, Live • Perfectly located where a commercial hub meets quiet suburbia, interior designer Chelsea Hing’s home office doubles as her showroom

Hot Right Now pets • It’s not just Tika the Iggy who is blowing up the Internet. Your pets can too, with the outpouring of designer love that is being sent in the direction of the four-legged family members

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Classic Splendour • A Cape Town heritage home gets its shine back, removing layers of fads past to reveal the history hidden beneath

VALENTINE TRADING • These two sisters have created a homewear brand that brings beauty to the mundane, all the while supporting African artisans

Artfully Accidental • A loft workspace that ‘accidentally’ became a home provides a sophisticated monochrome backdrop to the owner’s eclectic collection of treasures.

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