Working with one of my favourite clients, we renovated her family home from having closed off spaces into something that is light, airy and welcoming. The interior design of the lounge dining room and bedrooms allowed the spaces to open up onto the beautiful garden, creating a haven for this hard working doctor. The sprawling single storey home needed to be renovated from top to bottom. Work interior design work included specifying new floors, lights, sanitaryware and wall finishes, as well as space planning, and floor plans including electrical, lighting, plumbing layouts as well as custom furniture items and built in cupboards.

Furniture designers - Kimlyn Harbottle, Bruce Harbottle, Rowan Mardgham
Client - Agile spaces
Photography - Carey Slade

This was our second collaboration with Agile Spaces. They wanted corporate furniture that was locally designed and manufactured that could compete in both design and quality with international competitors. Abooth with its soft curves and slightly angled surfaces creates a private yet inviting setting. These booths can be used for informal meeting spaces when placed facing each other. The corporate furniture range was further developed to include a low back couch and armchair that works well in office settings.

10 Year wedding anniversaries are worth celebrating. This bedroom design and installation was done as surprise gift by the lucky couples mother to celebrate this important milestone. They were so pleased with how it turned out, with the white oak cladding, built in side tables and custom charcoal grey bed and headboard.

For this interior design project we took an awkward angled space and turned it into an eclectic inviting and beautiful pyjama lounge. Scope of work included, space planning to ensure the best use of the odd shaped space. Finishes of the lounge including fabric and material choices. Technical drawings of all shopfitting and furniture to be sent off for manufacture. Project management and oversight of all manufacture and installation of the furniture.

Home Staging - Kimlyn Harbottle

Home staging is a rapidly growing industry in South Africa. The purpose of home staging is to make a home as appealling to as many potential buyers as possible. This allows the property to sell for as higher price as possible as well as increasing the chances of the property to sell as fast as possible, increasing savings on maintain the property for months on end while try to sell. Man+Wife recently start offering this service to clients in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), St Francis Bay and Johannesburg.