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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House and Leisure

the art of intention • Curation is not about snobbish control, rarefied refinement or perfection. It is about care: the everyday choices that shape what we live with, return to, and value over time. Informed by taste, context, and responsibility, curation is not merely an aesthetic preference, but a way of aligning ourselves in an overstimulated world.

the curator • Human and object converge as the environment becomes a gallery, shaped through dialogue with landscape and light

storytellers • Local image-makers in the art, design and digital realms reflect on how their sense of self is expressed through their work

library as laboratory • Gallery, library, studio and gathering space meet at A4 Arts Foundation, offering an accessible blueprint for how art moves through the city

living portraits • Fashion label VIVIERS reimagines iconic South African portraits through the lens of today’s style at an interactive showcase for Strauss & Co

look, listen • ‘Listening’, the theme of this year’s Investec Cape Town Art Fair, shifts the terms of engagement of the traditional art fair

listening to the land • Artist and ceramicist Michael Chandler inaugurates Graham Beck’s Artist’s Retreat in Robertson, where terroir shapes both wine and art

designer date • Take a seat at Cape Town’s newest bars (and booths) and sip cocktails at some of these slick surfaces on your next night out on the town

LOOK BOOK • Create eclectic tableaux filled with art, artefacts and curiosities with our curated Shop the Look round-up

an entrance edit • Make a statement with natural textures and objects of interest

a living scene • Create a calming haven deepened by moments of luxury

a kitchen composition • Curate your space with carefully chosen colours and fixtures

a dining display • Make mealtimes memorable with whimsical touches

a restful realm • Drift off with the help of earthy hues and comforting softs

a modern milieu • Revive and restore with metallic accents and rustic surfaces

rooted in place • Discover Fieldwork, Olympic Paints’ newest colour collection by Nisha van der Hoven, curated in celebration of nature

why local?

the local look • Intentionally designed and expertly crafted wares, handpicked from The Local Edit

stockists • See our full list of stockists and suppliers, as seen throughout the pages of this edition of House and Leisure

house of curation • Curación House marks a gentle but assured evolution for the brand, a cohesive new identity shaped by the belief that the way you live shapes the way you feel

field notes • Weylandts, StudioLandt and The Mill have joined forces to create a story of collaboration, craft and heritage in Namibia

living lessons • Three interactive exhibitions in country locations facilitate environmental learning through curated elements that prioritise the viewer’s agency

nurturing nature • GweGwe Beach Lodge on the Eastern Cape’s Wild Coast follows a community-led sustainability model that truly benefits everyone

farm feeling • Steeped in farming culture, Nieuwe Sion in the Boland offers grounded luxury, returning guests to source

green house • Botany House, a new boutique hotel in one of Cape Town’s leafy...