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Vintage Ideas Market at Simondium

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On Sunday afternoon we decided to take a breather from last week’s craziness of sourcing lots of new stock, trading at the Vintage Experience market at Truth, and more sourcing, so we stopped by at the annual Vintage Ideas market at Simondium Country Lodge. I blogged about it last year too here. It was the […]

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More Vintage Decor Inspiration

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I just can’t get enough of vintage styled interiors lately. I love light, dramatic spaces, filled with interesting finds and art. Elegant, simple, classic. I’m seriously addicted to two specific decor blogs – desiretoinspire and design*sponge. The latter has a category dedicated to before and afters where readers submit pictures of how they’ve redone the […]

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Vintage Decor Inspiration

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From Marianne Cotterill’s home in Mapesbury Road, London, to Scandinavian and Spanish retreats, here are some jaw-droppingly beautiful interiors with at least one thing in common – a touch of vintage charm. We recently moved into a new place, an old hotel remodeled into an apartment block, just a block away from the sea (guess where […]

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Vintage Day Market at Blaauwklippen

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A few weeks ago I was invited by the Blaauwklippen Vineyards Family Market to trade at their first Vintage Day, which took place over the weekend. Some of you who are from the Winelands or Helderberg area might already know of the Blaauwklippen Vineyards Family Market which happens every Sunday, and last week the organizers decided […]

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My Experience at the Vintage Ideas Market

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On Sunday after lunch, my boyfriend and I headed down to the Vintage Ideas Market at Simondium Country Lodge, nestled in the heart of the Cape Winelands, to see what the hoo-hah was about and to support a few traders I know who had set up stalls there for the long weekend. We were greeted […]

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