Category archives: News
The Joys of Spring
Walking down Jarvis Street in De Waterkant you will notice that a lot has changed, except one thing. Our beautiful Bougainvillea tree is always there.
Back in full bloom, she exudes colour, joy and excitement and has become a landmark in this creative little part of town which is seemingly fast becoming a popular hot spot with the new Cape Quarter extension taking root.
The Bougainvillea is a rapid growing tree and a popular ornamental plant, grown for the display of its flowers. Another rapid growing plant that can also add aesthetic value to a home is the jute plant. The use of the bast fibre of the jute plant is one of the most exciting developments in the rug industry.
The application of this natural, eco-friendly fibre has seen drastic improvement over the short period that it has been introduced to the market.
Earlier this year Pierre introduced this exciting fibre to the world at the Domotex Rug Fair in Germany. The Visual Silence range has received much attention and has been ordered by reputed companies such as ABC Carpet New York, the largest retailer of rugs and carpets in the world. In synergy with Fibre Designs’ philosophy, ABC also believes in bringing the essence of nature to the foundation of a home.
A good example of bringing the outdoors indoors is that of a rug just recently woven for a client in Franschoek. This beautiful, densely hand-knotted item incorporates the flora of the surroundings into the sophisticated country style home.
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Colour your world
Choosing the right colour for your Fibre Designs bespoke hand-woven rug plays a vital part in creating the specific mood that you’ve chosen to live with. It evokes emotion and stimulates the senses.
To help you choose your colour consult our ARS Wool Colour System or alternatively the Pantone Colour Reference System. You will be able to write down the relevant colour code to easily refer to the colour you have chosen for your rug.
Click here to access the ARS Wool Colour System.
Click here to access the Pantome Colour Reference System.
Use this guide to assist your colour selection and specification process. This chart is a reference guide only. The  colours on computer screens may vary slightly based on the graphics card and monitor used in your system. For true accuracy, it’s ideal to use the Pantone Colour Publication or ARS Wool Colour System.
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Decorex 2009
Decorex Cape Town is here. Visit us at the Cape Town Convention Centre to celebrate Cape Town’s most delicate and darling spaces by talented style shapers, trend makers & décor creators.
Visiting hours:
24 April: 10am – 8pm
25 April: 10am – 8pm
26 April: 10am – 8pm
26 April: 10am – 6pm
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The Origin of things beautiful
Fibre Designs introduces an exciting new addition to the gallery. Interior designer Beth Murray (Origin Interiors) has set up shoppe in what used to be the blacksmith’s work area in our historic 1812 building. Beth has put together a range of exclusive homeware goodies.
“I am so excited about my new shoppe at Fibre Designs. It is an eclectic treasure trove of custom designed bronze furniture and lamps, exquisite jewelry and bags, limited edition glassware and ceramics, sexy leather and Perspex boxes and a gorgeous range of down filled cushions and embroidered throws.
I wanted to create a space that has a luxurious, exclusive quality. The style is contemporary with an emphasis on texture from nubuck suedes, nappa leathers, heavy linens, crispy taffetas to dry woods, shiny glass and cool metal. Apart from the fabrics which are imported Ralph Lauren’s, Donghia’s etc. everything else is Africa based.
I have designed some of the items and worked with local manufacturers to develop them. Others are once-off pieces from various artists and jewelers with certain beautiful items being crafted in Kenya. So anyone looking for something unique, come visit.”
For more information contact Beth directly at 021 418 0368 (office), 083 469 6587 (cell) or via email at beth@origininteriors.com
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WOW – It’s So Big!
Size does matters – especially when it comes to rugs. Correctly proportioned rugs pull together furniture in a room creating warmth and intimacy or it elongates the dimensions of a room to create breathing space.
We just have to share this interesting bit of information published on a rug related blog a time ago:
The world’s biggest hand-made carpet is the size of a football field (60 546 square feet). Weavers in Iran used 38 tons of wool and cotton to create the carpet for the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan mosque in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, named so after the founder of the country.
The carpet is called the Qasr al-Alam (The Palace of the World) and took Ali Khaliqi, an Iranian artist, eight months to design. It was woven by 1,200 women, aged between 15 and 60, over 16 months. They were supervised by 50 men acting as technical experts.
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