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Melissa Oosthuizen and Sinead Turner’s stylish design for a Somerset West apartment heroes nature and texture in the most sophisticated way
Friends since they studied together at Greenside Design Centre, Melissa Oosthuizen and Sinead T rner rst connected over shared tastes in design and common life val es seven ears ago. hile distance separated them after they graduated, they came back together as the Perma Peeps to put their design philosophies to the test for Season 5 of the in ome competition roadcast on . aving originall entered for the previo s season of the show in 2017 (after being persuaded by a friend to get a last-minute entry in), fate decreed that 2018 would be their year as one of the three teams competing for the hono rs. The twofold process sees one of three teams win the dges vote at the c lmination of the overall competition t also res lts in a viewer winning one of the ea tif ll designed apartments, which this year were located at alwin roperties aardevlei ifest le state in omerset est.
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elissa of ast a s nterior esign and stom rnit re and design activist inead are both passionate about people and nature, and are advocates of alternative s staina le design sol tions and the importance of local so rcing. arth minimalism is the best way to describe their design aesthetic – simple and spare, but with boatloads of te t re and personalit . The simplicit of the spaces is given additional dimension with retro accents and is a cele ration of nat ral materials and in ences with a sophisticated and artisanal r an twist.
