Seriously, why would an architect, developer and everyone else who makes decisions about these things think it would be ok to have this big-ass pillar in the master bedroom? WHY??

Before – from a different angle

Only blues we like! This is the display at Mr Price Home (Sarit Centre) that inspired the room’s colour palette. I really wish I’d bought one of those face vases.

A section of the Pinterest board I created with pins that inspired me…

Paint – Plascon Antique Petal 43; bed, side tables, large pillows in back – client’s own; blue pillows middle and front, blue throw – Mr. Price Home; lighting – Meydan Lightings; painting – TACC.

I genuinely love these shades of blue against the neutral grey wall and the gold accents. Fun fact: the client picked this throw from Mr. Price in SA the same afternoon I’d gone window shopping for pillows and selected these ones. I didn’t even know she had traveled when she sent me pictures of it – I thought she was shopping in Nairobi! When you vibe with someone, you just vibe.

Mixing metals is not a faux pas no more! Gold alarm clock – Coffee Creatives; bronze picture frame – TACC; books – client’s own.

Side table – client’s own; faux potted plant, picture frame and candle – TACC.

I went over tons of pictures on Pinterest looking for something I thought would work for the space. We needed quite a bit of storage so it needed to be functional and pretty, and to create a focal point that would distract the eye from that pillar.  I’m obsessed with it to be honest.

I wanted to keep some of the more colourful accessories neatly concealed to avoid having too many colours in one space, so I worked with Lynn from Santana Africa to incorporate storage for belts and necklaces into the top drawers.

One of my biggest pet peeves is a cluttered dresser, so we worked to keep the top of this one as clean as possible. Gold candle holders – Coffee Creatives; candles – Mr. Price Home; faux snakeskin velvet-lined box and white vase – Decor Gallery.

Tray – Coffee Creatives; faux tulips (I cannot for the life of me remember, but Welcome Home used to have similar ones); reed diffuser and perfume – client’s own.

Perfume – client’s own; tray – Coffee Creatives. These trays are actually close to brushed brass, but they reflected the light from the dressers to look like this.

Fitted an artificial bamboo from TACC in the weird nook created by the pillar to add some greenery. My client travels quite often so I wanted to bring in the green without the commitment for some of the spaces. She’s also not a very good plant mom, just like me LOL.

When we were measuring the size of this mirror the closet wasn’t complete. We ended up measuring about 2 inches longer than we should have so it wouldn’t fit after the closet was done. That mirror  ended up in my guest room, and we had to make this to replace it.

The mirror was inspired by Anthropologie’s vintage-inspired floor mirrors, which I’m a HUGE fan of of. I had it made and installed by Daniel – 0723465263 – who also made the mirrors I used here and here.