Little wonder then that Mariëtte calls herself a dreamer. “I would love to have been a traveller by profession...” she says wistfully.
But then she hastens to add: “To me, my house is the best place under the sun. It’s where I feel completely at home; it’s my refuge. I love the ocean and spend many a happy hour exploring the coastal byways of Onrus with my dogs Pablo and Frida.”
More rooms, steps and levels
Mariëtte and Peter, who owns a glass and aluminium business in Hermanus, had this two-storey house built in 2001 and then redesigned it eight years later. They drew up the plans for the extension themselves in 2009, deciding at the same time to change the interior layout of the house. “We didn’t use an architect but because we live on a slope, an engineer had to plan the driveway,” explains Mariëtte. “Our daughter Saskia Bekker is an architectural designer in Onrus, so she helped with the planning.” (Saskia’s house was featured in Home Renovations in 2019.)
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 2020 من Home South Africa.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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