MASTERED elegance

EMPTY NESTERS THERESA AND ALLAN WIDLAKE DOWNSIZED TO A NEW BUILD WHERE THEY COULD START FROM SCRATCH WITH COLOUR, FORM AND TEXTURE

- ROBYN ALEXANDER/KAREN WILSON

HOME NOTES

WHO LIVES HERE? Theresa Widlake lives here with her husband Allan. The couple are the founders and owners of an interior and product design firm.

THE PROPERTY A three-bed three-storey new build house in Johannesburg, South Africa.

With their daughters Mia and Tiffany having grown up and left home, Theresa and Allan Widlake wanted to create a relaxing yet stylish space for just the two of them. ‘It was our first opportunity to reinvent ourselves after leaving behind the homes in which we’d raised our children,’ says Theresa. ‘We had children young, living in modest rented or company-owned housing, so I learned to make the best of what I had, re-using pieces and decorating on a budget.’