LUNCH IN THE GARDEN with siblings Bronwyn and Jonathan Cane
House and Leisure|April - May 2020
Alfresco gatherings are the order of the day at this updated century-old semi – the home of a design-centric sister and brother in Brixton, Joburg
GARRETH VAN NIEKERK
LUNCH IN THE GARDEN with siblings Bronwyn and Jonathan Cane

For many of us, adulthood means parting from a shared house with your siblings, for better or for worse, but for Bronwyn Cane and her brother Jonathan Cane, many of their best adult years have been spent together under the same roof — now the fifth house they have lived in together since their childhood home. Their new space in Brixton, Johannesburg — a charming semi they renovated together on a quiet street just down the road from the Breezeblock centre — is the perfect confluence of their separate passions and specialisations.

When they bought the property together in 2019, it needed massive repairs, but it ticked every other box, and today the bright, light and welcoming space couldn’t be further from the house’s formerly dark interiors and muddy colour palette. Its sensitive material choices and nod to the past speak to Jonathan’s eye for history, while simultaneously working as a highly functional space that makes the most of its diminutive size, thanks to Bronwyn’s spatial prowess. But what’s it like making a place to live with your sibling?

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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

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