There’s no such thing as can’t – a personal and everlasting motto for American Jeanette Walther, an interior designer living in Germany. And it’s how she came to be in her current home: a 300-year-old carriage house in Sprockhövel, a small town in the south of Germany’s Ruhr Valley region.
You need to have a real eye for beauty in order to have discovered this small sandstone property, which is located on a through road, surrounded by post-World War II buildings, fast-food chains and hairdressers. Jeanette had her eye on the house for years, dreaming that someday she would own it. And then one day, while driving past, she noticed a removal van outside. Her time had come.
The first thing the interior designer had to do was convince her husband Stefan to invest in this diamond in the rough. She wanted to turn the house into a new home for her family, but at the same time design it in such a way that it would also serve as a kind of inhabited showroom for the business that she and Stefan run together.
Months later, after complicated negotiations, the Walthers bought the house with its large, enchanting garden and began the process of gutting and renovating. ‘The inside was a total botch job,’ the interior architect recalls.
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At The Breakfast Table With Jonty Rhodes And Family
Recently renovated, the historic Cape Town home of Jonty and Melanie Rhodes is an adaptable base for an active, clean-eating clan of six
LUNCH IN THE GARDEN with siblings Bronwyn and Jonathan Cane
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
IN THE KITCHEN with Karen Dudley and family
For Karen Dudley, food informs the family dynamic and her home is as multilayered and as delicious a delight as her colourful personality and cooking style
THE TRADITIONAL KITCHEN
The perfect piece to pull together a country-style kitchen is a beautiful wooden table that will age with time and hold its place in the memories made around it.
IN THE FRAME
'The history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light.’
DRINKS AT THE TABLE with David Cope and Donné Bullivant
A dream kitchen renovation meant wine lovers Dave Cope and Donné Bullivant could finally settle down in their wondrously moody City Bowl apartment
THE MODULAR KITCHEN
DECOR TIP Modular elements like these USM Haller systems are a great way to create interesting, non-permanent storage that can be customised to your needs.
SUPPER IN THE BARN with the Thatenhorst family
Munich-based interior designer Stephanie Thatenhorst transformed the barn at her parents’ farm in Bavaria into an eclectic family retreat
BREAKING BREAD
The pendulum has swung back for this nutritious, crusty staple of flour, yeast, water and time – the much-beloved artisanal loaf
SNACKS ON THE TERRACE with sisters Vicky Crease and Maira Koutsoudakis
The traditional Cycladic home of dynamic sisters Vicky Crease and Maira Koutsoudakis on the island of Serifos is a reminder of what it means to be a part of a close-knit family
