A Cape Town city-centre APARTMENT expresses DESIGNER LIAM MOONEY’S penchant for pared-down style, SOUTH AFRICAN ART and distinctive collectibles
It’s no secret that Cape Town’s city centre has undergone a masterful urban transformation in recent years, and as a result, many design talents have eschewed suburban bliss for the inner city, where they can access what’s hot and happening around the clock – and Liam Mooney is no exception. A successful furniture designer and now respected interiors expert with an impressive black book of domestic and commercial clients, Liam is clearly delighted to welcome people into his restful, airy apartment in a renovated, mixed-use Art Deco building on historic Greenmarket Square, one of Cape Town’s busiest tourist hubs. ‘When I first saw this place, I was immediately taken with the original wooden windows, high ceilings, open-plan space and the fact that there are two terraces,’ he says.
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