Slow living with re-loved furniture
Connecting with our environment is key when it comes to well-being, and when balancing and harmonizing design, aesthetics, natural elements, and sustainability, alignment takes form and radiates vibration of peace and comfort. Coco Chanel once said “An interior is the natural projection of the soul” and since we are pure, vibrant energy our home is a true reflection of ourselves.
Many sacred places around the world are based on architecture that makes use of alignment through sacred geometry, balancing of elements, and flow of energy. Treating our home as a sacred space with the same balancing principles creates an energy flow and can give you an environment with a deep sense of peace and a feeling of slow living.
Vintage furnishings are not only a way of filling your home with stories; upcycling also happens to be a wonderfully sustainable way to decorate your home and create a soulful space, and ever since my trip to Qambani hotel in Zanzibar (Michanwi Peninsula is a true paradise on the south-east coastline of Zanzibar, for the one yearning for tranquility and secluded beach hideaways), the Kenya-based interior design and vintage furniture retail company The White Elephant Trading Company has been on my mind with their passionate touch and wonderful design work. Importing European antique & vintage furniture & lovingly restore, re-design, and re-love it in Nairobi, they decided to buy up some beautiful old pieces, and restore them to their original glory with a team of craftsmen that carefully sanded, polished, re-stuffed, upholstered, and painted each and every piece, making the old new again, and no two pieces are alike.
“We have a reputation for attention to detail - not only to the tiebacks but also to all details that go into making a soulful, original interior for a home, tented camp, exclusive lodge, or large hotel.”
Qambani was a four-year project that started with them hacking their way through the thorny bush to get to the beach. Today, it is an elegant 11-bedroomed house set in exquisite tropical gardens and only one of many design projects. A real fusion of tranquility and ancient crafts.
Other residential design works are Can Nic on Ibiza, Lolldaiga house in Kenya, and Swahili beach on Diani beach, to mention a few.
Discover The White Elephant Trading and shop re-designed furnitures here.
