A French connection
Jan 13, 2020
3 minutes
By Elna van der Merwe
Photographs
Francois Oberholster and Henrique Wilding
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Styling
Marian van Wyk
The clinker brick floor in the kitchen is practical and striking.
The story of this home began six years ago when four sunseekers met on a Cape Town beach. Chris Willemse and Dané Erwee, owners of floral business Okasie in Stellenbosch, struck up a conversation with Benoit Thomas and Louis Orlianges, two Parisians who have spent holidays in South Africa for the past 20 years.
Chris remembers how a compact house that stands on the
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