Interior decorators across South Africa
A boutique studio working Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town, with projects further into Southern Africa where the brief warrants the travel.
Where the studio works
Most of what Interiors by Wanda Michelle has built is in Gauteng. Oxford Road in Sandton, Mount Street in Bryanston, Morningside, Hyde Park, and estate builds out at Waterfall, with waterfront and estate properties out at Pecanwood near Pretoria.
The studio also works Cape Town, where the brief changes shape: apartments in the City Bowl and on the Atlantic Seaboard, established family homes through the Southern Suburbs, new builds in Durbanville and the Northern Suburbs, and estate properties out towards Stellenbosch and the Cape Winelands.
Two regions rather than one is a deliberate position, and it works because of how the studio is structured. Wanda is personally on every project rather than handing it to a team, and the travel is planned into the programme from the start: a longer concept and specification stage up front, site visits scheduled at the points where a decision actually has to be made in person, and a contractor team coordinated by the studio.
Projects further afield
The same model extends beyond South Africa. A five-star game lodge refurbishment in Botswana is among the completed work, and projects elsewhere in Southern Africa are taken where the scope justifies the distance. It suits larger projects better than small ones, simply because the travel has to be worth doing.
If your property sits outside the areas below, the answer is not automatically no. It is a conversation about scope, budget and how often someone needs to be on site.
Johannesburg
Sandton, Bryanston, Morningside, Hyde Park, Waterfall Estate, Midrand, Oxford Road, Mount Street, Sandhurst
Pretoria
Waterkloof, Brooklyn, Centurion, Silver Lakes, Roodeplaat, Pecanwood, Hartbeespoort, Midstream
Cape Town
City Bowl, Gardens, Oranjezicht, Tamboerskloof, Green Point, De Waterkant, Waterfront
Atlantic Seaboard
Camps Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay, Fresnaye, Sea Point, Bakoven, Llandudno, Hout Bay
Southern Suburbs
Constantia, Bishopscourt, Newlands, Claremont, Rondebosch, Kenilworth, Tokai, Wynberg
Northern Suburbs
Durbanville, Bloubergstrand, Table View, Parklands, Brackenfell, Bellville, Welgemoed, Plattekloof
Winelands
Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Paarl, Val de Vie, Pearl Valley, Somerset West, Wellington
Common questions
- Which areas does the studio cover?
- Johannesburg and Pretoria, where most of the completed portfolio sits, and Cape Town across the City Bowl, Atlantic Seaboard, Southern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs and Durbanville, and Stellenbosch and the Cape Winelands.
- Do you take on projects outside Gauteng and the Western Cape?
- Yes. The studio has completed a five-star lodge refurbishment in Botswana and takes work further into Southern Africa where the brief warrants it. Projects at that distance need a longer concept and specification stage, site visits scheduled at the points where they matter, and a local contractor team coordinated by the studio.
- Is there a minimum project size?
- No. Projects range from a single room refresh and apartment makeovers through to full homes and new builds. Scope and a suitable working model are agreed at the first consultation, before any design work begins.
- What happens at the first consultation?
- It is with Wanda Michelle and carries no obligation. It covers the space, how you live in it, your requirements and budget, and establishes scope and a working model before anything is designed or ordered.
Start with a conversation about the space.
A no-obligation consultation with Wanda Michelle. We walk through scope, timelines and budget before anything is designed.