The 5 recycled wine barrel and tumbled glass chandeliers evoked gasps of delight and the kiddi tables, chairs and benches were oversold!

We’d taken far too much stuff to fit in our stall and an accommodating friend’s garage, and a HARD PEAR dining table, still in its protective grey packing blanket and with only stylish blonde wishbone legs showing, was borrowed smartly by a jeweler to show her fine designs. A fashion designer down our aisle snapped up the benches to dress her stall.
ilovani was pure market with a fast pace of sales amidst some of the very refined and restrained designer stalls around us.
Sales were good. Worthwhile trade connections were made. The experience was sometimes exasperating, often exhausting, definitely enlightening. Would we do it again? Only time will tell…

The best of the fair? So many people, so far from home, knew The Heath and recognized ilovani’s style immediately. The number of people in tune with and encouraging of our eco consciousness was heartening. Wood was Queen! The Rumi inspired quote on our wall said it all. “Let the beauty we love be what we do”.

The House and Leisure stand had exotic whiskey tastings with dark salt chocolate and Chrisna of Stellenbosch olive fame headed past regularly and meaningfully for her daily lift. Niel Pendock, the wine curator, had made a fine selection and tasting the intriguing boutique fare was desirable but not advisable under the circumstances. The food selection was less exciting with the best definitely from the Cape? The venue was awesome (if you don’t count delivery/removal, parking, access, toilet facilities, air con or storage) with the suburban parkade rooftop transformed by a thick layer of barkchip, hundreds of potted trees, a wall of agapanthus, strings of fairy lights, 5 or 6? enormous billowing white marquees filled with every kind of stylish delight and a city skyline etched intermittently with sheet lightening and massive plops of Highveld rain. I believe there was one heck of a party out on that sunset rooftop on Opening Night with the invited VIP’s. We were holed up under the sweltering but glittering chandeliers doing brisk business.

Apart from ilovani’s fare – the boardroom table by James Mudge with inlaid words by Willem Boshoff, also much admired by the Kentridges; the simple and innovative lights by architect Goet in the House and Leisure stand; beautiful chairs by Vogel, a peg-shaped sustainable wood (bluegum) bench by Krynauw and a bespoke Casamento couch.

The ilovani team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a green and prosperous New Year!

• Assegaai – The Asegai (Curtisia dentata) has a deep, dull red to grayish-brown colour
• Blackwood – The Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) is a stable and strong wood, has a stunning red-brown heartwood with a pale tan sapwood
• Boekenhout – The Cape Beach (Rapana melanophloeos) has has a pink-brown colour with a short, reticulated grain similar to oak.
• Candlewood – The Candlewood (Pterocelastus tricuspidatus) has a deep burgundy colour with a fine, beautiful grain.
• Wit Els – The Wit Els (Playlophus trifoliatus) has a distinctive pink-brown colour with occasional yellowish streaks, and interesting grain patterns
• Pine – Pines (Pinus canariensis) are among the most commercially important of tree species, valued for their timber and wood pulp throughout the world.
• Hard Pear – The Hard Pear (Olinia ventosa) is a stunning golden brown wood with a fine, wavy grain which gives it a characteristic rippled appearance
• Ironwood – The sapwood of the Ironwood (Olea capensis ssp. Macrocarpa) has an orange-brown colour while the heartwood is a distinctive streaked dark brown colour
• Yellowwood – The Yellowwood (Podocarpus latifolius) has a pale yellow-brown wood, undifferentiated between heartwood and sapwood
• Stinkwood – The Stinkwood has an olivebrown sapwood which darkens to a rich golden brown to dark coffee brown heartwood
• White Pear – The White Pear (Apodytes dimidiata) boasts an attractive grey-brown colour with occasional purplish streaks.
• Eucalyptus – The Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus cinerea)has many uses, colours to be achieved range from yellow and orange through green, tan, chocolate and deep rust red

All of our locally sourced timber is numbered by the Forestry Department. We keep track of all our logs – and can therefore issue a certificate of authenticity for most items sold. This serves as proof that our wood is part of the Green Protective and Maintenance program and that we are not a part of DEFORESTATION.

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