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DÉCORATING? GO LOCAL! By Rutu Dhanani
e-decorating your kitchen, bedroom, living room or even your office? Stop for a second and rethink your décor & decisions made thus far, have you bought anything from the local artisans? Furniture to antique pieces to paintings? If not, this article is definitely for you! We are going local for our interiors. Most times we don’t look into what we can get locally to define our space and rather just make the one stop visits to the chains of furniture shops that we are surrounded by. Furniture shop chains and high-end brand are great and do offer top quality products but why not have a look at
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what we can obtain by local artisans and create something different and implement your personal style into it, rather than mass produced of the shelf items. Bring in the woodwork from Lamu to a feathered shield on your wall, show a bit of flare by hanging a piece by amazing East African painters or serve your guests drinks in the best goblets Kitengela glass has to offer. It’s not about the price or brand, it’s all in the character and charm. Below are a few of our top choices of Kenyan artisans for home décor and furniture. (All choices are personal and not paid advertisement).
