CS Design

28/05/2026

Almost there last decisions on the final stage of this massive revamp

27/05/2026

Today is a sad but "also happy for her day"
Jorika Bosman my most wonderful sales rep at Hertex Fabrics just had her last day with Hertex.
Jorika you are one of a kind and your new employers are just so lucky to have your skills, friendliness and professional attitude We wish you a shiny career ahead
Will miss you darling

25/05/2026

Every day brings new opportunities in our field, and this setting is a constant source of innovative ideas with insights that will inspire you.
We look forward to collaborate with our long term client again

21/05/2026

Sandton run around with a quick catchup with the trendsetter Garth D Wastie

21/05/2026

Why do we as interior designers have to explain our worth to clients?
I'm sure all my colleagues address this on a daily basis

When you visit a doctor or a lawyer or any professional do you ever ask that person to justify what he or she is charging ? No you check before and have a reason to ask that professional for his or her advise and expertise

I have this question almost every time when going at NO CHARGE to meet new clients at their homes to get briefed

Here are several reasons why a designer should charge for renders

1. Professional Expertise: Creating renders requires specialised knowledge, skill, and experience in design software, colour theory, layout, and spatial planning.

2. Time Investment: Producing a high-quality render takes days and many hours of focused work, from modelling the space to perfecting lighting and textures.

3. Software and Equipment Costs: Professional rendering software and powerful computers are expensive, and these tools are essential to produce realistic and detailed images.

4. Intellectual Property: The ideas, concepts, moodboards and spec sheets and creative solutions in the render belong to the designer. Charging for renders protects the value of that intellectual property.

5. Then to assure yourself google the per square meter rate up to R25000 for a view or R120 average charge per square meter

6. Rest assured we at CS Design charge an absolutely wonderful affordable rate which includes exterior and interior renders with room by room spec sheets and we even include landscaping

7. A price guide.
One bedroom R7500.
Two bedroom R10000.
3 Bedroom R15000
4 Bedroom R20000.

19/05/2026

More favorites over the years from 2016 to 2025

19/05/2026

Rainy days are for celebrating the dreams we've brought to life, where every project sparks new experiences for our clients.

18/05/2026

Last touches to this Main bedroom upgrade Love my clients phased approach

17/05/2026

My South Africa 🇿🇦
Forever part of me
Well written

Leaving Africa

Leaving Africa was one of the hardest things
I ever had to do,
Leaving Africa
Leaving you,
When the plane took off
And I felt my heart break,
My feet leaving the solid ground of my birth land,
My foundation,
My history,
My earth’s centre,
My point of gravity,
My southern star,
And I sobbed from the unspoken pain,
The family excited to be starting again,
But I shrunk into the seat
Diminished in size,
Word to the wise
You can never really leave Africa
It stays with you…
Through the good days
Through the bad,
Through the grey English skies
Through the incessant rain,
When your soul longs for the blue
When your children turn from you,
Adopting new customs
And forget their own names
In this other world,
In this borrowed life,
Where swagger counts for more than respect,
And when you forget to breathe,
When you hold yourself together
Piece by piece,
When you retreat into dark spaces …
The memories of Africa
Wrap you in warmth,
Wrap you in love,
And sometimes when the winds change…
You can almost smell the warm Sahara sand,
And remember when you awoke to the warm breath
Of the Kalahari,
And an African dawn
And the melodies of a village Sunday morning church service,
The sweet late October rain
The jacaranda blossoms carpeting the ground,
The evenings, just after dinner
Just before bed,
The stars in the velvet sky,
When all is calm in the night,
And the voices of your parents, grandparents
Long gone now,
Buried in the soil you left behind,
In forgotten graveyards
Laying in solitude
Beckon you to remember
And to never forget
Where you came from,
And us, their children
Scattered to places where our African souls are silently dying;
Who will write the story of us
When we are gone?
Will they even care,
Those who come after us?
Or will they just dismiss it
And say,
Yeah, we left Africa
When their children ask what it was like.

Cyndi Barker

17/05/2026

Throwback to this wonderful project with my clients and friends