The House of Grace

15/09/2021

08/08/2021

The House of Grace updated their website address.

The House of Grace updated their website address.

08/08/2021

The House of Grace updated their info in the about section.

The House of Grace updated their info in the about section.

02/05/2021

A graceful life means putting inner wellbeing before superficial things. I’d rather have no curtains for the light to shine in than expensive silk curtains with a dark destructive soul. Being a mother, every day I come into contact woth how important it is to provide a space for my toddler to thrive. How important it is to protect him, even from close family who display neglect and abandonment and only contact him when they are lonely, forcing him as a child into that adult role. As adults we move through life with these wounds and unconsciously hurt others and ourselves. Learning to connect the mind, body, soul, heart dots means a conscious family. We keep letting go of toxic to make space for grace.

A graceful life means putting inner wellbeing before superficial things. I’d rather have no curtains for the light to shine in than expensive silk curtains with a dark destructive soul. Being a mother, every day I come into contact woth how important it is to provide a space for my toddler to thrive. How important it is to protect him, even from close family who display neglect and abandonment and only contact him when they are lonely, forcing him as a child into that adult role. As adults we move through life with these wounds and unconsciously hurt others and ourselves. Learning to connect the mind, body, soul, heart dots means a conscious family. We keep letting go of toxic to make space for grace.

25/11/2020

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15/07/2019

The House of Grace's cover photo

16/06/2019

Adams quite excited to wish pa @michaellegrange on his very first Father’s Day! What did you do for Father’s Day today? #ideas #fathersdayideas #adamlegrange #weekend #longweekend #youthday #happyfathersday2019 #instababy #cutebaby @ The House of Grace

10/05/2019

One of our favorite breakfasts, shuckshanka shuckshuka made with lamb shank in the base, served with roasted sweet potatoe and chiabata #breakfast #shuckshuka #wholesomeheartyhomemade

22/04/2019

Simple things put a smile on my face, like when hubby @michaellegrange gathers afternoon snacks from the garden. Yummy sun ripened tomatoes to snack on with left overs from yesterday’s lunch. #gardentotable #organic #tomatoe #bestfriend #besthusbandever #tomato #kitchengarden

07/11/2018

Photos from The House of Grace's post

13/03/2018

Birds flying high you know how it feels.
Song in the sky you know how it feels.
Breeze drifting on by you know how it feels.
It’s a new day it’s a new dawn.... and it feels good! #rustic #messy #bedroom #sunkissed

12/03/2018

Birds flying high you know how it feels.
Song in the sky you know how it feels.
Breeze drifting on by you know how it feels.
It’s a new day it’s a new dawn.... and it feels good! #rustic #messy #bedroom #sunkissed

28/01/2018

#donttellmom I’ve been #playing with my #food woke up late today since I blocked off rooms to have the morning to myself. I had the last bit of my #homemade #granola and smiled. I always toast my granola just a little extra to get it really toasty. It makes people smile and say hmmmmm, for me, my heart goes soft and I remember grandpa and how he’d love all his crunchy eats to be just a bit more toasted than normal. Today I really had fun and added some #lemon blossoms, #rosemary and #clover #flowers and loads of #chia #sesame #sunflower #lindseed #pistacchio #almonds #walnuts #gojiberries #cranberries #cinnamon and #vanilla and a good old dollop of playfulness #yum #love #eat #now #hungry #feedme #bliss #weekend

27/01/2018

While everyone in the whole world wants an interview with Jean-Michel I got to do a last night out before I become a #student and he heads of to #southamerica. See next to me is a man who’s the director of a company in #southafrica that produced a movie that’s been #nominated for an #Oscar #award #oscar that’s right. Im so proud and super stoked for my former Neighbour! Great things ahead for you!

23/01/2018

Our Goddess room was used for a #victoriasecret shoot last year. I had to wait a few months till after the hype to post this picture. #sexy #lingerie #knickers #naughty #sultry #goddess #goddess

19/01/2018

House of Grace diaries. There’s been such magic happening here at the house. I have been considering sharing some of it. Yesterday my guests left after a short two day stay. Before they left, they have me a beautiful plant with a special cactus in it. It was a thank you. August, the guy who booked got here with a severe food poisoning and he looked like walking dead. This season I’ve had so many people come here just to heal. While I wasn’t as open with my natural remedies to all of them and in some cases just offered some nursing and care, in August’s case they were open. I gave him three doses of a special potion and in no time at all he felt better. I prepared a vegetarian meal for his partner Christina as I knew she wouldn’t be at peace going out to eat with her boyfriend being sick at home. She joined me for dinner. It wa so lovely to hear about her life. She’s from Denmark and a pastry chef there. She had the most beautiful tattoos and was such a gentle soul. August spent the time just resting which is something he wouldn’t normally get to do. I don’t own a guesthouse. I have a home. A place where people come to be. Just be. Be themselves. All of you is welcome here. Sick. Happy, peaceful, Ive even had people looking to be loved and acknowledged by throwing tantrums. While those guests are not my favorite, that’s where the true practice of compassion and love is found. I get to be a housewife and mom everyday with all my guests and I get to live a life I love as a medicine woman. Every single guest this season has been a special one. And each has left a little story in my heart!

06/01/2018

It’s 16:08 and I’ve only just finished washing the breakfast dishes. I had such an amazing day. Kristin is back to visit us from Germany for the third time and this time she has friends. At breakfast, I laid out Champaign glasses so we could finish the rest of the bottle I opened yesterday to welcome her back home. Naturally I forgot to have it at the table and when they left to the biscuit mill this morning I realized it would be such a waste not to finish the bottle. Now anyone who knows me knows I can go months and perhaps years without alcohol but washing dishes while sipping on Champaign was so delightful. I had an outthere thought while washing those dishes. My good friend David Wilkinson senior from Oxford and I had a conversation while I was in Oxford. His wife, Doreen believed that there was a tree spirit that grew trees. What if everything has a spirit. Like what if that’s why alcohol is called a spirit and what if alcohol when acknowledged or consumed dominates the spirit of time. So perhaps we take this spirit to preserve moments like we would in a ceremony..when alcohol is taken in love and the absence of fear... anyways... i did say the thought was bizarre...I’m done with the dishes and time again (for the twenty fourth thime today) to cuddle with my boy who seems to be reaching out for hugs and kisses. What are your thoughts on energy or spirit?

30/12/2017

There’s no better feeling than when my guests feel so well rested that they’re not up yet. So today I took time to do some hair and make up and I guess I will play madam of the manor. I feel so blessed to have the most amazing guests. I get to be a house wife and love and nurture everyone who visits and they all leave as family. I feel so blessed! How has your festive season been and what’s making you feel lucky/blessed today?

26/12/2017

Xmas ideas #comebeyou #thehouseofgrace #blessed #xmas @ The House of Grace

26/12/2017

Xmas ideas #comebeyou #thehouseofgrace #blessed #xmas @ The House of Grace

20/12/2017

Nothing more beautiful than a flower grown from a bulb. This little one is watching the entrance and it’s absolutely beautiful! What is your favourite flower and have you ever grown it?

09/12/2017

What’s the best thing you do that relaxes you? I love meditation and massages, my favorite are hot stone. How about you?

07/12/2017

I had been noticing this protrusion for a few days now but didn’t take time to hang out and discover. Turns out it’s the birth of a whole generation of new New leaves that will form a new crown. This is so beautiful to observe. #cycads #trees May look like #palmtrees but they’re not closely related. They actually go back to #Jurassic times with little alteration to their original form compared to other plants. They face the threat of going #extinct and I #feel #blessed to be the #custodian of one. It’s trunk stands more than a meter and a half tall and it’s also just produced two cones. #garden #comelovewithus #thehouseofgrace @ The House of Grace

07/12/2017

I always start my day with coffee and meditation. How do you start your day?

06/12/2017

Lots and lots of planting to do. #mielies, lazy house wife (not named after me) #beans, #zucchini , #pumpkin #butternut #squash #broccoli #cauliflower #aubergine #okra #chinesecabbage #pokjoi #rosemary #fennel #pansy #garden

06/12/2017

Did you know, in the garden, corn/mielies, beans and the pumpkin are great friends, corn forms a tall stake, beans grow up the stalk and pumpkin serves as ground cover, protecting the plants from dehydration. Have you planted vegetables before and what’s your secret tip?

06/12/2017

The Chapel at the house of grace is our only self catering studio that can be twin or king Bed. Close to all things Simons town #bouldersbeach #penguins #simonstown #holiday #vacation #celebration

05/12/2017

The old (probably hand) crafted, curved historic staircase and the 1869 bar counter that doubles as a welcome desk. The thing that I love most in the picture is my garden hat at the end of the staircase. It says one thing to me...garden time! It’s also one of my favourite places, sometimes the place where I meet and greet my guests (if they don’t meet me in the garden first) who often turn into life long friends!

29/11/2017

While the water shortages in Cape Town pose a serious threat to the hospiatily industry, I took some action, pulled out 300 square meters of grass that would have otherwise sucked up water and I've got pots of lemons and herbs that I will use to prepare meals. Its also so much more inviting that I've sat on the nest chair reading a book for the past few days while the sun sets. I've kept a little patch of grass for afternoon tea parties in the future. I am sure in a month it will look very different. I spend about three hours in the garden everyday.

Soon it will feel like an old french food garden. Everyday is a labour of love with no better feeling that eating from the garden daily.

While the water shortages in Cape Town pose a serious threat to the hospiatily industry, I took some action, pulled out 300 square meters of grass that would have otherwise sucked up water and I've got pots of lemons and herbs that I will use to prepare meals. Its also so much more inviting that I've sat on the nest chair reading a book for the past few days while the sun sets. I've kept a little patch of grass for afternoon tea parties in the future. I am sure in a month it will look very different. I spend about three hours in the garden everyday.

Soon it will feel like an old french food garden. Everyday is a labour of love with no better feeling that eating from the garden daily.

29/11/2017

Experience self catering in Simons Town with some history. Close to penguins, boulders beach, cape point and water activities. Built in 1853, The House of Grace
is home to Simons Towns very first Chapel. When I moved in, it was already a studio so I kept it that way. I've had my House blessing ceremony in The Chapel and have even had weddings and sacred chanting and other ceremonies in the Chapel. When I renovated the Chapel, I did the opposite of make it pretty. I intentionally tried my best to make it feel old. I ripped all the tiles off in the kitchen and bathroom and redid it with white cement and then took time to age the walls. I also created a feature wall seen behind the Beds that mimic old roof tiles that are aged and ancient. It really feels like you're sleeping in an old lost holy place.

Some interesting History about the Chapel, if you've ever been to Millers Point, Mr Miller lived at the main house and when he did, The Chapel was his office. His safe is still in the chapel, untouched.

Its the only unit with an option of either Bed and Breakfast or self-catering. While this studio is perfect for two people, we can accommodate up to four people in the studio by prior arrangement.

Experience self catering in Simons Town with some history. Close to penguins, boulders beach, cape point and water activities. Built in 1853, The House of Grace
is home to Simons Towns very first Chapel. When I moved in, it was already a studio so I kept it that way. I've had my House blessing ceremony in The Chapel and have even had weddings and sacred chanting and other ceremonies in the Chapel. When I renovated the Chapel, I did the opposite of make it pretty. I intentionally tried my best to make it feel old. I ripped all the tiles off in the kitchen and bathroom and redid it with white cement and then took time to age the walls. I also created a feature wall seen behind the Beds that mimic old roof tiles that are aged and ancient. It really feels like you're sleeping in an old lost holy place.

Some interesting History about the Chapel, if you've ever been to Millers Point, Mr Miller lived at the main house and when he did, The Chapel was his office. His safe is still in the chapel, untouched.

Its the only unit with an option of either Bed and Breakfast or self-catering. While this studio is perfect for two people, we can accommodate up to four people in the studio by prior arrangement.

29/11/2017

The Goddess Room

29/11/2017

The Protea Room

29/11/2017

The House of Grace's cover photo

28/11/2017

The Room of Trust

28/11/2017

The Grand Room