The Mood Collectives: Two designers join forces for excellence

The Mood Collectives were founded in 2018 when designers Kim de Villiers and Cynthia Chasteau de Balyon merged their home studios into one space. With years of experience in the decor and retail industry and a passion for interior design, they wanted to create a space to showcase locally manufactured high-quality furniture and accessories. We asked the Cape Town-based duo about their work and to share a few decor tips for winter.

What inspired you to join forces and start The Mood Collectives?

We were both interior designers based in the Helderberg basin. We connected while working on various projects, offering different services to our clients. We formed a good relationship and our shared work ethic saw us collaborating more and more. Four years ago we saw a gap in the market and decided to join forces. We felt there was a need for an upmarket, luxury interior showroom in the Winelands area. We aimed to design and showcase beautiful locally manufactured furniture and support other creative entrepreneurs. In 2018 we secured our premises and, as the saying goes, the rest is history. 

How would you describe your brand ethos?

Small things make a difference; people are looking for more, and we like our clients to feel appreciated. We strive to under-promise and over-deliver. The Mood Collectives believes in quality over quantity, excellent customer service and attention to detail, which can be seen throughout our projects and showroom floor.

Our items range from the TMC13,  a steel slide table, to our bestseller, the TMC2, our curved sofa. All our items are designed by us and locally manufactured, some in-house and some outsourced. This allows us to meticulously control the quality - we are adamant that our furniture is made to last, not only in design but workmanship.

We offer our clients the opportunity to custom finish their pieces. Our curved sofa has just been ordered in soft, grey full-grain leather and we cannot wait to see the finished product.  

Do you have a dream collaboration?

We are exceptionally excited about our latest collaboration with Continua (world-class stone fabricators) and Neolith. Our custom-made items can be seen in our showroom. 

Would you say your focus is commercial or private properties? We enjoy a good mix of commercial and private. We are busy with several residential properties, a pizza eatery and a retail fashion store.

See: themoodcollectives.co.za