Schapen Collection will be closed from 14 December 2024 through to 14 January 2025. Any orders received during this time will be processed on an ad hoc basis. Email us if you want to chat about an order during this period. marisa@schapencollection.co.za.

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  • 5 Things You Probably Did Not Know About the Karoo

    The Karoo region in South Africa is one of those inimitable destinations that evokes many different emotions in people who experience it for the first time. Arid, flat, and in parts quite desolate, it’s not an ‘easy’ landscape to venture into. It’s temperatures are extreme, and it can be dusty and uncompromising.
  • 5 Ways to Dress Your Home with a Schapen Rug

    A beautiful sheepskin rug is one of this season’s hottest décor trends, and with good reason – sheep’s wool is naturally non-allergenic and odour resistant, it has fantastic thermo-regulating properties and it also happens to be very nice to look at.
  • Why a Sensory Rug Just Makes Sense

    Sensory rugs for babies is a trend that keeps coming back because it works. Our grandmothers understood the benefits thereof very clearly, and even though the go-to sheepskin rug for babies may have skipped a generation or two, it’s clearly circled back and is here to stay. Why? It’s simple, and it also helps that a sensory sheepskin rug is rather beautiful, in our opinion.
  • 5 Reasons Why We Absolutely Adore Merino Wool

    Merino wool is a natural fibre that is shorn humanely from Merino sheep. This specific breed of sheep has its origins in Spain. The monarchs here have kept their own royal flocks since the 1700s, and the prized Merino has been revered for the soft, fine fleece of its wool ever since.