Nairobi, Nov. 5 -- A dining table can be more than a place to eat. It is nowadays becoming a collectible art.

For Sheila Cleo, founder of Grain and Stone Design Studio, furniture offers an opportunity to bring African artistic expression back into everyday life. Her studio's first expression gallery, A Philosophy of Presence, challenges the restrained aesthetic that has come to define much of contemporary luxury, where muted colours, clean lines and carefully controlled finishes dominate living spaces.

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