It takes a certain eye and imagination to spot an old piece of furniture and transform it into a designer piece. Sacha Olivier has design talent and imagination in abundance, the fruits of which are seen in the once-off pieces she creates for Once Upon A Time, her furniture shop.

Her love for design extends into her home and along with her husband Johan, they love creating signature spaces which reflect their playfulness and eclectic design influences. Their first home on a golf estate in Pretoria, featured on Top Billing and as likened to a New York loft. They have recently completed their second home, an industrial-inspired home built from four shipping containers, which also featured on Top Billing. Here’s a short preview…

We’re honoured that Sacha agreed to share her design insight and home décor tips with us. Get ready for a shot of inspiration…

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We’ve been talking about cosy home décor updates and discovered beautiful crochet cushions by Love Lolla. Needless to say we feel in love with her designs! We had the opportunity to chat to the lovely Lolla Orchard, founder of Love Lolla.

In this interview Lolla shares her inspiration behind the South African handmade design label and defines her home décor style, treating us to a look inside into her ecliptic vintage-styled home. So without further ado, we’d love to introduce you to Lolla…

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We’re delighted to find more South African home décor and design enthusiasts joining the blogosphere! We had the opportunity to chat to Rose McClement of the Design Monarchy, a Cape Town interior décor and design company, about her fabulous new blog, The Design Tabloid.

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We’ve been following new blogger on the block D’vine Living and we’re thrilled to find a South African blogger as addicted to interior design and home décor as we are!

We decided to find out what inspires Idonette of D’vine Living and what’s on her current wish list.

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Stylist and South African Best Fashion Blog award winner Kim Gray is as passionate about design as she is about blogging. So it came as no surprise that the renovations of her first home would make an interesting blog series!

‘The Design Series’ has been giving readers a peek into the making of Kim and her husband’s dream home. Kim used our Privacy blinds in her bedroom and proved what we’ve known for years; quality blinds really can change the view!

We chatted to Kim about her décor style, her new home and her award winning blog.

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Happy New Year! We hope your year started in style!

We’re excited about our divine home decor blog posts planned for this year. We want to help you turn your home into an absolute haven in 2011.

To start the year off, we’re thrilled to introduce you to our resident design expert, Karina Palmer.

Karina and her husband Stephen founded AMERICAN shutters together more than 25 years ago; she now serves as the marketing director. Her style influence and insight is evident on our blog.

We asked Karina five questions so we can tap into her designer mind… Enjoy!

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