Designer Profile: Barbara Coll Interiors

One of South Africa’s most accomplished and celebrated interior decorators, Barbara Coll uses more than 25 years of experience to provide her clients with guidance in the planning and layout of their spaces. The result is strong and exciting spaces that combine fabrics, colours and shapes in a sophisticated and stylish manner.

Looking for something a little more relaxing? Barbara is also renowned for creating soft and peaceful rooms that fit perfectly into residential and leisure sectors. How is she able to master such two extremes? She thinks, eats and sleeps design that’s how.

Visit Barbara Coll Interiors online and discover what it really means to harmonise room proportions with furniture positioning. You can also contact Barbara via 031 205 4663 or barben@zamail.co.za.

Designers on Display and Property Warehouse join teams to bring the home makers dreams to life.

Property Warehouse is a dedicated, permanent exhibition centre, which brings together every component you need to develop your dream home. It’s  got everything you need to kit out your new home or office or, if you are a property developer, every possible sub-contractor you can think of, under one roof.

Working alongside Designers on Display, this innovative concept has taken the Home Décor Exhibition theme and turned it on its head. Imagine going to Decorex any day of the week, any time of the year you decided you needed some interior décor inspiration. Well, Property Warehouse provides you with exactly that opportunity. Come on over and pay their Ballito showroom a visit; you will not be sorry.

If you have a product that every homeowner could want, get in touch with Property Warehouse and become part of this amazing experience. This is your chance to work with suppliers, developers and homeowners to create the ultimate synergy in property development. Click here to email the gurus at Property Warehouse or here to visit their website.

Getting creative with an old cupboard

Ideas, a fabulously local mag for creative crafters, recently posted a series of cupboard make-overs. The remarkable thing was the versatility – a single old cupboard, so many looks. Just shows what necessity and craftiness can do for a room.

Click on the images and find out how you too can get the look.

Hollywood Kitchens and Furniture

Colour Every Room

Here are a few more makeover tips from BHG: from bedrooms to entryways, every space deserves a little color. Find color schemes and tips to use in your home with inspiration from these rooms, all of which showcase color at its very best.

Color Makeovers for Living Rooms
Add Color to Your Kitchen
Bedrooms Bathed in Beautiful Colors
Colorful Baths We Love

Inspiration for Room Makeovers

Ready to transform a bland space into something grand? Get inspired now with these makeovers from Better Homes and Gardens that are chock-full of great ideas!

Make the most of a mudroom
Create a Colourful & Fun Playroom
Affordable Sunporch Makeover
Pretty Sewing Room Makeover

From rags to riches

While trawling through all the amazing offerings online. we recently came across this great blog, detailing ways to turn the old into the fabulous.

Have a look at Blue Velvet Chair for inspiration, ideas, and some awe-inspiring examples.