Lorraine Sakharet
Interior Designer
“Living in Thailand and Bali taught me that calm, beauty, and function can coexist when every element is intentional.
That experience still shapes how I design thoughtful, balanced spaces that are atmospheric and grounded in a sense of ease and connection.”
Lorraine brings a global perspective and a highly intuitive approach to interiors, shaped by years living and working in Southeast Asia and honed through projects across London and Surrey. With a background in senior project management during the early days of online media, she’s naturally detail-driven and organised - skills that bring structure and clarity to every stage of the design process.
Her passion for interiors was sparked in Thailand and Bali, where she sourced antiques and artisan homewares while designing stylish, characterful homes. That influence continues in her work today, seen in her ability to mix old and new, inject personality, and find inspiration in the natural world.
Lorraine excels at unlocking the potential in a space; whether transforming a plain new build into a calming Japandi-style home or creating thoughtful layouts that elevate both style and usability. She works closely with clients to shape interiors that feel personal, timeless, and effortlessly put together.
“Understanding how a space needs to function is the starting point. From there, it’s about layering light, texture and materials to create something that flows naturally and feels truly lived in.”
Based in Richmond, Lorraine works with clients across London, Surrey, and internationally.
What clients say about Lorraine
House Renovation, Thames Ditton
“Working with Lorraine to refurbish my new home was both fun and rewarding in equal measure.
It was the first time I had taken on a project of this scale or had the opportunity to convert concepts, ideas and styles that I knew I liked into my own living space. It was also the first time I had worked with an interior designer. Lorraine read the situation perfectly and applied just the right balance of listen and understand, digest, propose and suggest in order to help me create the design that I had loosely envisaged.
Lorraine’s vast experience means that, whilst she sees the whole landscape and has a sense of how things can and often need to come together, she has a real skill in breaking down the project into bite size chunks. This made choices that might otherwise seem overwhelming, very accessible and ensured that we kept momentum in the project. As well as bringing with her a great network of Decorbuddi trades people, Lorraine’s personality and warm style means that she gets on and works well with all the suppliers, balancing firmness and holding to account with the right level of flexibility and understanding where and when required.
I would highly recommend Lorraine if you want to enjoy the creative process and the journey of designing your home. We had some great laughs along the way and I am convinced that this helped us to make some great decisions and choices. I am delighted with my home and enormously grateful to Lorraine for supporting me on the voyage!”
Home Bar Design, Richmond
“Lorraine and I worked together over a 12 month period to renovate a tired, unused, plastic littered playroom space that my children had outgrown to a chic, sophisticated, upscale bar.
My vision was a space that was versatile enough to fulfil the needs of the entire family from girlie drinks & book club to football sporting events & after dinner drinking & dancing if we fancied. This could have been Mount Everest to an interior designer, but not for Lorraine.
Lorraine focused on the spatial layout of the room and its challenges. At a practical level, the bar, cabinetry, lighting, seating and sound system needed to be sourced across multiple contractors. She developed the design in detail to enable selection of the right contractors based on capability.
Lorraine was able to establish collaborative working relationships through the supply chain and set up communication channels to ensure integration between contractors. She brought the right level of decision making to me as the client clearly presenting the required information to make an informed decision.
She displayed strong problem solving skills throughout the whole project whilst continuously striving for the highest quality and always keeping with the original design intention.
Lorraine exceeded my expectations as an interior designer and took the ‘fear-factor’ out of hiring a designer for a unique and special job.
Her eye for style and knack for putting things together will impress and amaze you, all with her wonderful disposition, smiles and laughs along the way.”
INTERIOR DESIGN, EPSOM
“Lorraine has been an absolute joy to get to know and to work with. This has been the most enjoyable home project that we have ever done and we’re truly thrilled with the end result. We converted our loft to create a master bedroom, en-suite, dressing room and work space. It was important for us that the room was light, zoned, functional (despite the awkward lines) but above all felt like a calm sanctuary, somewhere where we could retreat at the end of a busy day and genuinely switch off and relax.
Lorraine had so many fabulous design ideas and could suggest things that we would never have thought of. I was most impressed though with the way in which she really listened to what we were hoping to achieve and curated her ideas perfectly. She took all the hassle away by doing research on our behalf and then sharing her ideas visually in a google book which we found really helpful. She was then able to really build on the things that we liked and pull together a cohesive and beautiful design. All the paint choices were gorgeous and contained no nasty chemicals. And she introduced us to a wonderful carpenter who built bespoke dressing room furniture that could be easily moved on castors to allow access to the eaves. She also introduced us to trades who she had worked with often and were fantastic - trustworthy, polite and above all produced an excellent quality finish.
Truly, a large home project can be daunting with lots of decisions to be made but Lorraine calmly led us through the process from start to finish, helped with all of the difficult questions and made this whole experience enjoyable. Loved getting to know Lorraine, we had some laughs along the way and I am confident that we will be back to ask her to help again in future. Thank you again Lorraine. You have been wonderful and left a lasting and beautiful space for us to enjoy in our home. ”