Annemarie Meintjes is the former Johannesburg bureau chief for House & Leisure magazine. Her 'Great Ideas' column is extremely popular with readers and reflects her creativity and ability to come up with stylish, practical, and affordable decor solutions. She is the author of Short-cuts to Storage, also published by New Holland. Karen Roos developed a sense of style as a fashion editor at Glamour in the US, at Cosmopolitan and as founder editor of Red magazine in South Africa. Massimo Cecconi is a well-known Cape Town-based photo-grapher whose work has appeared in numerous magazines as well as in Short-cuts to Storage.