It sounds to me as if she has moved to Olympia and is settling there, or making a new home there. It doesn't mean that she originally came from Olympia.
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AnonymousYour way, would it be better to say or more natural to say 'made a home for herself in London'? Is that natural?ThanksIt is natural but again it means that she created a home. It does not simply mean she lived there.
AnonymousShe made her home in London.She made a home for herself in London.The second one seems more explicit.