Australian Country Homes

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

The name Bandhini is derived from the Sanskrit word banda, meaning to tie or bind, and that perfectly describes the fusion of talents from different ends of the world that Tai Schaffler has created with her soft furnishings business.

A journalist in a previous life, Tai moved into fashion PR and, by extension, the world of textiles. “I actually started out doing religious studies,” she explains. “When I was

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