Design FOR LIFE
‘We had a lot of family around there and not much money, but we had plenty of love’
As a TV host, magazine editor and interior designer, it’s easy to imagine that Shelley Ferguson would be the trendy mum, pulling up to school drop-off each day looking absolutely immaculate. Yet soon after we sit down, she is laughing about how she waved her two boys off to school from behind the wheel, still dressed head-to-toe in her pyjamas. This is a woman who knows not to take things too seriously, but it’s been a lesson hard-learned, from challenges along the way.
Family life
This year is Shelley’s fifth season as host of The Block, supporting the four teams as they compete against each other to renovate and transform a historic Auckland firehouse into high-end apartments for auction. It’s a high-stakes environment, but Shelley’s relaxed, keep-it-simple style shines through in each episode.
‘I GUESS YOU ALWAYS LOOK BACK TO YOUR UPBRINGING TO GET A SENSE OF WHO YOU ARE’
Her own home is a Palm Springs-themed abode, where she lives with hubby Steve and
