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  • Simply You

    MODERN RUSTIC

    Sep 24, 2017 4 minutes
    WRITER:NADINE RUBIN NATHAN.PHOTOGRAPHER:VANESSA AND MICHEAL LEWIS.

    Valeria Carbonaro-Laws is no stranger to high design. Owner and director at Auckland’s Studio Italia, she’s personally responsible for some of the most exquisite Italian furniture available in these parts. Born in Naples and raised in Milan, Carbonaro- Laws had every intention of joining the family law firm after she’d seen a bit of the world – a trip that included New Zealand. “I fell in love with Auckland, the freedom and the personal space, so I extended my stay for six more months and now it’s 22 years later,” she says in her lilting accent. Auckland, it seems,

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