Melissa Penfold
“Everything that surrounds you affects you, so surrounding yourself only with things you love is incredibly nourishing.”
My mother had incredible taste. I grew up in a house decorated by influential Australian decorator Marion Hall Best, renowned for her bold colour, lustrous surfaces and va-voom rooms. My mother’s mother lived in an extraordinary harbourside residence with a ballroom and one of Australia’s first residential lifts. I also enjoyed incredible exposure to art, antiques, design and travel
