New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Shelley starts over ‘IT WAS A SCARY THING TO DO’

It’s a brave thing to do, especially at the age of 40 – walking out on a high-flying career to start from scratch in a new line of work.

For Shelley Ferguson, giving up her job as a magazine editorial director to become an interior designer was a tough decision, but judge couldn’t ignore an overwhelming desire to be hands-on when it came to designing amazing spaces, rather than editing stories about them. So nearly two years ago, she took a leap of faith

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