Australian House & Garden

Henrietta Summerhayes

“My family homes were rich in history, novelty and originality, and I think that is what informs my design approach most.”

, in Wellington, New Zealand, it was way out of fashion. She’d scour junk shops and ads for anything colonial and was once invited into someone’s chook pen to look at what later became our dining table! She’s so stylish and chic – it’s hard to imagine her scrambling around in a chicken coop looking for treasures! So interior design and style was big in my childhood. I remember deep olive-green carpet, William Morris

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