About Cabinet de Luxe

Cabinet de Luxe is an online only shop, selling high quality vintage design - the more out-of-the-ordinary, the better.

They say a good ‘eye’ is innate - you have it or you don’t. With maturity and experience, a good eye develops new ways of seeing. Time brings a better understanding of merit, design quality, integrity, craftsmanship and history. A good eye becomes more fearless and adventurous, less constrained by trends. It sees things differently. I want Cabinet de Luxe to be a place you can come to find unusual (and unusually good) things.

While the decorative arts are my thing, I’ve always had an instinct for service as an art in itself. I started my working life at that great Melbourne institution, Georges of Collins Street. I roamed many departments, including work at the first Chanel boutique in Australia, housed in the beautiful mezzanine area at the back of the store. My years there were an education in the workings of high-end retail trade - the customers, buyers, managers and characters who made the store what it was.

After that eye-opening experience, I studied Art History, Sociology and Cultural Studies. I had some misadventures pursuing a career in academia in the UK, which was really not my gig. I was always collecting. My love of unusual objects blossomed in the UK where I lived for seven years, visiting many British and European museums, galleries and important homes. I made some extraordinary car boot and online finds during that time, and sold them through Christies and Sotheby's.

I opened Cabinet de Luxe as an online high-end vintage brand in 2014 after returning to Melbourne. Based on the high quality of my offering, 1stDibs invited me to join them in 2017, where I was quickly recognised as a Platinum (highest tier) dealer with 100% five star reviews. As the dominance of the American market has waned, I’ve returned my focus to the Australian market. I now bring international sales experience to my local customers, and the same great service to those international customers who followed me back to my own store.

Cabinet de Luxe is a go-to source for some of the finest designers and collectors worldwide - Studio Shamshiri, Simone Haag, Flack Studio among many others. My offerings can be found gracing beautiful interiors all over the world, and often feature in magazines like Architectural Digest, Vogue Living etc.

It’s a joy to do this sort of work, and you can confidently expect great service. Always.