My love for design didn’t arrive, it’s always been there. I’ve never been able to walk into a room without feeling it first. The light, the lines, the textures, how a single piece of furniture can shift the energy of an entire space. It’s not decoration to me. It’s atmosphere. It’s story. It’s presence.

When I moved to London, my very first job was in the Baxter showroom in Mayfair, surrounded by Italian-made masterpieces where every stitch of leather and curve of wood was treated with reverence. That experience shaped everything. It taught me that good design is not an aesthetic, it’s a philosophy.

Years later, after opening my own studio creating brand worlds for hotels and restaurants, I found myself in an empty space that needed to come alive. I refused to fill it with disposable furniture. But the original designer pieces I loved were out of reach. So I did what felt most natural: I hunted for pre-owned designer icons. I learned to restore them—especially leather, my greatest obsession. Leather breathes, remembers, softens with time. It doesn’t wear out; it becomes alive.

The result surprised me. People who came into my studio weren’t just commenting on the design, they were asking to buy the furniture. They could feel what I felt: that these pieces had a soul. I sold the first collection. Then I restored another. And another.

That’s how neue was born. Not as a business idea, but as an instinctual response to beauty, integrity, and sustainability. A celebration of pieces that were never meant to be temporary.

This is not about resale. It’s about revival.

About giving timeless design a second life, and giving you the chance to live with furniture that truly lives with you.

x Valentine