{"id":358,"date":"2015-08-12T12:27:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T12:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savoy.nordicmade.com\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2025-12-03T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:21:52","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bearwood.co.nz\/shop\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2463&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;My story so far&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1617\">I started out as a designer in the UK, working on interiors and products before life took me south, all the way to Wanaka, New Zealand. 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