DRIVING HOME TO BOWR AL, the NSW Southern Highlands’
town an hour-and-a-half south-west of Sydney, Sarah town an hour-and-a-half south-west of Sydney, Sarah
Price’s heart soars. “I feel alive,” she says. As we descend Price’s heart soars. “I feel alive,” she says. As we descend
through valleys along the Old Hthrough valleys along the Old Humume He Highway, the ighway, the
temtemperature drops five degrees and, relieved to be perature drops five degrees and, relieved to be
away fromaway from the city heat, Sarah points out kangaroos the city heat, Sarah points out kangaroos
between the paddocks of horses and cows. between the paddocks of horses and cows.
HHomome is her fame is her family’s three-bedroomily’s three-bedroom brick bungalow, brick bungalow,
built in 1923 and just a short walk frombuilt in 1923 and just a short walk from Bowral’s m Bowral’s main ain
street. Wstreet. We are seated at the kitchen bench adjoining the e are seated at the kitchen bench adjoining the
ivory-painted living roomivory-painted living room, which is south-facing yet , which is south-facing yet
flooded with natural light. Sitting outside on the neatly flooded with natural light. Sitting outside on the neatly
kept backyard lawn, Lottie, an eight-year-old Cavalier kept backyard lawn, Lottie, an eight-year-old Cavalier
King Charles, looks in at us. The Southern HKing Charles, looks in at us. The Southern Highlands has ighlands has
long been a favourite destination for Sarah, 49, and her long been a favourite destination for Sarah, 49, and her
husband Geoff, 58. The couple becamhusband Geoff, 58. The couple became engaged on a picnic e engaged on a picnic
here and mhere and married at Saint Aidan’s Anglican Church in arried at Saint Aidan’s Anglican Church in
Exeter in 1999. They mExeter in 1999. They made the made the move to Bowral in 2009, ove to Bowral in 2009,
a few ma few months after returning fromonths after returning from a nine-year stint a nine-year stint
in the US where Geoff was working as an engineer.in the US where Geoff was working as an engineer.
Sarah is the founder of WSarah is the founder of Winton Hinton House, the exclusive ouse, the exclusive
imimporter and distributor of Dash & Albert rugs and porter and distributor of Dash & Albert rugs and
accessories in Australia. Waccessories in Australia. While living in Fort While living in Fort Worth, orth,
Texas, Sarah discovered a homTexas, Sarah discovered a homewares shop that sold ewares shop that sold
Dash & Albert rugs, and the colourful styles and graphic Dash & Albert rugs, and the colourful styles and graphic
patterns of their products struck a chord. patterns of their products struck a chord.
HHomomewares designed in Australia are often in neutral ewares designed in Australia are often in neutral
tones, says Sarah, but the Dash & Albert rugs comtones, says Sarah, but the Dash & Albert rugs come in e in
mmore daring comore daring combinations. “People are drawn to colour, binations. “People are drawn to colour,
but they buy safe,” she says. That said, the brightest but they buy safe,” she says. That said, the brightest
designs tend to sell best to regional customdesigns tend to sell best to regional customers. “It mers. “It may ay
be because they’re looking at a sunburnt country and be because they’re looking at a sunburnt country and
a dry landscape, so they like those pops of colour.”a dry landscape, so they like those pops of colour.”
WWinton Hinton House was started in 2010 and the business has ouse was started in 2010 and the business has
grown so that Sarah now rents a nearby warehouse and offigrown so that Sarah now rents a nearby warehouse and office ce
space. Living in Bowral mspace. Living in Bowral means she has been able to build eans she has been able to build >>
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