Australian Country Homes

THE TREASURE HUNTERS

Brenton and Sharon Kinnear happened upon a life of treasure hunting by chance. As newlyweds more than three decades ago, they set about furnishing their first home together and soon discovered a shared love of things old and worn, rather than shiny and new.

“We started buying pieces that needed work,” Sharon says. “We found we enjoyed the whole restoring and conservation process.” “As Sharon was busy going about buying and collecting things in the early days, someone had to then pick them up and do the

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