In 2017, having recently moved from South America, Nick and Cristina bought Salvage Design on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, a vintage furniture store and cafe.

Cristina had an eye for finding beauty in pre-loved furniture people would throw/give away and the creativity to give them a new lease on life by upcycling them back to their former glory.

Tired of seeing ‘fast furniture’ - furniture mass-produced, using low quality, materials designed to only last a season, Cristina sourced high quality, vintage, antique and second hand furniture, fixed them up, painted them or put new furnishings on them. Cristina found that door knobs and furnishings were a simple way for you to update your style at home without fast-furniture, and so, DecoHaus was born.

Joined by her daughter in 2024, DecoHaus has grown to become a trusted, affordable and good quality store aimed to make your house a home.