Biography

Here I am - Anne Lawaetz Haaning. I am privately married to Rune and together we have two daughters. 

I was born and raised on Langeland, where modern facilities were so few that we used our creativity, intuition and nature as our playground.

My childhood home was a home filled with music, culture, art and political conversations. It was equal parts high culture and pop culture. 

My parents, who made their living as fashion merchants, are open-minded people who often entertained artists and writers and never refused to exchange in kind anything that could beautify their daily lives. Quality was valued over quantity and they taught me to respect classic craftsmanship virtues. 

Throughout the 00s and 10s, my sister and I ran a large retail business with almost 20 fashion stores across much of the country. When we needed more immersion and authenticity, we shut down that adventure. 

The following years I spent on an inner journey. I had become a mother for the first and second time and could suddenly feel how, in the struggle for external recognition, I had lost contact with my inner self, which I had used as a compass throughout my life. 

It was during those years of spending every day of the week in my home that I rediscovered my passion for creating spaces that resonate on a deeper level.

I set to work with a color palette in one hand and a brush in the other, painting my way closer to my innermost self, room by room. Instead of having screaming white walls, I now had walls and rooms that grabbed me and told a story about my values and dreams. I slowly healed. I found myself and my new life path.