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At home with Sala founder Sarah Lindsay
Step inside Sarah Lindsay's stunning Ponsonby villa restoration.
11 August 2025
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Sala founder Sarah Lindsay shares a look inside her restored 1800s Ponsonby villa, creating a nourishing family home just a block from her movement studio.
Her design philosophy blends old and new, favouring secondhand finds, bold use of colour, and a growing collection of art from local NZ artists. The home is a sanctuary for family rituals, prioritising connection over perfection. This unique property, filled with personal style and history, is currently listed for sale on Trade Me.
As you might gather from their conversational seating set-ups, the couple enjoy hosting, “but at the moment,” says Sarah, “I prefer to be hosted. We live such busy lives and at the end of the day, I have decision fatigue, so I like switching off and surrendering to the choices of someone else’s menu.”
Wiggle candlesticks by Bias Editions pick up on the colour in paintings by Grace Bader in the dining room furnished with a handcrafted table Sarah and husband Joshua found on Trade Me. She explains it was sent up from Ōtautahi/Christchurch by a couple who had fed their family around it for 20 years. “I love that we’ll do the same for our family for the next 20 — a continuation of tenderness.”
As well as her treasured record player, Sarah says her most prized possession might be copy of singer/songwriter Patti Smith’s memoir, Just Kids. “A friend bought it for me for my first trip to India, and it has since become my favourite book and travelled around the world with me."
Sarah's Ponsonby home at 1 Mira Place is currently for sale on Trade Me.
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