“We asked northern New Mexico native Emily Henry, the woman behind Millicent furniture, to share her favorite haunts, shops and eats with us.”

“Each of Millicent’s impressive designs seem to be popping out of the furniture and are a sure way to awe buyers. The unique style of Henry’s furniture is a true reflection of the artistic and cultural city where it is developed.”

“Henry creates hand-carved modern Americana pieces featuring poplar and brass in the hope, she says, of ‘Reviving and updating the Northern New Mexico wood working cottage industry’.”

“My upbringing was intensely creative and free-styling”, Henry said, “Uninhibited and full of adventure … gathering arrowheads and potsherds and exploring the haunted and mysterious back roads of Taos,” adding, “On the one hand, there was almost unlimited freedom to explore and create. On the other, there was a heavy responsibility to fend for one’s self.”

“The environment plays heavily into Henry’s furniture, a line of poplar and pine credenzas and side tables that are hand-carved with stylized local motifs: wild plum blossoms, cactus pads, and pigeons on a wire that Henry—with a little shuffle resembling a Native American tribal dance—refers to as Navajo birds.”