{"id":186,"date":"2015-09-29T12:18:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T02:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:37:40","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #e82b84;\"><strong>Welcome to Peter\u2019s of Kensington<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The year, 1977 was huge for Australia, as the setting for HRH Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s Silver Jubilee Goodwill tour. Next, Swedish pop royalty, ABBA arrived for a live concert extravaganza.<\/p>\n<p>Advance Australia Fair became the National Anthem and heralded the re-election of the &#8216;tower of power&#8217;, Malcolm Fraser as Prime Minister. Meanwhile during this very same year, a modest gift store opened that would one day become an international shopping destination &#8211; the family-owned retailer, Peter&#8217;s of Kensington was born and shoppers have basically never looked back.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s now so easy to click onto the website of this luxe cornucopia, which stocks everything from exclusive French tableware &#8211; to rare designer bedding, state-of-the-art kitchen appliances, curated beauty products and specialist food items including rare olive oils from the mountains of Greece. But be warned, it\u2019s so hard to click off again, as you\u2019re always discovering something fresh and new.<\/p>\n<p>We also have a bustling store at Birkenhead Point to visit when you wish to be further inspired not only by the range of homewares available but also by the competitive prices. Browse to your heart\u2019s content and then contemplate your purchases as you take a break in our instore caf\u00e9, which boasts an equally enticing menu.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why in the world would you shop anywhere else?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Peter\u2019s of Kensington The year, 1977 was huge for Australia, as the setting for HRH Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s Silver Jubilee Goodwill tour. Next, Swedish pop royalty, ABBA arrived for a live concert extravaganza. Advance Australia Fair became the National Anthem and heralded the re-election of the &#8216;tower of power&#8217;, Malcolm Fraser as Prime, <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/about-us\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":337,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-186","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www2.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6384,"href":"https:\/\/www2.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/6384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.petersofkensington.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}