“If a house is, as has been said, a reflection and expression of the inner self, Emily’s eye, knowledge, imagination, intuition, and expertise combine to make her the ideal designer to manifest this beautifully and painlessly.”
— Carol MoldawEmily Mingenbach-Henry was born and raised in Taos, New Mexico on the Mabel Dodge Lujan Compound. She graduated in 1991 from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, with a double major in Anthropology and Spanish.
After two years in Los Angeles, one year in Chimayó, and four years in Pittsburgh, she found her home in Santa Fe where she started Emily Henry Interiors in 2002 and Millicent Furniture in 2009. She recently remodeled an old adobe on Santa Fe’s east side where she lives with her family. She spends much of her free time in Santa Fe cooking for family and friends, practicing her piano, and running the trails in the Northern New Mexico Mountains.
“Taking on the project of building a house in Santa Fe from the East Coast was a big endeavor. But working with Emily Henry Interiors made it a pitch perfect experience. Not only did Emily understand exactly how to translate my idea for the interior of the house, but she did it with charm, skill and perfection…always with a keen eye on budget and deadlines. Emily always managed to find the perfect combination of furniture, fabrics and colors to create what is the perfect house. And when I arrived for the holidays with my family, every detail was complete…down to the wood for the fireplaces and utensils in the kitchen. Emily Henry has made coming to Santa Fe an absolute pleasure. And we’ve been enjoying what she has created every time we visit.”
— Michael A. Clinton, President, Marketing and Publishing Director, Hearst Magazines, New York
“Building our dream home while a couple thousand miles away was a daunting challenge. Having an interior designer whom we could trust implicitly, who understood exactly the look and feel we wanted (even when we didn’t quite know how to define it) and who would display great creativity, good humor, infinite patience and passion for our project actually made the laborious process fun.
Emily knew how and where to find just the right furnishings to work with the palette of colors and the contemporary style we preferred. She also extended her reach by actually designing wood furnishings and finding the artisans who could deliver on what we wanted when it was otherwise unavailable.
While Emily shows the flair and panache of the best artistic talent, she is not a temperamental artist, and is always prepared to defer to the will of the client. We could not be more pleased with the end result of Emily’s work and have always been proud to open our home to guests from all over the world who are as impressed with Emily’s interior design as we continue to be.”
— Paul Laudicina
“Emily is an expert at her ‘craft’ —you know it the first moment you meet her. A designer of exquisite taste and deep consideration for her clients, the craftsmen and women she works with and the materials used. Walking into her Showroom is to be embraced by a symphony of natural texture all elevated by the human touch to bring out their beauty and most luxurious qualities. Emily is a true gem we are lucky to have in Santa Fe.”
-Franziska Neumann
