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𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

“𝑊𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐻𝐾’𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒.”

“𝑊𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟.”

“𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦.”

“𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐻𝐾.”

“𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝐾 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑚𝑦 1-𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 [𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠] 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐻𝐾 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝐾.”

“𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢.”

“𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐻𝐾 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝐻𝐾 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠.”

𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞:
New Yorker, Michelle Koller founded Tequila Kola in 1991. Michelle is a graduate of Manhattan’s “Fashion Institute of Technology” (FIT). Her keen eye for color and design has been the driving force behind the growth of this iconic Hong Kong “home” brand.

From the initial small shop in the Princess building, the company has grown into a fabulous emporium full of unique furniture, fabric and accessories. Tequila Kola’s huge flagship showroom, located on the south side of Hong Kong Island, is a home decorator’s paradise. Beautiful striking displays of living room, bedroom and dining room furniture dominate the inspirational space. From stylish sofas to dramatic bedrooms to trendy accent furniture; each room setting helps your imagination come to life and create your perfect home. Tequila Kola sells both modern and antique furniture with bold and colorful patterns which creates a warm and inviting look and is family friendly. Tequila Kola also specializes in upholstering and reupholstering of old furniture.