Our Story

Welcome! My name is Milane and I’m the Chief Treasure Hunter here at Love, Laney.

For over 15 years, I’ve had the privilege of helping others build their dream businesses as a freelance marketing professional, and while I still do this 9-5, I accidentally created my own in 2024 after a thrifter’s high took hold… One minute I was buying a teapot, the next I had a website.

Love, Laney is the happy accident of my combined passions: thrifting, gifting, sustainability, and giving back. I find one-of-a-kind gifts, celebrated for their age, individuality, or unrealised potential, and every order you place has a positive impact!

I’ve always believed that the best gifts are the ones you’re not looking for - the ones that find you when you least expect it - and that’s the magic I aim to create with Love, Laney.

Whether it’s a thank you, house warming, or just because gift, every item has been hand-picked with heart and nostalgia.

My love for pretty and peculiar things started when I was a little girl, mesmerised by the display cabinet in my grandparents’ living room. It was filled with porcelain figurines and shiny trinkets - for admiring, but rarely touching. 

So I’d gather pincushions and used postcards from around the house to play shops with them instead. We used a neatly stocked three-tiered step ladder, and traded treasures for pennies… A metallic scent fondly etched in my memory forever.

Those childhood moments sparked a lifelong love of collecting and curating, which today looks less like a step ladder, and more like an Etsy store (minus the eye-watering prices).

So relax, pour a cuppa and get ready to discover some weird and wonderful yet surprisingly functional finds, lovingly hand-picked from travels and troves across Melbourne and beyond. 

Thank you for supporting my teeny business! 

To provide unique, practical and pretty pre-treasured gifts that are rich in history, artisanal quality, or novelty. In doing so, we provide customers with sustainable gift ideas that are low in carbon, but big on impact. 

To create real and meaningful global impact through simple, everyday business transactions. Every time you buy from Love, Laney, something positive happens in the world to create a brighter future for our planet and its vulnerable inhabitants.