A Loft in Milan

Milan (or could it be New York?)A basic scheme of colours, white as milk, brown as cocoa and a dramatic (not for the unfit...) set of concrete stairs to link three levels  White is used also for the concrete floor for a  minimalist approach, all furniture is custom designed   Refreshing colours, clean lines for the bathroom...

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Home Decor Fornasetti's Style

I have written already on Piero Fornasetti last November.While recently in Milan I went, as always, to see what was new. Talking to the manager I heard that soon they will be moving to another location, bigger and more visible.The present one in via Manzoni is in fact inside a courtyard and beyond an ornate wrought iron gate, so you really...

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At Home

I like to introduce you to this Home.I am sure you'll appreciate the somber elegance created with the choice of wallpaper, the selection of materials and furniture. An example of the informal but at the same time refined atmosphere of this Home Note how they introduced and played colours only with few objects displayed around and mostly with...

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The Proust Questionnaire

Last year, when I moved from a house to an apartment, my niece Valentina gave me, as a housewarming gift, "The Proust Questionnaire" a wonderful, refined book published by Assouline, Paris. She bought the pink version in English for me and the orange version in French for her mother (she knew well that I lately love hot pink while my sister...

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Armani style at Home

 The (still) gorgeous Giorgio with his trademark sweater! A pinch of vanity, playing with name's initial on this screen Armani Casa was established in 2000 with the launch of the first dedicated Armani Casa store in the elegant via Manzoni, Milan.They now have 80 stores in 45 countries around the world and they just opened the first...

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Happy Valentine day

                                                       A Kiss is a kiss......

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More on Milan

Milan is the capital of Lombardy and Italy's second largest city with a population of about 3 million.Most people visiting Italy go to Tuscany, to Venice or to a few other places, but almost nobody goes to Milan for a holiday. In fact Milan is a busy working city, full of energy and of creativity, but there is more to Milan than Business,...

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Milano

I am back in my (first) city and keeping an eye on the latest trends...Milano is the capital of Design, no doubt, where old masters of Design are still revered and where young creative designers can find their way, a beautiful harmony of Old and NewMilan is also the capital of Fashion, where Armani, Versace and so many others live and work.The...

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