textiles

11 July 2017

Raising kids is fun. They are so open, unfiltered, imaginative, cute, sometimes nerve-wrackingly selfish and loveable at the same time. You don’t have to have kids to experience all this (I hate it when people make comments like that). You can…Continue reading

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360 shades of….Linara

25 June 2017

Looking for a big selection of colors? You are in luck, Romo has recently increased the assortment of shades in its very popular collection Linara and now you can pick between 360 hues (no kidding, almost one for every day of the…Continue reading

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Beige interiors

6 March 2017

Earth tones are back in fashion, including various warm and elegant shades of beige or sand. As I said in my interview for The Luxe Pad about 2017 interior design trends, Africa will inspire the wall paints this year. In this post,…Continue reading

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Velvet sofas

24 November 2016

It is incredible how things come back in fashion but with a different twist. Twenty, thirty years ago, sofas upholstered in velvet were very common but the colors chosen were mainly beige, brown-yellow and some shades of blue. My mum…Continue reading

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Maud Interiors

1 November 2016

Today is a bank holiday in Italy and a lot of people took yesterday off in order to have 4 days off, a mini break (Italians call the working day or days between the weekend and the bank holiday ponte…Continue reading

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Hermes jungle fever

7 April 2016

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I think I’ve caught the ‘Hermes jungle fever‘. One of my favourite recent designs is Jardin d’Osier by Hermes for Dedar (top image). I love its vibrant colors, the fact that it is exotic still quite abstract; I am sure it…Continue reading

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Indigo blue fabric inspiration

16 January 2016

Indigo Bleu fabrics by William Yeoward for Designers Guild Aboubakar Fofana fabrics for Dara Artisans New Year’s Eve, for my punk party, I made a waistcoat from an old pair of jeans that I bleached by myself. I have had…Continue reading

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Watercoloured cushions

25 September 2015

Hello everyone, I am having a calm September thankfully, it is always the same in Italy after the ‘national’ August break, it takes a few weeks for people to go back on track properly and organize the new projects. I…Continue reading

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Marimekko’s new collection

2 April 2015