12/06/2024
Choose a color scheme that moves away from the classic red and green. Opt for elegant tones like gold, silver, snow white, and champagne. Add a hint of color with soft pastels, such as blush pink or powder blue, for a modern and refined effect.

Natural elements like fir branches, pinecones, red berries, and wood can take center stage in your decorations. Combine them with minimalist details, like monochromatic baubles or geometric ornaments, for an elegant yet cozy look.
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Use warm, soft lights to create an intimate atmosphere. String lights aren’t just for the Christmas tree—place them around mirrors, windows, or shelves to add a magical touch to every corner.
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A well-set table is the heart of Christmas celebrations. Choose tablecloths and napkins in natural fabrics, such as linen or cotton, and pair them with minimalist centerpieces made of candles and small green accents. Don’t forget personalized place cards to make every guest feel special.
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Complete the sensory experience with scented candles or diffusers that evoke the fragrances of the holidays: cinnamon, orange, and pine. These details help create a warm and inviting ambiance.
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Interior Designer since 1985
CEO & Founder, Italian Design in the World
Before the system, there is the design. A home that knows how to move air stays liveable in summer with very little energy.
A holiday home lives on a few things, well chosen. It is an exercise in subtraction that teaches a lot about the everyday home too.
Colour isn't a decorative choice. It's a decision about volume, light and emotional temperature — and getting it wrong costs you every time you walk into the room.
Honest materials, real scents: a home is felt before it is seen.
Kitchen and bathroom are where the home meets water every day — preparation, cleaning, care, rest. That is why they are also where the gap between beautiful in rendering and sustainable in use shows first: droplets at joints, twisted paths, light that lies about the face, surfaces that demand obsessive cleaning.
In the city, those few square metres beyond the door are often the only truce between the flat and the noise outside. They are not a decorative extra: they are a border — different light, different wind, different rules. Yet too many balconies stay storage for crates, folding chairs and rushed tiles, as if design stopped at the glass.