FEBRUARY CONTENTS

ENGLISH SUMMARY

FEATURES Books 10 - Rendezvous 14 - Carnet 16-Direct line 20 - Auctions 24 - Arts&Crafts 28 - Design hotel 30-Shades34-Getinspired62-WineResort128-Addresses177. INTERIORS An eclectic and elegant penthouse in Turin 38 - Renovation of an old home in Paris 50 - A colonial White House in Warsaw 66. RENOVATION A blast of green in a Sicilian house 86 - Ethnic and Scottish colours in Cortina 102. DECORATING/BUILDING The islands of comfort 80 - Wood for life 96 - Full-height doors 110 - Design that hits new heights 116 - In the sunlight 118. GREEN SPACE A rocky garden with sea views in Provence 120. REPORT In Gressoney, in the footsteps of Queen Margherita of Savoy 130 - A second home at the foot of Monte Rosa 138. ESTATE AGENT’S WINDOW 145. ENGLISH ARTICLES 173.

EDITORIAL

Colours improve your biorhythm

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“We are emerging from years of minimalism with regards to the use of colour into an era of polychromy. Colours are back because today, thanks to modern technology, we can have all the colour and imagination we want”, explains Silvia Botti, co-author with Massimo Caiazzo of the book Abitare i colori (Living with colour), which opens the new and broader Books column, just one of the changes made to the magazine as part of its latest restyling that we hope our readers will like. “Colours help us to feel better in the spaces we live in and affect our biorhythm, but can also have negative effects, so they must be chosen with caution”, adds the renowned journalist. Anna Giustolisi, known as the “architect of colour”, agrees with this sentiment and uses green, which symbolises balance and harmony, to modernise a historic Sicilian home. According to English interior decorator Patricia Guild in her book La couleur dans la décoration, “Colour is the most striking element of decoration”, but it is imperative to understand the language. For many years, has been following the latest trends in its Shades column, edited by the architect Claudia Schiera. This month, the column presents a shade of violet