the PM show – If You Like O, You Will Love P

Did you know that the fashion industry is the first to dictates new trends in home décor, car design and every aspect of our lives? Home transparencies came about when a few years ago fashion designers invented the lingerie effect in clothing. Soft layers over soft textures create dimension and an interesting personal image. Window [...]

Have you ever felt precious in a particular color? Emerald green might just be one of those colors. Emerald green emanates all the luster of a gem, but it is a dark color whether one wears it or lives in it. In order to bring out its beauty, a beautiful lighting effect should play a [...]

I read in a travel magazine that in North America 25% of the population never takes vacations and 37% will only take one week of vacation a year. Considering that North America is a highly productive part of the world, how can we keep our sanity and keep on producing our wealth if we don’t [...]

Did you not love last month of parties, celebrations, tasting unusual food and fun drinks? I love it and the people who know me, also know I don’t need an excuse to eat and drink. Life is for living, not deprivations. After dinner drinks seems to be one of my favorite part of a dinner. [...]

Christmas frenzy has started already. Some people have totally completed their tasks, decorations and shopping by now, others are stirring themselves crazy. As usual every year I see Christmas decorations and fairy lights go up soon after Halloween in certain residential areas and a sad darkness the day right after Christmas. In Europe, au contraire, [...]

Here they come, they are landing in a country of warm people, tasty food and free thinkers. The palm trees are showing their majestic leave tops to the people in the plane and the flat land with white terrace roofs might give the impression that my travelers have taken the wrong plane to Africa, but [...]

A few months ago, I was contacted on Linkedin by an Italian lady from Turin, a total stranger in my circle up to that moment. We started talking and hit it off quite well since the very first conversation. It turned out she is the inventor/designer of Olimpia, a very particular necklace, resembling a corset, [...]

It seems that the book on the subject of colors I wrote this year has pushed certain needs to talk about etiquette, beauty and mannerism. This is new twist of my business that has been quite an interesting one. Why is that just now I see a different image of people that I did not [...]

You have heard of the Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Cotton Bowl and Sugar Bowl, but have you heard of the Finger Bowl? Well, you will not find it in common restaurants anymore. It was presented with the check in expensive restaurants. Today, you just might find it still in super upscale sophisticated restaurants [...]

By: Valentina Cirasola  | Interior Designer Trulli houses are conic shaped houses of the 11th century situated in the Puglia region of Italy on the Adriatic Sea. The name Trulli (plural) or Trullo for one, originated from the Greek tholos. The caselle as they are also called locally are constructed in concentric rings made with [...]

The rules of Conduct, or Etiquette of everyday life, have always distinguished the humans from the animals. The rules of conduct have had a great value in the evolution of man, an intelligent way to regulate his own life and the life of others. However, the revolution of the ‘60s brought into society a refusal [...]

So much is happening in the world of Italy in the month of April and May. I will be there in May working on a remodeling project, vacationing and taking notes. Not knowing when my work and my play stop and start, I am considering myself very lucky. While I am there, I will take [...]

I recently found the Lightboys Company found by duo designers Jirko Bannas and Oliver Seltmann. They produce sets of lights to bring focus to an often neglected feature of modern interior design – the ceiling. Using large format photographs, the duo transforms pictures of glass and classical domed roofs into suspended ceiling lights. The frames [...]

I know it is only February, but in my book is already time to think of summer vacation, if I want to catch good prices on hotels and air fair. I am going to Europe in May, weather and people have a good disposition in the spring. I was watching the travel channel a few [...]

The new colors of next year will need to have their pulse checked as they are going to be hot, very hot and vibrant! Nothing will be boring, nothing will be ordinary and no color will be used in the manner we have used it so far. We will see a roaring display of colors [...]