A Very Fashionable Home
Most of us would love to live in one of the most fashionable homes in the world, but unfortunately, for the vast majority of us this is but a distant dream. Not so for Frida Giannini, creative director at Gucci, whose beautiful home has been featured in a number of top fashion magazines.
Every aspect of the home is designed from the ground up to make it appear like a living, breathing work of art. Unique features include an incredibly large collection of records, beautifully arranged on dedicated shelving units to form a striking image of artistic grace and retro stylings.
Giannini’s home also includes a remarkable marble fireplace as a central feature. This is the sort of 19th century artefact that many home owners would kill to possess. In Giannini’s home the marbling of the fireplace is tastefully echoed by an abstract impressionist painting that hangs above it. The sheer elegance of this design reminds us why features like this are the preserve of talented designers and not the average person – their inordinate value would surely be wasted on any but the boldest and greatest creative visionaries.
The Gucci designer also offered some free advice to wannabe interior designers. She suggests that a home should always be a work in progress, meaning that a tablescape or two and perhaps one or two other areas of the home should be reserved for temporary artistic displays. This helps to breathe fresh life into a familiar space without threatening the overall composition of the home.
For those of us without quite so much money to spend, discount retailers such as fashionforhome.co.uk can offer a great way to get hold of high-quality and beautiful furnishings without paying the enormous prices demanded by the most deliberately exclusive designer brands. There is no shortage of stylish designer leather sofas on offer from the Fashion For Home catalogue – and whilst these are generally not quite as desirable as the 1960s Arne Jacobsen chair feature in Frida Giannini’s home, they will come at a fraction of its frighteningly large price tag.