BLACK & WHITE Mood

Start with an exceptional HAND MADE 100% ITALIAN LINEN TABLECLOTH with MATCHING NAPKINS. Our ALESSANDRA HOME MOODS LINENS are made for us near Florence, Italy and cut, stitched and embroidered in the traditional way. E mail us if you want to see more of our custom-made designs! Setting becomes luxurious by …

GOLDEN Mood

TRESOR FLEURI is the latest creation by RAYNAUD: a variation of patterns and colours opening up a multitude of superbly elegant table-setting possibilities. Four different patterns adorn these new creations like precious fabrics brought back from distant travels. The pieces are designed by Mariela Schwarz. Soft beige and frosty chestnut …

PASTEL Mood

astel Mood PARADIS by RAYNAUD is an enchanted collection with a delightful décor, designed in collaboration with Fromental, a well-known name in British interior design. The inspiration for this pattern was drawn from Fromental’s Chinoiserie wallpaper collection, which represents the exoticism and luxuriance of nature overflowing with …

Arranging your PILLOWS

As once said to me “Whoever will love you must accept also your pillows”. Love many pillows on my bed, gets me in a good mood! So, here are a few ways to dress up your bed. Place against the headboard four standard pillows, two on the left and two on the right, one on top of the other. Place upright against them two more standard ones. Place two European …

Egyptian Cotton Fabric

Egyptian cotton is a guarantee of high quality and luxury, it is considered the best in the world. Egyptian cotton is graded by thread count, the number of threads woven into one square inch of fabric. This number adds up the threads woven horizontally (“weft”) and vertically (“warp”). Always look for above 200 thread counts for high quality …

BUTTERFLY Mood

One of my favorite dinnerware sets ever is AUX OISEAUX by BERNARDAUD. The pattern is available in a full dinnerware set with scenes reminiscent of Japanese prints: birds depicted in autumnal colors perch on stylized trees in raised gold. TALISMAN flatware by CHRISTOFLE was designed in 1986 by Bernard Yot, inspired by …

RESTFUL Mood

Our Bed for the Season! FARFALLA SATEEN and FARFALLINE PERCALE by ALESSANDRA HOME MOODS LUXURY LINENS. The choice for our mood of the season bed is 100% made in a small Tuscan town, a short way from Florence, Italy. The combination between the finest Egyptian cotton, weaved in Italy, and the skillful hands …

The importance of the RIGHT GLASS in WINE TASTING

Different wine glass bowl shapes change the speed and concentration at which our nasal receptors receive the aroma (vapours) of wine. There are many different molecules evaporating from the surface of the wine, where flavour resides. This is why …