La Dolce Vita

An inspirational room. This! is what I want for my space as my art is created.

Today in The Guardian: 

Inside the joyful Lombardy home of Rosita Missoni

What a space! What a place! A mixture of collected and created art in one's bedroom. What could be more welcoming and comforting.

And what a wonderful approach to living

...A sense of celebration permeates Rosita’s home, which is like her three-dimensional autobiography, or a family photo album come to life, each corner featuring a memento, a sculpture, a book or a trinket that transports her back to a specific time and place. “My home is my nest,” she says.

Fifty years on from building their forever home, the magnetism of the mountain town has kept Rosita’s family close by. Her children, Angela and Luca – who both held senior roles at the fashion brand until last year – along with their children and grandchildren all live within 10 minutes’ drive and pop in regularly to share meals. “This is an open house!” she laughs. “Everybody is welcome here.”

A flea-market addict – something she delights in having passed down to her daughter and granddaughters – Rosita can regularly be found seeking out objects wherever she may be to satisfy her appetite for a curiosity to bring home. “I never know what’s going to come into my life. It could be a table, a piece of fabric. I walk quite quickly, but when something catches my eye…”

“I have had the privilege of living a long life and I take great pleasure in sharing our home.”