INTERIORS
Rustic Italian trattorias are the home trend we now want
Classic and homely, the trend references dreamy Italian holidays and easy suppers in rustic trattorias, says Sarah Macken
The Sunday Times
Life is busy. And yet, now more than ever, there exists a pressure to have an oh-so-perfect home all the time. Perhaps it’s because we’re constantly barraged with Insta-friendly interiors that we’ve forgotten that real life often takes over and that, by the end of a busy week, it’s entirely fair to be more preoccupied with laundry loads than designing an alfresco tablescape for dinner with friends. That’s why when an aesthetic comes along that’s easy — and beautiful — I feel it deserves some airtime.
The nonna chic trend that’s gripping interiors this summer is right up my alley. Nonna is the Italian word for grandmother and the look nods to the matriarchs of the Italian household — and the authentic Italian table settings