Roberta Ruback
Manageress/Designer
Roberta
has over 30 years experience
at a domestic level within the
interior design industry consulting with both home-owners and
businesses. She believes that having a flair for design and an
intuition for seasonal trends is a gift and cannot be taught. Her
influences in design sway more towards the traditional look but feels
that the team at Corso De' Fiori each have an individual flair that
clients can draw upon and utilise when looking for new concepts.
Tim Bamford
Sales
After years of experience
working with furniture and home wares Tim has joined the team at
Corso De' Fiori. His 22 years experience in the industry enables him
to understand the different styles and themes that are achievable
when creating a special place. Having studied at the Queensland
College of Arts and working in interiors Tim finds himself drawn
back to his interests in period furniture. "French, Georgian,
Regency and of course porcelain and silver really excites me knowing
that in today's living this can all still be mixed".
Massimo Murgia
Director
Three secrets to
successful interiors
1. If you have an empty house to furnish and you do not know
where to start, the first item you can choose is the dining table; from
that, everything will become easy.
The look of the table will determine the chairs; the look of the dining
suite will determine the style of sideboard; your choices for the
dining room will then determine the direction for the living room sofa;
and from there, the coffee table or occasional table, and so on.
Altogether, your chosen pieces will then determine the colour you
decide for the walls, and not the other way around.
2. Do not trust Mother Nature alone to give you that beautiful
indoor outdoor look. If you have a small garden or balcony with plants,
combine the real thing with beautiful reproductions of ferns, ivy or
other greenery that you can artfully mix in with living plants.
When the real plant is not as green as you would like it to be, or it
has grown a bit scraggly, the reproduction plants will help keep the
overall look as lush and tropical as you want it to be.
I am often asked how I manage to keep my jasmine in flower for so much
of the year!
3. I always choose to display my favourite paintings and
sculptures in an obvious position where I can enjoy them every day.
The four or five favourite pieces that I love are always lit with a
spotlight; at night, the room’s soft lighting comes not from a lamp in
the corner, but from the spots that light my collection of paintings
and sculptures.
Instead of walking each evening into a flat semi-lit space, I can walk
into a room that’s like my own personal art gallery – Full of dramatic
effect.