{"id":33256,"date":"2016-11-06T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/riot-of-colour-in-a-1960s-semi\/"},"modified":"2016-11-06T13:11:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T06:11:49","slug":"riot-of-colour-in-a-1960s-semi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/riot-of-colour-in-a-1960s-semi\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot of colour in a 1960s semi"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nZinging prints and midcentury art turn Rocco Catalano\u2019s small Northamptonshire house into a box of tricks\u201cIf I could go back in time, I\u2019d live in Italy in the 1960s. I\u2019d be zooming up and down cobbled streets on a Vespa, surrounded by colour and art, hanging out with all the other crazy cats.\u201d It\u2019s fair to say that Rocco Catalano works, lives and breathes retro. The house he shares with his partner, Peter Daniels, zings with the colours and shapes of midcentury design.The key to Catalano\u2019s successful take on 60s style is his unpretentious approach. There\u2019s no \u201coh-it\u2019s-all-so-wonderfully-kitsch\u201d attitude, just a genuine appreciation of an era that buzzed with creativity. This semi in the village of Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, was, appropriately, built in the 1960s. \u201cIt was Peter\u2019s home, but I moved in a year ago \u2013 along with an awful lot of stuff,\u2019 says Catalano. Peter, director of a neurological charity, knew what he was in for. \u201cWe\u2019ve been together for four years so he \u2018gets\u2019 my style,\u201d says Catalano. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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