Category: Blog

Live in a studio apartment? Or have an extra bedroom in your house? Regardless of your situation, you want to maximize every square foot of your living space. The living room section is an oasis for family and friends to not only gather but it also serves as an emergency sleeping area if need be. […]

You probably have a secret Pinterest board pinned with your favorite interior design styles. Who doesn’t? However, you probably also have more than one board with your favorite couch styles, tables, chairs etc. So, which one is your style? Which one really matches your personality? Interior Styles At Michelangelo Designs As a millennial, when we […]

Looking for high end, affordable and chic sofas? Michelangelo Designs is the place to be. Established in 1985, we were the first and only Italian Design Center in the USA. Among all the luxurious brands we work with, Michelangelo Designs is proud to showcase sofa designs by Egoitaliano.  Egoitaliano creates some of the top Italian […]

Italian furniture has firmly established itself as a leading source of quality for the home, office, fine dining establishments and luxury hotels.  Inimitable in quality, it transcends the common. But the array of brands is dizzying.  Such is the life of fine furnishings in one of the most vibrant sources of design in the world […]

The living room is one of the most public spaces in your home.  Here is where you receive and entertain guests and spend time with family and friends. It’s a room which demands more than a few tired family photos and a couple of equally tired throw cushions.  The living room demands that you aspire […]

Color is the name of the interior design game these days.  For too long relegated to the back burner, color has again surged to the forefront as a crucial component of home décor. Stylish dining room colors and combinations run the gamut from super-saturated to subtle this year, but if one thing’s for sure, color’s […]

Is there any greater pleasure than curling up with a good book in a cozy corner of your living room?  But sometimes, our desire to model style over comfort heads us off.  We become victims of our own excellent taste. What purpose does form serve if it’s not meshed with function?  Any reader will tell […]

We spend fully 1/3rd of our lives sleeping, if we insist on the requisite 8 hours per night, which we should.  So, shouldn’t our sleeping space be as luxurious and comfortable as possible? At Michelangelo, we certainly think so.  If you’re as passionate about quality bedding as we are, you’ll appreciate this brief luxury bedding […]

Made in Italy.  Those three words are redolent of quality, craftsmanship and an almost uncanny sense of beauty’s quintessence. But in a world which seeks instant gratification and low price points, the cachet and allure of the Made in Italy label may have lost some of its lusters.  Today’s consumers want it now. They want […]

Nothing says home quite like the comfort of a sofa.  Today, acknowledged as a necessary component of any living room, the sofa wasn’t always a part of our lives.  It’s been developed over centuries, coming to us in various incarnations to arrive at its current, iconic status. Sophisticated sofas: the elegance of classic padded elements […]

Your classic living room is where you share your personal style with friends and family.  It’s a point of pride for you and a revelatory expression of who you are, when visitors join you for the evening. And a luxury wooden sideboard for a classic living room is a prestigious addition to the space’s ambience, […]

Maybe living in an ancient loft looking out on the Campo dei Fiori in Rome isn’t in the cards for you.  And maybe you can’t find your way to that breathtaking, permanent terrace in Capri, the Mediterranean’s blue vastness arrayed at your feet. But you can bring a slice of that inimitable glamor into your […]