Interior designer Bartolomeo di Crespi's passion for work supersedes all else. His makeover dream is his local church,which is long overdue an overhaul. But can his vision bring together the townspeople, his feuding family and find love for his friends7 This warm, witty and tender tale of love, life and soft furnishings will make you want to hit Habitat!

Makeover specialist Bartolomeo Di Crespi is all his name suggests - stylish, sophisticated, a legend in his own time. From the Mediterranean to Manhattan his taste reigns supreme. When the renovation of his hometown church comes up for tender,Bartolomeo assumes only he can do justice to the task ahead.But the local pastor, Father Porporino, has other ideas...Captivating, hilarious, bursting with effervescent life, as fanciful as flocked wallpaper, Rococo is a comic masterpiece with a heart of gold leaf from Richard & Judy favourite Adriana Trigiani.

1. The Duke of Decor on the Jersey Shore / 3

2. A Tudor in Tumult / 47

3. The Ottoman Empire / 83

4. Matelasse in Manhattan / 129

5. Monica Vitti's Chandelier / 157

6. The Bernini ofBayRidge / 195

7. A Mural in Manasquan / 225

8. Mrs. Mandelbaum Regrets / 263

9. Brocade in Brielle / 309

 10. The Real Miracle of Fatima / 349

  Acknowledgments / 383