Look inside the chic home of interior architect Tullio Orlandi

See how this blank-canvas apartment in Limerick has been transformed into a comfortable, designer living space

The living room has conversation as its focal point rather than a television. Pictures: Dan Linehan

The Victorian writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton had this motto: “In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.”

He’s not exactly a household name, but he’s responsible for other lexicon staples we use to make a point — the pen is mightier than the sword, being another.