AT Europe: Florence - Valeria & Alberto's High-Ceilinged Two-Bedroom

Leonardo da Vinci once slept in the former monastery where sister and brother Valeria and Alberto bought an apartment together seven years ago, on a beautiful, sleepy square in Florence, Italy...

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They hired an architect to help them maximize their soaring ceilings, installing climbing vertical bookcases in the study and modernizing the stairs to the upstairs loft. The flat is equipped with two large, extremely long bathrooms, one on top of the other over two floors, so each sibling has ample private space. They installed Japanese sliding doors to the bedrooms, and they use what's left of their generous wall space to host visiting at-home art exhibitions -- a painter friend lent them the art that's currently on the walls.

- Kristin Hohenadel blogging from rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. She can be reached at kristinh @ apartmenttherapy . com

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Beautiful...but it's a little bit of a cheap trick to throw Piazza della Signoria in at the end...

posted by willalanjr on November 26th 2007 at 1:30pm
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does anyone know where that light comes from?

posted by pinchas on November 26th 2007 at 2:32pm
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I love the big dining table. How very Italian....

posted by Scout on November 26th 2007 at 2:55pm
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Not only Piazza della Signoria but also my personal favorite Piazza della Santissima Annunziata. Though I'm not sure how they relate to the apartment being that they're about 1km apart.

posted by twoeightnine on November 26th 2007 at 5:01pm
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So beautiful! I love the wrapping book shelves It must overlook Piazza della Santissima Annunziata! (Both the first and last photos are from that piazza!) I want to live there, I'm so jealous.

posted by yeahjules on November 27th 2007 at 4:33am
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I, too, would like to know about the lamp over the desk.

It's a living space with all their books and needs met but no fussy clutter. It's very appealing.

posted by Deborah on November 27th 2007 at 5:16am
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Tolomeo Mega Floor Lamp in Silver from Room and Board

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posted by yeahjules on November 27th 2007 at 8:18am
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Not that impressed. book shelves could use straightening, no eye raising painted wall. Location, location, location.

posted by VickyA on November 27th 2007 at 8:35am
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Unimpressed. Does an apartment automatically get a post if located in Italy?

posted by wiscompton on November 28th 2007 at 1:16pm
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