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...
AT Europe: Florence - Valeria & Alberto's High-Ceilinged Two-Bedroom
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...
view willalanjr's profile
does anyone know where that light comes from?
view pinchas's profile
I love the big dining table. How very Italian....
view Scout's profile
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.
view twoeightnine's profile
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.
view yeahjules's profile
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.
view Deborah's profile
Tolomeo Mega Floor Lamp in Silver from Room and Board
http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/product.do?method=get&id=389221&coll=377496&cat=86
Chicago Craigslist - Scavenger Item on AT Chicago
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/fur/490559927.html
view yeahjules's profile
Not that impressed. book shelves could use straightening, no eye raising painted wall. Location, location, location.
view VickyA's profile
Unimpressed. Does an apartment automatically get a post if located in Italy?
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