A home with amazing views over Lake Como now blends local history with stories from afarA little bit of British, a little bit of South African, and a lot of Italian style – this Lake Como house is exactly what the owner hoped to achieve from a very thoughtful renovation. “We didn’t want the house to lose its sense of belonging. We wanted it to stay in the local style,” says Veronique Hopkinson, a creative director who has transformed her background in advertising into a passion for interior design.We are in Menaggio, on the shores of Lake Como, where Veronique and her husband, Bradley, after a very long search, found what they were looking for – a house that they could retire to. “We wanted to buy a property in a Mediterranean country and at the beginning we were very attracted by the sea. We searched in Spain, Portugal and Greece,” says Veronique. “We happened in Menaggio by chance. Bradley was on a business trip in Lugano, which is not far from here, and we came to visit Lake Como. We fell in love with this panorama – the lake, the mountains, everything was perfect, so we decided this must be the place to buy a house.” Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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