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\nVibrant hues bring a former silk factory back to lifeIt is a rare feat to feel genuinely welcomed into someone\u2019s home over the phone, let alone by two people you\u2019ve never met. Yet the Covid-19 lockdown made a planned trip to the home of Italian furniture designer Dalila Formentini and her Irish artist husband Sean Shanahan in Lecco, near Lake Como in northern Italy, an illegal passage.So instead, we found ourselves on a WhatsApp call earlier this summer. Fortunately their conversation is as vibrant as the colour palette that defines the former silk factory they call home. \u201cWe started it and just did it \u2013 there has never been a second of doubt,\u201d says Sean. From the pop-pink floors and wallpaper he handpainted in the hall to the jungle-green chimney breast and the unapologetically all-white summer dining room, their home evokes a sense of joy. Continue reading…
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