{"id":138545,"date":"2023-07-29T22:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/life-on-the-tiles-in-our-dream-sicilian-home\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T22:19:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:19:39","slug":"life-on-the-tiles-in-our-dream-sicilian-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/life-on-the-tiles-in-our-dream-sicilian-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Life on the tiles in our \u2018dream\u2019 Sicilian home"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAn abandoned cobbler\u2019s shop in Ragusa has been rebuilt with geometric tiling throughout, and a spectacular roof terraceYou\u2019ve heard the adage, go bold or go home, but what happens when the two aren\u2019t mutually exclusive? Take the Sicilian home of Ilenia Pappalardo and Nicola Spata in the popular city of Ragusa. A former abandoned cobbler\u2019s shop that the couple bought in 2018 before gutting and completely restoring, it is an ode to vibrant modernism that doesn\u2019t so much put the humble tile into the spotlight, but makes it the all-singing, all-dancing star of the show.It was a \u201cdream come true\u201d to realise, agree Pappalardo, 37, and Spata, 41, a dental hygienist and an accountant. They enlisted local architects Studio Gum, run by husband-and-wife team Valentina Giampiccolo and Giuseppe Minaldi, to mastermind the restoration. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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