Our (not so) golden arches
Lining both sides of the main street of Pieve di Teco is an arcade of covered arches…
Oh those beautiful tiles!
I think 50% of the reason we bought this place was because of the floors. We’ve always loved original cement tiles like this, so you can imagine how giddy we were to find room after room of it in some of the most incredible patterns we’ve seen. Best of all,…
Treasure
It’s not uncommon for an Italian house to have things left behind when you buy it. Most of the time it’s junk, but there can be some gems mixed in with the trash if you look carefully. It seems as if the last person to live in our palazzo was…
What’s that in the floor?
Who wants to see some beams?
On the top floor of the palazzo, there’s a bit of a sag on one of the bedroom floors. We figured it was due to water leaking in from the known roof issues but we wanted to check it out. We also wanted to see what kind of beams were…