Why, hello there! Sorry for posting a little late today. I've been busy launching a 30 Day Home Love challenge on Instagram with Holly Becker this morning. We hope it will bring a little light to everyone's day and help to make our homes a brighter place! Please do come and join in if you fancy it! SO, on with today's tour. And I thought we could take a peek inside the beautiful rustic home of Sarah Tognetti in the hills of Genoa, Italy today. Sarah, who founded the magazine Slow Home Slow Living Living, husband Gigi and their two daughters Beatrice (15) and Mathilde (12) enjoy a slow pace of life nestled between the beautiful Ligurian mountains and the sea. Their country home is filled with natural touches, raw materials and earthy tones. Fresh in-season flowers and plants also help to bring nature indoors. Welcome to Sarah's cosy world!
The family's pink residence is nestled amongst a cluster of pretty houses on the Genoa hillside. She and her family are the first to live in the house in over a century. In the past it has been a carpentry workshop, a tavern and a meeting place where people got together to dance during the war.
"We love nature and our dream is to buy a house with lots of land and be able to cultivate it," Sarah tells me.
The kitchen has a really Scandinavian feel to it, don't you think? I love the open wood shelving lined with jars of pasta, pulses and rice - they add a really cosy touch.
A vintage dresser in the kitchen has been painted in a soft grey from Farrow & Ball and filled with bowls, baskets, tins, glasses, kitchen towels and other necessities!
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Sarah shared this picture in the #30dayhomelove challenge on Instagram today as her favourite room. I can totally see why, it's somewhere cosy where everyone in the home can gather. There's also a great wood burning stove which can be fired into action on chillier days. So toasty!
There's so much to love about the master bedroom - the whitewashed wood cladding, the linen curtains, the plants..... But also, if you have a sloped ceiling, putting in a dummy wall like this is a great way to optimise space.
Look what we have here! My book The Scandinavian Home! What an honour that my interior book has been a source of inspiration for Sarah. And I see it's in great company too!
Such a beautiful home, don't you think?
Is there anything in particular that stood out to you?
Sarah's instagram feed is really beautiful too - if you don't already follow her, it's a must!
If you're in the mood for more mountain / hill home inspiration today, make yourself cosy and take a peek at these charming spaces:
Sending lots of love and hugs to Italian readers and all today.
Niki
Photography: Sarah Tognetti / @shabbychicinteriors
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The lilacs in the sink jumped out at me! Personally, I am more curious to see what people's actual shelter in place abodes look like...the amazon boxes of crackers, pasta and beans waiting to be unpacked, the ad hoc work from home offices, the various bottles of potions (vitamins, essential oils, herbs) cluttering their countertops. The disinfectant wipees, the discarded plastic gloves......
ReplyDeleteI like escapism, but realism keeps me grounded....sharing how we are coping is helpful and comforting too..that we are all struggling with the same reality worldwide.
Blessings on you Niki for the escapism too.
Hello! I have been reading and admiring your blog for a while now, but this is my first time commenting. One of the things I like about this home is that even though it is lovely and uncluttered it still looks like a real family lives there. As a mother of three little ones (age 4 years to 7 months old) practicality is very important! Thank you for all the wonderful inspiration.
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