First floor · Il Piano Basso
Grounded, generous, cool in summer.
The first floor fills the whole lower storey of the house in Santa Maria al Bagno — thick stone walls that keep the rooms cool at noon.
The kitchen
A kitchen built for long lunches
Stone walls, terracotta underfoot and open shelves of pottery. The long oak table seats six easily, and lunch has been known to stretch into dusk.
The sitting room
Cool stone and linen
A vaulted arch, a deep linen sofa and an olive branch on the table. Cool in the afternoon, golden by evening — the room where the day slows down.
The bedrooms
Two quiet bedrooms
Two quiet bedrooms in the thick-walled corner of the house. Shutters keep the mornings dark and slow; the iron beds are dressed in white linen.
- ✦Bedroom one — double bed
- ✦Bedroom two — twin beds, shuttered and quiet
- ✦Crisp white linen, changed before every arrival