Outer
stairs of solid stone rise from the private driveway to the first
floor entrance. It opens into
a dining area with beautiful views. The semi-open plan, allows
a high wide arch into the kitchen where a double door opens into
the inner piazza for air and conversation. The terracotta
tile floors are laid in traditional fishbone pattern.
Kitchen equipment includes two stoves: one
is traditional cast iron, wood-burning with oven; the other a
modern high-but gas stovetop with five burners and electric convection
oven below. A dishwasher and cabinets are fitted below gray carrara
marble counters along two walls. Two refrigerators have been tucked
out of sight behind wooden doors under the stairs.
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