Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Cantina: October 2011

Summer Living Room in the basement. Finally it is finished!

Well, we got to work right away after our arrival on Saturday. Started painting on Sunday & touch-up on Monday morning. Then we unloaded the van & brought all the furniture in. Rudi installed the lamps & started putting the Ikea bed together... It was in a million pieces & we couldn't finish Monday night. So Tuesday afternoon we (actually Rudi) finished the daybed.... with one piece left over... We have decided that they gave us an extra piece rather than taking it apart & starting over! Then we hung the mirrors & the picture and spent the rest of the evening admiring our handiwork.

On Wednesday we took a day off and went to the beach... We had beautiful weather, around 28°C (80-85°F). Then we went to Orsogna to buy supply of wine for return trip. After all, we had an empty van for return!

Thursday we worked all day in the garden & cleaned, ready to close the house till next spring! Then we had a celebratory dinner to christen the new room with Giussy, Phillip, Giulia & Anabelle.

View from back to the front of the room...

Art deco buffet...

View to the door...

Vincenzo's wine bottles which we inherited and lovely weight scale we got from our friends Saskia & Guus...

The very cheap lamp we bought at 2nd hand shop:

2nd lamp...

The bathroom:

Bathroom mirror:

Lovely lamp we bought in Italy...

From front to back...

New lamp we bought in Beverwijk (Black Market):

Lovely old mirror with brushes we got from our friends, Guus & Saskia:

Living room with cave in the corner: that is the wine cellar...

The living/dining room upstairs (new mirror from Ikea):

Dining table we bought at 2nd hand shop...

DayBed: pulls out into a double bed with drawers underneath for bedlinnens...
Living/Dining room upstairs:






Monday, August 22, 2011

July 2011 Vacation



This year's vacation was mid-July to 1st week of August. We spent a week with our friends, Regina & Bram Bonhof & their children Bart & Anne Sophie. We had a lot of laughs.

Aperitivo time!

Giardino! The work paid off, now we can relax in the garden...





Fiori

Our new bougainvillea: Rudi had to paint the fence first...




Bounty from the river & sea for our rock garden...



Koda at sea.... Throw the ball!!!Good boy! Ridin' the waves...

Excavation of monastery in the Gole (gorge): about 15 minutes' walk from our house....



Majella National Park

Roccascalegna castleAbove: ghostchild in the attic of the castle "Anne Sophie"

Majella National Park:
Above: Cablecar to Grotte del Cavallone...



Then 300 more steps....


Goodnight: Via San Pietro Vico IX No. 3