 Click to see on Amazon At Home in Italy showcases a sumptuous selection of the country’s most beautiful houses, described beautifully by the Editor of AD Italia, Nicoletta del Buono, and captured by photographer Massimo Listri. As del Buono’s text makes clear, as varied as traditional Italian approaches to design are—each unique to its region—they are nevertheless easily identifiable as Italian. With over two hundred stunning color photographs of thirty houses, ranging from sweeping panoramas to close-ups of specific rooms, furniture, and design details, this compelling book highlights the merging of traditional settings and modern comforts that epitomizes Italian style. At Home in Italy has something to offer to every lover of Italy and interior design.  Click to see on Amazon Tuscan Elements brings to life the colors, textures, and aesthetics of the Tuscan house—the magnificent stone and marble work; the hardwoods like chestnut, oak, and elm; earthy terra-cotta and brick; and the all-important water feature, used in ponds, fountains, and pools. This unique, visual sourcebook deconstructs the typical Tuscan home and examines its basic components in dazzling detail. Photographer Simon McBride illustrates these magical elements which you can use to infuse both your home and garden with a little bit of Tuscany. This book is a must-have for a source of never-ending inspiration.  Click to see on Amazon Italian Rustic is a step-by-step guide to recreating the romance and appeal of the weathered Italian farmhouse. This nuts-and-bolts guide to building Italian-style affords the reader all the elements to create their own rustic Italian home, from stone walls to artisanal stucco wall finishes. Author Elizabeth Minchilli is an American designer based in Rome and Tuscany, says of her readers, "People are hungry to know how terra-cotta tiles were laid, or how fireplaces were built." she says. A collaboration with her Italian architect husband, the team created a book that explains in clear details, along with photos and drawings, how to lay a tile floor a la Italiana, or add a Tuscan-style pergola to any garden, and much more. With more than 300 stunning photographs shot on location in Tuscany and Umbria, the book contains profiles of local artisans, engaging text on how the farmhouse style evolved, and targeted advice on how Americans can find Italian-style building materials and craftsmen close to home. Definitely a must-have in your Italian style collection!  Click to see on Amazon This is Elizabeth Minchilli's first book, a breathtakingly photographed volume that offers inside and outside inspirations from twenty-two lovingly restored Italian homes--labors of love by people whose passion for Italy just couldn't be ignored. Owners and designers share anecdotes about their experiences with local artisans, vendors, and bureaucracy, while offering real-world advice on the tactics of restoring a house in a foreign country. Whether you plan to embark on a complete redesign or renovation of your own home, home owners and dreamers alike will value the information presented in Restoring a Home in Italy. This is a book is a lush and beautiful inspiration for designing your own piece of Italy in your own home.  Click to see on Amazon For centuries, the romance and sumptuous style of Venice has been well known.This book invites us into the extravagant interiors and secret gardens where Venetians have forged an inspiring approach to living and entertaining in grand Old World style surrounded by water. This superbly photographed book takes the reader behind the fabulous facades of Venice to explore its grand interiors and local cuisine. Featuring lively anecdotal text and stunning color photographs of private interiors otherwise not open to the public, and including recipes from Venice and the surrounding Veneto region, this beautifully illustrated volume is essential for anyone who has fantasized about living in one of the world’s most romantic cities, or recreating this style in their own homes. Venice, the Art of Living is an enchanting volume for anyone interested in interior design of this noble city.  Click to see on Amazon Inside Milan ventures behind closed doors in this unique cultural capital that is renowned as a world leader in fashion, design, art, and industry. From sophisticated clean lines and muted tones to rooms bursting with art and color, the palazzos and apartments showcased in this stunning volume uncover the creative heart of this vibrant and cosmopolitan metropolis. Nicolò Castellini Baldissera’s carefully curated collection of interiors features the homes of an array of leading creatives of Milan society. With a cloth binding featuring an original Fornasetti drawing, gilded embossed type, and masterful color photographs by Guido Taroni, Inside Milan provides rare insights into the Milanese lifestyle.  Click to see on Amazon Living in the Alps explores the unique architecture of the Italian Alps, where the context of the surrounding landscape is strongly integrated within the cozy, rustic interiors. . The houses published in this volume are all located in the Alps along the Italian border. They have been renovated and redeveloped, their interior spaces demolished and rethought. Francesca Neri Antonello is a master of domesticating natural and raw materials, using them to create a warm intimacy that is indispensable for designing the interiors of those who live with the cold alpine temperatures. Her projects center around stone, iron, and above all wood, which is often recovered or burned to obtain the characteristic burnished color. The author brings together design thinking, craftsmanship, and a strong empathy with her clients. Each element of the interior is designed specifically for each space: furniture, doors, stairs, fireplaces, lamps. Each accessory is chosen with care, interpreting the personal needs of those who will live in the house. The enveloping atmospheres are enhanced by the fabrics and the skillful combination of artificial and natural light.  Click to see on Amazon Lower Salento, the so-called “heel of Italy” in the Puglia region, is bordered by two seas, the Adriatic and the Ionian. The area is strongly characterized by the silvery greens of endless olive groves, the red earth, the warm shades of limestone, the dazzling white of the walls painted in lime, the intense blue of the sea, and the light of the south that envelops everything. In recent years, both Puglia and the Salento have been discovered by an international public that understands its uniqueness and has chosen it as an ideal place for a retreat. Rural houses and old regal palazzi, with star vaulted ceilings, have been carefully restored and transformed into private homes of great beauty. This book selects some of the most elegant and original of these: farms and historic buildings that differ in terms of their age, style, and taste, but all of which offer the Mediterranean charm of that preserved corner of Puglia. All the homes have been freshly photographed by Filippo Bamberghi, with views and decorative details of the houses and glimpses of the surrounding landscape. The text by journalist Patrizia Piccinini, based on interviews with the owners of the houses, recounts the history of the buildings, the genesis of the projects, and the bond between the owners and the territory. If you love the laid back, white chic of Puglia, you'll love this book.  Click to see on Amazon Puglia is located on Italy’s sun-drenched coast (the Spur to Heel) and is where you will find many restored Masseria--large farmhouse complexes--inspirations to all those who love rustic living. Surrounded by verdant vineyards and groves of olive trees, the Masserie of Puglia are historic, often walled compounds of the past, some dating back to the Middle Ages. It is a very different environment and architectural style found nowhere else in Italy. Once serving as farmhouses and way stations for those traveling along the Via Appia, these buildings have been renovated to serve as private residences or boutique hotels, with their beautifully preserved interiors thoughtfully adapted and turned into a cool serenity. Simultaneously austere and luxurious, the simple yet spacious rooms retain their original charm, including stone kitchen fireplaces, arched hallways, and magnificent marble floors. The buildings themselves are dazzlingly white backdrops of medieval stucco and stone. Richly contextualized with original essays by architect and scholar Diane Lewis, and photos by Mark Roskams, Masseria, the Italia Farmhouses of Puglia will inspire interior lovers with the details of this unique and rustic architectural style. --Jerry Finzi
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