In Italy: a loving renovation of a long-empty farm.

In Italy, in the southern part of Puglia, designer Andrew Trotter has renovated an abandoned house. The British designer first visited the region about ten years ago and at the time he did not immediately see it in a positive light. But as time went on, Puglia won his heart more and more with its medieval villages, sunny landscapes with ancient olive groves and almost 800 kilometers of coastline with picturesque coves with limestone cliffs and beautiful sandy pebble beaches.

After that first visit, he was asked to help his close friend Carlo Lanzini create a boutique hotel near Ostuni, a town in the Puglia region, and something incredible happened. A residence called Masseria Moroseta'. 'became very popular. After that, Trotter received many offers from clients who wanted him to design and renovate their vacation homes in Puglia.

Trotter and his business partner Marcelo Martinez decided to find a home in the region that they could use as a base and rent out while they were away. Their search led them to the town of Soleto, where they noticed a two-story house hidden in a sweeping alley. The house had been built centuries ago and included two vaulted chapels and fragments added in the 1920s.

The previous family of owners did not use the house for a long time, but left belongings and furniture behind.

The remodeling took two years and the house, which was named Casa Soleto, became a unique object in the city. Even the mayor and a priest have visited the house. Trotter and Martinez stuck to the idea of preserving the authentic look of the house, and' 'For them, true luxury was about creating a comfortable space in a historic building rather than striving for perfect polish.