The Italian Living Room
The TV moved to the bedroom.
A 600 sqft northeastern one-bedroom, but the late afternoon light through the bay window reads Roman.
We anchored the corner with a single boucle armchair, a round travertine coffee table, a brass pharmacy floor lamp, and a hand-woven jute rug to soften the floor. The Hazan is from a used bookshop. The room got quieter, and the look stayed achievable.
Every piece in the look
6 pieces, all linked
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Boucle accent chair, cream
A single chair, not a set. Solid wood legs, cream boucle upholstery, built with more weight than the price suggests. The kind of piece a Roman apartment keeps for fifteen years.
$285
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Round coffee table with travertine stone top
Thirty-one inches across, real travertine surface on a metal base. The stone catches afternoon light differently than wood does. Small enough for a city living room, present enough to matter.
$200
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Aged brass pharmacy floor lamp
Articulated arm, aged brass finish. Unlacquered enough to patina with time. The light is warm and direct, not ambient, the kind a reading corner in a Milanese apartment would have.
$85
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Hand-woven jute area rug, 5x8 natural
Woven by hand from natural jute. Softens whatever floor it lands on. Slightly imperfect in the weave, the way anything made by hand should be.
$115
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Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, 30th anniversary edition
Marcella Hazan. Not a coffee table book in the decorative sense, but the one serious book a kitchen or living room shelf should hold. The cover is a painting of a Roman interior.
$55
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Handcrafted textured ceramic vase, terracotta
Ten inches, textured glaze in warm terracotta. For the side table or the shelf. Holds a single olive branch, or nothing at all. The silence around it is the point.
$35
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