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Before and After - The 1927 Cottage We Call Home

This is our stone concrete prep sink area with chalkboard and open shelving above. The door with a cast iron door knocker at center opens to our mini walk-in pantry.

A peek into our renovated kitchen.  This is our stone concrete prep sink area with chalkboard and open shelving above. The door with a cast iron door knocker at center opens to our mini walk-in pantry.  

For the full tour including before and after pics
see our latest magazine issue:
(update: Unfortunately, the magazine platform we used is no longer available - leaving our magazine cover here for archival reasons only. )


{Volume No. 01 ~ Issue 03}

In this issue:
Our Renovation Journey
(before and after pics - part 1 - our kitchen)
Our latest song pick and video 
(it makes us smile every time we hear it)
Companion Guide to Inferno
(a free multi-media guide to the novel)
A mini Italian lesson
(Ready to learn the language? Professoressa Alex gets you started)
Quiz  - Are you a sugar addict? 
(Is sugar aging us? - excerpt from the book: Sugar Detox)
The Heart Expansion Experiment
("Try this exercise today...")
Chicken Farfalle
(easy and satisfying, this is our go-to pasta recipe)
and more

Also see our 98 page feature and travel guide:
Sextantio - Le Grotte della Civita - l&l visits this fascinating CAVE HOTEL in the ancient city of Matera, Italy.  
Wedding Destination, History and Historical Sites - Things to Do and See in the Region.


Find the links to this separate travel magazine feature within the pages of our latest magazine issue or click the link below to go there now:

{Sextantio - Le Grotte della Civita} 
cave hotel in the ancient city of Matera, Italy
a 98 page digital magazine feature and travel guide created by l&l.

Sextantio Le Grotte Della Civita - Interior of Luxury hotel room with burning fireplace - inside a cave (grotto).
grotto/cave - hotel room located in the ancient city of Matera, Italy. 


We hope you  e n j o y!


LeAnn 
                      & Alex

                                               







 
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l&l collection no. 12 - It speaks to me.

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composition ii

collection no. 04

Fireworks from the Ponte Vecchio

Fireworks from the Ponte Vecchio
Giovanni Signorini (Firenze)

Matera Italy




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