Our big fat Renovation Project: Palazzo Pizzo

  

All began in 2006 when we were falling in love with an over 200 year old house on a cliff in Pizzo (Calabria), in the South of Italy.

For several reasons it took us five years to renovate and decorate the palazzo.

It's now our beautiful European home base, away from our expat home in Asia.

Here are some milestones from our project:

How we got the palazzo? - about having a dream in summer 2006

 

Facade - before and after - photos from above

Facade - before and after - photos from front and side

Facade - before and after - photos from the Sea

Before and After Photos - all "before and after" posts show the long way we came

Fanfare! - the renovation starts with good vibes in November 2007

online renovation - how to deal with a long distance project

 

My crazy tile mix for the kitchen - turns out sensational!

Now I have to live with this - the "mistakes" we made

 

Maybe the biggest shock - the struggle with a TV antenna

 

Popular posts about everything bathroom and kitchen

 

Resource links - my file for resources (international, Italian and local)

Restoring - the whole documentation of the renovation progress

 

Press: The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune feature our renovation project in the article "Expatriate Bloggers chronicle details of Home Renovation"

The Guest Residence - the vaulted cellar of the palazzo with its private garden terrace became a pleasant guest residence which we are letting to vacationers. 

 

Visit our "Best of" Photo Gallery  for more impressions

 

 

Palazzo Pizzo logo 2006-2013

 

 

 

Palazzo Pizzo logo since 09/2013