![]() “The old brick flooring looks like it’s vaguely falling apart, but it has all been rebuilt.” “The way she has restored it is to make it look like nobody has done anything to it,” Mr. Other modern rooms, most of which have vaulted ceilings, include an office, a library, a massage room, a pantry and the main kitchen and dining room in the former wine-making area. Many of the monks’ cells have been converted into bedrooms, according to the listing. The convent was designed by Renaissance architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and built in 1522, according to the listing, which also noted the original drawings are kept at the Uffizi gallery in Florence. “The minute she saw this she knew it was the one.” “She set out on a three-plus-year journey to find the perfect property,” Ms. More: Drinking in the Charms of Historic Florence, Italy Engulfed in vegetation, the house had no electricity, almost no running water and no windows. Lueders found and bought it in 2006, according to published reports. The derelict convent had been abandoned for 60 years when Ms. “We met her when we sold her townhouse on 71st Street in Manhattan a few years ago.” Lueders is an “incredible designer and just has a knack for restoring these great old properties,” Ms. A living room features a rounded wood fireplace from Greece, rustic Italian pottery and tinted cement floor tiles.
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