What My €500 Italian Apartment Looks Like
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- čas přidán 28. 01. 2021
- Hi everyone! In the videos I've done since we moved to Italy three months ago, I haven't really shown you much inside the apartment (aside from the kitchen, of course!).
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But as an urbanite who has spent her entire adult life living in cities like NYC, Paris, and London.... I was shocked and delighted at what I could afford here for €500!!
I show you around my place here in southern Italy, and tell you about it's quirks, it's hilarious bits, and how we're living it in. I hope you like this video!
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To cover forniture is a so old tradition by southern grandparents, because they were really poor in the past, they supposed to be a lifelong furnitures, so they covered couch for exemple, to preserve the duration. My sweet granny used to do it as well.
I can tell you, all my grandparents are from northern regions and all cover their fornitures.
Also I cover my sofà but that's because my cats have trashed it
Same tradition exists in iran and I suspect it has a similar mentality to it.
100% accurate, my grands on both sides used to do that exactly because "u dddvann si rovin' a nonna" 😅
In the 1950’s American women covered the furniture in CLEAR PLASTIC! Ewwwww!
Not just southern, coglione
About the bidet, it does not replace toilet paper, it comes after it. So first you clean yourself with the toilet paper, then you wash your private parts using the bidet. We like it very clean down there. You can also use a bidet to wash your feet. If you have a small stool in your bathroom you can just fill the bidet with water and sit on the stool with your feet in the water and relax!
Love the foot hack! We use it after the beach!
It may be useful even after having sex😁 or for the womans when they have their stuff😂
Do you also Wipe down your body with paper towel before showering 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
@@maxholder1395 personal hygiene IS A THING for us!! 😌 I lived in so many countries abroad and the thing I always missed the most is bidet!!! We can’t understand how the rest of the world can live without that! Glad to see that Conor understands!! 😁 it’s simply sooo terrible to walk around with that sanding paper feeling between your cheeks 😂😂😂 bidet solves it all!!! 😁
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is what they are trying to tell us in America. I think Dr. Oz started it... crazy!
Your rent is so cheap for 2 main reasons: it's in Southern Italy and it's not in a main or big city.
With the same amount of money you'd be able to just get a room in a shared apartment or even a SHARED (so like...not even just for yourself) room in Rome, Bologna, Florence or Milan, big difference!
Assolutamente!
it's not even cheap, I have seen more modern, refined apartments for 350€ in Cesena and Cuneo both North Italy. But on rent there's NO link whatsoever between mq and price. In fact big apartments cost less proportionally
@@LDTube-pz9fq lucky so,but consider that they aren't important as well as Milan or
Rome or Turin.the tiles are ancient,and so the furnishing,but I don't mind:I love them and the flat/apartment all the sale.Historical/old part of town:that's the reason for that price.and as a local,I don't quite recognize the place.Katie,did you know that the now closed Supercinema,who has asbestos on the road,was founded by an expat Trani carpenter who came back from Cleveland,Ohio?
@@michelelaraia7358 true, it's the province that cost less. Milan is price but you just to rent on Pieve Emanuele, just 15 minutes from Milan and the apartments are already cheap and not too old.
@@LDTube-pz9fq we had a phone call from that town 30 years ago to our navy draft office in Manfredonia,70 km from me.Local city/town hall.for infos.Pieve=Country parish-parrocchia di campagna,if you want listen or ask for pronounciation.Only in Louisiana they call the countries parishes.
I feel like only older people cover the furniture here, though :')
Hanno vissuti tempi duri. Usa e getta non era una scelta possibile.
In the US this was also a tradition of older people, often even in their vehicles.
the thing is...that we Italian CAN NOT imagine how the ROTW does WITHOUT having a bidet...
Sadly some of us must go without, but baby wipes aren’t just for babies!
@@bonnieoliver219 But that's not good for the environment :P
Well, in Japan they are addicted to their Toto washlet toilets. We have one in the Midwest, USA and I love it. #KeepingItClean
Well, in Japan they are addicted to their Toto washlet toilets. We have one in the Midwest, USA and I love it. #KeepingItClean
Hi, I am Italian (living in the UK) and I am glad you appreciate the bidet! I really miss it here!! I have to say that the washing machine is usually in the bathroom in Italy, or in a separate room called "lavanderia". Sometimes it is also placed in a small room that takes the name of "sgabuzzino". I suppose that yours is in the kitchen because of the lack of space in other parts of the house. I hope you will enjoy your stay, and maybe visit other parts of the country once the Covid restrictions are eased :)
Hi!! Where in the UK are you? We love London! (But we're also loving Italy so much, we don't have much time to miss it!) Good to know that in most places in Italy the washing machine gets its own room (or is in the bathroom) -- that makes MUCH more sense to my American sensibilities! Yes, ours in the kitchen must be a space issue. I cannot wait to visit other parts of the country as soon as Covid restrictions are up! And can't wait to make videos of all those incredible places :)
@@TheQKatie I currently live in Oxfordshire but I also spent 5 years in London and I fully understand why you miss it, it's an amazing city! I am originally from Sardinia in Italy, I hope you will be able to go there while travelling across the country and discover not just the food but also many other things that my beloved island has to offer! :)
@@TheQKatie the "washing machine in the kitchen" thing might come merely from issues with space, as suggested; older apartments in Italy are very often older thant the mass diffusion of washing machines. There was no place in a standard bathroom to install such a large equipment, while kitchens tended to be larger (and came with a faucet and drain).
I LOVE Italy. The UK has too much violence in pubs and the people are not happy.
Growing up in the '60s in the US we had a formal living room where the furniture was covered in plastic, it made for a noisy, hot seat in the sweltering Texas heat. I would go for the fabric any day. LOL!!
Oh wow! My skin feels sticky just thinking about it...
Dude, yours is definitely my new youtube channel crush! I love it! Keep it up!!!
I think the mystery appliance is a tomato sauce maker, which allows you to separate the skin of the tomatoes from the pulp and juice.
Thanks for your videos!It clearly looks like you spend a lot of time on editing, and that's the key thing for success on CZcams, I think!
Love this video! A great view into both your lives! Thank you for explaining the Italian rules and the need for an oven!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks, I might try it.
Really interesting to relive my early teens. My dad was in the USAF, and we were stationed in San Vito dei Normanni Air Station, Italy (now an abandoned base). About 2-hours further south than you, in the heel of the boot. Lived there from 1979-1982. The first 1.5 years we lived off base in Latiano, and the last year moved on base. It was a wonderful time that I cherish!
So excited for this!!!❤️
haha! hope you like it. What do you think of the couch coverings...?
@@TheQKatie I would have never thought of that pattern combo, but now that I see it I really dig the vibe! I love vintage prints.👍
@@nikkifuller8955 Haha I appreciate your kind words. We're not sure if we should replace the or not. Glad you approve!
They have the dish drier in the cupboard in Finland too. I've lived in houses in AZ with the washer in the kitchen. The drier was either on the back porch or it was clothes lines.
FANTASTIC!
Loved the Video! We can totally relate to our Sicilian rental and living a simple life! Best Wishes on your time in Italy ... let’s hope for Giallo soon!!! 💜
Ciao! Thanks for watching. Giallo.. then bianco!
Great video! I found your channel recently as I'm moving to Puglia in Feb for a new job! Was apprehensive about it due to lockdown but your videos have me really looking forward to it, it's so beautiful ✨
Thanks for watching! I'm so excited for you. Puglia is the best. You'll love it. The journey here was probably more stressful than actually navigating lockdown. Once you're here, everything will sort itself out! in bocca al lupo!
Wow! Cool. What will you be doing in Puglia? (If I can ask) 🙂
You're adorable. 😊 I really dig you skowing the bits and pieces of living in Italy.
Thanks for watching!
Found your channel via Instagram. Loved the Italian content. Can't wait to binge your content ✨
Yay! Thank you! Glad you like it. Lots more to come! Looks like you're on your own awesome Italian adventure, too! Any recommendations? Or requests for videos?
Good to see you living your life, Italian style.
Grazie!
I loved the apartment tour and appreciated the bidet getting the attention that it deserves! Also, it’s a “yes” for a fridge tour!
Awww Thanks, Tom! Fridge tour is on the list for sure!
Many people cover the furnitures, but not whit that kind of blanket called “lenzuolo”, go on a casalinghi shop or something like Ikea and with few few euros you can find a “copridivano-copripoltrona” in many shapes, colors, stamps etc.
I love lo Scolapiatti in the cupboards. We have them in our flat too. Didn’t know what it was called until now though. Also the bidet, I haven’t been brave enough to use it yet. 😂 Grazie.
The forniture cover it’s a really personal choice, usually comes from older Italian generation that doesn’t want ruin anything by the time (or for covering the consuming) or it’s, like in my case, to protect the forniture from animals, I’ve 4 Cani Corso (Corso Dog or Italian Mastiff) and we bought proper covers for our sofas to avoid dog’s smell and dirty will ruin it
@gkatie is used to make cotton candy ... to switch on, warm up the engine, put a little white sugar in the central cone, and then with a wooden stick collect the strands of sugar that come out of the cone (circle external).
I moved into a furnished apartment in Catania and have the same exact dresser and bed! Mondo Convenienza!
Thank you for what is like I living in Italy.
Ciao Katie, nuova iscritta! La cosa del copri divano mi ha fatto morire dal ridere, è proprio così!
For €500 a month, your apartment is really very nice! Definitely a keeper!
We’re happy we found it!
My friends in Barcelona had a dish-drying rack in the cupboard like that and it seemed so practical that I wish I had one! And, yep, our washing machine is in the kitchen, too - though our water pressure in Toulouse must be a lot better than Paris ! Loved seeing your apartment and the differences between what we consider "normal" for living in various countries.
Hey you! Miss you! Thanks for watching. We love our scolapiatti. I also wonder if our water pressure is better because we're lower in the building. In Paris, I was several floors up.
That dish drying rack in the kitchen is one of the best things in my house. 😃 🇮🇹
Yeah, water pressure is more of a city basis thing
Except for Milan, italy is pretty chill with rent prices. Also due to the fact that wages are pretty low
You are so talented. Take a quilting course for your couch coverings...
I think the Necchi appliance is a coffee urn for making a lot of coffee at once, for when you have guests.
You are so fun!
I think that mystery appliance was a juicer, but I could be wrong. :-D
That mystery appliance looks like a juicer to me!
I guess there's only one way to find out... *grabs a pile of oranges*
@@TheQKatie Fun experiment! The weird thing is that when I googled that brand name sewing machines came up. But the inner part of that appliance looks just a juicer I have (centrifugal style, which is not as good as macerating juicers). You might need to press the pulp by hand to get more of the juice out as centrifugal juicers tend to be inefficient. Good luck!
Yup. That's what it is. I have a Braun that's very similar. They can be loud, as the basket spins very fast, but they juice a myriad of fruits and veg that you can't juice with a regular juicer. Onion juice anyone? (I did it. I don't recommend it.) Fresh carrot juice is pretty awesome though!
@@TheQKatie I believe it is to peel/mash tomatoes for salsa.
It looks like an ice-cream maker..la gelatiera..not sure!
Not an Italian myself, but my nonno certainly was, and he definitely covered his furniture, even here in the States xD I remember visiting my grandparents' house as a kid and there being plastic coverings on the couches and tables lol If I remember correctly, his sister still has coverings on her couches, too, in their childhood home in Sicily, which she still owns and visits annually.
Oh that is where I get the covering from the furniture from!
Come altri hanno già suggerito: forse Trani è un paesino e con una cultura ancora un po’ “datata”.
Coprire, mobili (divano, poltrone, etc) è una cosa molto da “vecchi” (lo facevano i miei nonni 😊).
It's a juicer, this whitish 3-4 piece thing! You can have juice fm any squizable vegetable or fruit! A little old, but if it works... gives you healthy material! 🤗
only our "grandparents'" generation (mostly in south Italy tbh) would probably still cover the furniture on a daily basis. more prolonged absences from say, a summer home, would still see furniture covering but that is to safeguard the furniture from humidity and the accumulation of dust
I am now straining my brain to think on if every home I was in in Rome had covered furniture. I love the dish rack. I have lived without an oven for 10+ years and learned to bake some things in our pressure cooker. In Hong Kong our w/d is also in the kitchen but I've also seen them on a balcony. We put a rod up in the shower centered over the tub and turn on the exhaust fan and clothes dry overnight. All our appliance in HK work better than those in the US. I think the 220v and being able to get appliances from any country makes it more competitive for quality. The inner basket of the Necchi appliance is similar to a juicer basket. Show again, in detail slower if you don't figure it out. My husband also loves a bidet, he likes it so much he has a travel bidet. We get the same feeling of temporary when we move. Check if IKEA has something you can use for covers. Duvet covers would work. I like firmer beds, I am using upholstery foam in a Soma bed.
I love your channel!...The “covering” If for easily clean the sofa...You just clean the cover, and No, the wash machine is not so often in the kitchen!!!!😂😂 Maybe old apartment in centro storico...And your editing skill is really great...👍🏻Ciao!...
Grazie per questo!
the mystery appliance is a "centrifuga"! it's a juicer but for veggies and some harder fruits, I wouldn't use it for oranges... As a kid my mom would make me "centrifugato" with celery, carrots and apples: delicious! give it a try ;-) it's a bit of a pain to clean up after, I'm afraid... but still worth it!
We've just been using carrots and oranges. You're right, it's a mess, but it sure is delicious!
9:13 it's a juce extractor
You drop fruit and vegetables trough a funnel on top of the center spinny thing and it makes juce
I suggest you try it with stuff like carrots, apples ecc, mostly hard stuff
washing machines can be in the bathroom as well, but there's usually no separate room and this is usually done if you have two bathrooms (so it's not the guest one that has the machine)
Great insight. Thanks for watching!
Lo scolapiatti is in EVERY kitchen in Italy, and almost no one owns a dryer because of the favorable climate. That thing is to peel/mash tomatoes for salsa. 😆
Ahh the climate is one of the joys of living here. And YES, wow, making salsa with tomatoes in that machine is definitely going to happen! Thank you!
@@TheQKatie Just double check cause I'm from the North! I saw you used it as a juice extractor and it might as well be one! 😆
la lavatrice viene messa in cucina specialmente negli appartamenti in affitto per due motivi: c'è più spazio che in bagno e ci sono gli allacciamenti acqua e scarico più comodi :) nelle case "normali" o sono in bagno o sono in altre stanze ;) ps: quella macchina è una vecchia centrifuga per fare succhi ("centrifugati") di verdura/frutta.
è più un problema elettrico, non tutte le stanze della casa hanno la messa a terra, in cucina con frigo, lavatrice ed eventuale forno elettrico "kill two birds with one stone"
There are also elastic couch covering, that fits perfectly with it. So you can change the colors.
My couch covering color is exactly the same of it though. 😄
Need to find where to buy some of those elastic ones!
Get to Ikea and you'll find something nicer and more modern 😘
I think those are even tackier ^_^'
I have to cover my sofa but because I have a dog :D And the washing machin is in the kitchen because there is not space in bathroom. Most of the people have it in the bathroom, and if you have 2 bathrooms it will be in the secondary (only used to wash and not the main one).
Have a good day in the sunny south :D Living close to the sea is kinda of healty for my mind... :D
Also @Connor Boals, Bidet demo on point!!
👍
hahah. He knows his stuff!
for 500 per week that's amazing value, here in NZ you're looking at a minimum of $700 for the same space, much more near the sea 🎉
Sei un uragano complimenti, you do a great job!!
That Necchi machine is a juicer I think
What a great little apartment!! Very functional for two! Also how “bidet” of Connor to join in the tour! 🚽 🚿 🧼🤪🤪
If I had a quarter for every time he talked about that bidet!!! 😂 Thanks again for joining the Patreon livestream today!! xoxo
The washer-machine in the kitchen caught my eyes immediately. Quircky! It is a no-no, at least for me.
Have a seamstress make you a tight form fitting slip cover with separate cushion covers out of a nice cotton or linen. It would be worth it to sew it yourself if you can. Think IKEA cover.
You got a very good deal on thet apartment, here in the North it would be much more expensive (though I have a large unfurnished apartment for 260 but it's rare and I lucked out. I'ts also 50 km from the main city of the region).
Furniture covers here! Southern Italian all the way
Q fridge tour for sure!😀
Noted! Adding it to the list. Thanks for watching!
I feel kind of jealous... Trani Is the town where I come from and I left almost 9 years ago 😊☺️
Katie, been enjoying your many videos (as I do Arm Chair travel and putative planning) but I was shocked-- shocked I say-- when I saw you in this video: Great Abs, Woman! I'm impressed. Just remember, the Waist is a Terrible Thing to Mind! Be careful at the patisserie!
That’s it 4:50 🧳 👜 👛 🧳 🧳😱I have so many clothes I wear! Hats 🎩 boots 👢 🥾 from fancy dance, vintage, 💃🏼 costumes, to outside adventure gear ⚙️. So that’s a scary thought to me.
I’ve been looking at the furniture 🪑 and only two pieces I like but could store or sell majority. But I’m brining my bike 🏍 🚲 helmet ⛑ I think we’d get a container shipped.
I would cover my furniture too if I were living in a fully furnished apartment. Then again, I have fitted slipcovers over my furniture at home so I can occasionally wash them. It's all about being able to clean your space.
I’m a Canadian/ Italian and in my early days as a kid a remember most of the Italians covered there sofas with plastic covering.. my parents did not but most of friends and family did ... it was kind of weird the summer you would stick to it 😂
LOL! Yeah, all the Italian and Jewish mamas in Long Island, NY in the 1970s used to cover their living room furniture in plastic-form-fitted covers. Man, what a memory!
Stay until summer to appreciate sea sunset and if possible this year the traditional feste Patronali.
Can't wait for summer!
@@TheQKatie sorry so much.........so Your job can allow you to move in different country? That's great! Mine not.
@@mariofuccio1168 “Can’t wait for summer!” Significa che non vede l’ora di vedere l’estate, non che non potrà esserci, comunque io non la seguo, ma da quel che ho potuto vedere da questo video (non ho idea del suo reale lavoro, potrebbe essere questo) lei viene supportata da patreon, offrendo contenuti, per questo si può permettere di viaggiare
Covering furniture is one of those grandma's things that you can tipically find surviving as an habit in the south. As far as my experience goes you can also find it in homes tha go for rent of pass through extensive time of being unused as a way to keep dust from accumulating on surfaces, so that's why you probably found sheets on things (you are supposed to remove them so please feel free to toss them away haha)
Bellissima la tua casa
That's very similar to Portuguese apartments, especially the kitchen and the bathroom.
Maybe its a southern European thing? We spent a week in Lisbon a couple years ago and we definitely get similar vibes all the time down here in Puglia. Thanks for watching!
Hi there,
Your video reminded me of when I moved here 15 years ago and things were curious to me as well. The sofa and chairs covered with what seems like random sheets of fabric is actually not as strange as it seems (and I am really hoping the person who commented what "low classes" do, simply made a poor choice of words because that's a midly offensive term to say the least.) Sofa and chair covers are common in the US too I think ours are usually just tailored to fit the furniture. We have fancier sofa and chair covers here ,but sometimes they are expensive and that leads me to my second point. If you spent a lot of money (and a lot of money is obviously relative to your income) you want the furniture to last, thus sofa and chair covers. My mother-in -law survived WW2, was a widow and single mom at 32 and worked as a school janitor to raise 3 kids. She has a cover on all her furniture because every lira she had was precious and things needed to last. I imagine especially in a furnished rental that the owners don't want to have to change the furniture after every renter (because you know all renters aren't necessarily respectful to the property), thus furniture covers.
There are stores that sell those sheets of fabric and they're usually labeled as a "copritutto" o "telo arredo". You can actually fit that giant sheet in the corners, etc., of the sofa/chair and it will look a little less janky.
So tuck that telo arredo in better and it won't seem so odd, I promise.
oh yes, your mystery appliance is a centrifuga (i.e. juicer) if you google "centrifuga necchi" you'll see someone selling one for 35 euro:-)
These are such helpful comments. Grazie Mille!
On the hunt for some copritutto! Thanks for watching!
Remind me to show you how to setup the treadmill 😉💋
Haha. Deal!
: D
i think that the "machine" at 9:14 is something to grind tomatoes to make sauce. But i can be wrong
Hello! I think that the device in the kitchen is to remove water from the vegetables
Not even my grandmother used to cover furniture :) but it's actually a thing in Italy, mostly for ranted flats, I think....
fridge tour!!!
Guess I gotta give the people what they want...!
Bidet is life!
Haha...Japanese have an automatic bidet for both front and back cleaning, its warmed up and has massaging shower-head and can even play music...😆😆
I am Italian and I love my Bidet but I have to admit that when I came back from Japan I missed Toto washlet ❤️
@@sdresak Yes...tradition is important but upgrades are wonderful inventions. ❤️
People put coverings on sofas and chairs because they think it's gonna make them last longer... One of the things I cringe the most at... It's more traditional in the South of Italy than in the North where I'm from, I'm lucky my mum never really did it, only if my brothers were coming home from work and sitting with their dirty clothes on the sofa.
The machine it's definitely a centrifugal juicer, works ok with hard fruit and veg, don't bother with soft stuff, you'll get so much waste out of it!
I live in England, Hampshire, and I'm so jealous of the bidet you got lol I lived in 3 different places over the past 8 years and even travelling across the country I never managed to find a place with a bidet.. I had to make do with a glass I fill in on the tap lol You find way around it somehow, but we do definitely use toilet paper first lol
I'm Brasilian and I need to say that my grandma cover all te furnitures too, and she's not to the Italian side of the family, but since I remember all the sits in her house are covered with some kind of fabric
I’m starting to think it’s just a grandma thing all over the world 😂😂😂
@@TheQKatie Just grandma doing their grandma's stuff
While rent can be cheap, you most likely won't have a kitchen, light fixtures, dishwasher or washer dryer... and when you heat your house, your bill can cost more than your rent! Our bill in Jan. Was $1,000 euro... no Bueno...
That thing looks like a juicer to me.....or maybe a tomato mill....yeah that's the same thing as a juicer!LOL Love your videos :)You're so much fun!
We decided it was a juicer and had delicious orange and carrot juice! Thanks for watching!
Not all of Europe does the washer in the kitchen. Here in Norway e don't. We either keep it in the bathroom or in a laundry room.
Interesting! We had one in the kitchen in London. Maybe its just when space is less? I love this insight about Norway. Thanks for sharing!
In Italy it is not so common having the washing machine in the kitchen. It is usually in the bathroom, or in the laundry/ second bathroom. Probably cause your bathroom is pretty small and there were no other places available, they had to put it in the kitchen..
Son of Calabrian immigrants. Yes! Clear plastic over the sofa and chairs in the formal living room, which was (of course) off limits to us kids anyway.
I katie! I'm an Italian whose thinking about emigrating and I casually found your channel and i'm kinda binging through it reminding myself of some of the good things of Italy.
I know I come a lot late on this but about the furniture coverings.... get something elastic!!! That way you can almost "change couch" every season instead of having something that looks straight out of a horror movie set!
Love from Rome, just hoping you read this :)
Buon consiglio! Grazie!
What’s the name of the town you live in. Any seafood there
Can you give me some tips as where rent an apartment in Italy ?thank you
It is definitely normal because living in little Italy in The Bronx. All the Italians did it all the time.
Molto bella katie
Grazie!
Is that gaget a coffee bean grinder? I am so curious!
ANSWER 9:15 juicer or extractor or blender
Always fun watching your videos! But i have to laugh at the Bidet part...lol! I have family and friends in Italy, and go there frequently, and NONE of them use the bidet in lieu of toilet paper hahahaha! That's something they are trying to tell us in the US! LOL! As I'm sure you know, Europeans don't shower every day like Americans, so they use the bidet to wash every day, and in between after going to the bathroom (and first wiping) if needed. :)
Well actually I'm Italian and I shower every day + I use the bidet. Most of my friends do the same. I might skip a shower day every once in a while, but it's not the norm. Idk where the idea that Europeans don't shower everyday came from.
Katie since you've traveld around here you probably know that you couldn't even look at an apartment like yours in Milan for even double the price. The sale price of my "very" small apartment in MIlan , 20 minutes easy walk from the city center, could but me a nice villa in Puglia and leave me money left over. Perhaps, since you are pretty good at it, you should explain to your followers how different Italy is regionally. Just a thought.
Hi! Is the cost including utilities? And how did you find the apartment?
Those coverings are soooo granny summer house and I live just a couple hundreds kms south than you guys, still in Puglia so I do have my basic knowledge on that🤣. I'm pretty sure you could find something at IKEA in Bari or online. At my mom's we've got coverings as well for our leather sofas but don't know where she's got them and they oozes kinda granny vibes as well 🤷🏻♂️
Hope you'll be able to thread through these next 3 red zone weeks without going crazy locked at home. Stay safe, stay quirky ( very good Italian BTW just watch out for those plurals such as in "Rimanete strambI" other than that everything's super). You should check the southest part of Puglia soon anyway you'd be amazed.
Aww thank you! Yes, still getting caught on plurals! Can't wait to get south when it's safe!
If you'd need somebody to show you guys around a bit just hit me up, I'd be more than happy, hoping things will get better soon😔
Keep up the great work!
Apple monitor??? Assume it wasn't part of the furnishings? Did you bring it from London? If so, how? Or an Italian acquisition? Just curious how it got there as you traveled light to Italy.
Until recently 500 was a lot of money for an apartment 😂 it still is in the country, although international cities are skyrocketing to northern European levels.
Not bad for a furnished one, and I saw enough ugly furnished flats to say it is ok for that fee.
I'm Italian and actually ...yes I do cover my sofa too . My reason is that the cover is way easier to wash . I also have 5 cats so ... you know , I need to wash it on weekly basis
Thats a great reason! Ciao ai gatti!
@@TheQKatie WHY, WHY WHY do they not have dryers in many Italian homes?
Where did you lok for places? Immobilitaire?
Hint on couch covering? Well, work on the quality/aesthetics of the covering, convert "problem" into play (get different kind/style covering and change often to your liking...
How did you learn Italian?
You are the cutest…!!!, 🙏🏼🥰✨