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An ivy-covered stone house under restoration, with a vine pergola

Francesca & Jade

Salotto is run by two people who live in the region and work with you directly.

Francesca with her beagle Greta, under a magnolia above the valley

Francesca

Civita & Lubriano · Regional expertise

Her background is corporate — fashion and luxury at Bulgari and Valentino, contemporary art work with Art Basel, and running the Bulgari family's wine start-up in Tuscany. Real estate is where her attention lives now: refurbishing, and finding the region's best craftsmanship in renovation and decorating.

Jade at a fruit and vegetable stall in a covered market

Jade

Rome & Santa Marinella · Bureaucracy & logistics

Jade came to Italy from Hawaii for a look around, and never left. Her eye is eclectic but austere — the instinct behind her own Wunderkammer in central Rome, where she curated Indian and Italian furnishings and homeware. She's since moved to the coast outside Rome, and renovating her own house there, through every unexpected Italian complication, convinced her that foreigners need to understand exactly what they're buying, and that a no-frills approach gets the best outcome.