In 1987, when David Lloyd-Edwards first encountered La Palazzina in Tuscany’s Niccone Valley, its land, 14th century watchtower and 250-year-old farmhouse were in a state of decline. The once tamed ...

Stephen Lewis and Christian Scali met the old-fashioned way, as Scali likes to call it: at a Starbucks in Los Angeles’ West Hollywood neighborhood. It was spring of 1997, and Scali, a law student, was ...

After I check into my Tuscan farmhouse bed-and-breakfast, my host, Signora Gori, takes me on a welcome stroll. Our first stop is a sty dominated by a giant pig. “We call him Pastanetto – ‘the little ...

Influenced by the farmhouse buildings found scattered throughout the Mediterranean, Tuscan architecture strikes a balance between rustic and ornate elements. It's a reimagined style that draws upon ...