Christine Blau 
“We’ve lived in our Milan condominium for particularly 10 a long time. I already had my PR studio, Garbo, on the floor floor of this making. When the apartment on the 2nd flooring opened up, we assumed it could be the fantastic answer. We appreciated the form of house, the locale, the space of Milan…. As they say, it was destiny.”
That’s Roberta Sarchi speaking—a previous qualified dancer who now runs PR for international manufacturers. Her partner is renowned interiors photographer Francesco Dolfo, whose work generally appears in prestigious design and style publications including Ad. Sarchi and Dolfo live in a attractive condominium in the Porta Romana region of Milan—a property-studio where by Dolfo (Cecco to his close friends) has his business, which is made use of for photo variety and postproduction.
There’s a radiant, fresh new environment which is befitting of this pair, who are athletes as properly as creatives (Dolfo was a gold medalist in canoeing). Entire of light-weight and colour, the condominium opens on to a terrace that has been reworked into a joyous urban jungle, with rambling jasmines, palms, hydrangeas, roses, and lemon trees—all lovingly tended to by the pair.
The household is close to By means of Bellezza: A neighborhood in Milan that has its very own soul and feels complete in itself, nearly like a self-contained village. “There’s every thing below, and due to the fact we’re in the town we like to dwell in this spot: We have Ravizza Park nearby, there is a great deal of greenery, old-fashioned mother-and-pop stores, and structures of two or a few tales at most,” suggests Sarchi. “We’re also quite close to the Fondazione Prada up to date artwork house, which is producing this component of the town in a really modern way.”
Sarchi is a Milanese-born philosophy graduate who, immediately after dancing for several years (on phase and on Television) went on to perform in PR for style models and luxurious resorts. She afterwards opened her possess company, Garbo, where by she scouts out new clients and launches them on the industry. Dolfo, meanwhile, is initially from Pordenone in northeast Italy and is a multitasker: a photographer with an exquisite contact, he’s also a little bit of an engineer (a degree that offers him a specified observational spirit, it has to be reported), and an professional bicycle owner, cook, and gardener. “We like to entertain and apart from the lockdown, our dwelling has often been entire of buddies. We like to invite folks over—we manage dinners, brunches, and aperitifs,” suggests Dolfo. “When I have time, I relax and prepare dinner. There’s no scarcity of space, the lounge is massive, and if there is superior climate we head to the terrace.”
“Sometimes I sense like this residence is far way too big for us,” states Sarchi. “But then once again, its size—around 1,500 square ft, furthermore about 500 sq. toes of terrace—allows us to actually live in these spaces. Even for the duration of lockdown, when we couldn’t go outside, I by no means felt like I was closed up in a cramped condominium. We both experienced our personal place. When Cecco’s not traveling all around Italy on shoots, he is effective from household. And I’m just downstairs.”
