Tasteful friends - Apartment in Italy with an interior that is less plain and understated than the exterior

I'll give it this, it's committed to its aesthetic.

Goodness me. The mind boggles. I wonder if the neighbours had any idea what was lurking inside that apartment?

🤮...

Nothing like Italian austerity to brighten your day

AKA His Holiness's rentboy getaway

I cannot manage to scroll through all the photos. It's too much. I can't bear it.

Is there any Capodimonte left anywhere in Italy?

A bit out past the Navigli…

It looks like Fred Sanford threw up.🤮

That was the “Plan B” hideout for Tanya McQuoid…no one would have ever looked for her there, up in the North.

OUCH!

By "Italy" you mean Staten Island, right?

^ Where do you think the Staten Island Italians got it from? 🤔

Were the owners Italian?

^ Jersey

This is an incredible Tasteful Friends find, OP! Bravo!

I want it to die in a grease fire.

No R14 the immigration route was southern Italy to Brooklyn, to Staten Island, to New Jersey.

Porca miseria!

Love the orange and green washcloths drying on the radiator in fotos #3 and #4.

Anyone else get Judy Chicago 'Dinner Party' vibes from the kitchen? Lots of vayjay motifs on the kitchen cupboards.

I guess it's convenient to have some "classy" masturbatory material hanging right on the bathroom wall.

100% occupied by an Italian eldergay.

Mamma always said he was 'creative' and too busy to find the right girl.

I really like the bathroom, but the rest of it is overkill.

Are those teacups and plates on ceiling?

I’m guessing the person(s)wanted to feel elegant and uplifted amidst his/their drab and depressing town.

They needed to cover the refrigerator with ornate postcards and magnets so it wouldn’t stand out like a sore thumb.

The bachelor pad with the most garish decor has the biggest sizemeat.

Si, si. ^

but they're always a bottom

What a dump!

Well, Italians = POC.

This is insane. This is wild even for DL wild interior design posts.

This reminds me of the apartments on Gomorra where the gangsters lived. On the outside they looked like shitholes, and on the inside, they looked like ornate shitholes.

When Trump loses everything and moves into a two bedroom one bath.

R1 yes I'll give them that, they were committed - and consistent. It is actually too ornate for me believe it or not, and that's saying something

I've never done acid could that be the design inspiration?

Hideous and also kind of cool. It looks like an art installation. I think I admire it.

R35 Yeah I kind of like it too, but I think it might not be easy to live with on a day to day basis. It is just a little bit too ornate and fussy for me

Opulent!

I don't hate it. I don't know what that says about me though.

The owner has to be a pretty interesting person.

[quote]They needed to cover the refrigerator with ornate postcards and magnets so it wouldn’t stand out like a sore thumb.

That, or have an external door over the fridge, as is done in some kitchen to make them blend in/ match the rest of the cabinetry

The TV stand is also far too plain, it doesnt fit in at all, TV really needs to be in a suitably ornate cabinet as well

English translation from listing:

SANTA RITA LARGE TWO-ROOM APARTMENT IDEAL INVESTMENT

REF. 49/23 GABETTI SANTA RITA / FAMAGOSTA - VIA SANTA RITA DA CASCIA In a 1970s civil building with concierge service and communal courtyard we offer a large two-room apartment of approximately 70m2 consisting of a large entrance hallway, living room with small French balcony, kitchen, bathroom window and double bedroom with small French balcony. Top floor! Double exposure! To be personalized. €195,000.00. Tel. 0289151967 - 3288035364

With that view, you have to do *something*.

Seeing the interior, I was immediately reminded of Joan Rivers' apartment... or Trump's apt in the Trump Tower.

It’s gorgeous. I ought to make an offer for cash.

Trump's apartment was ersatz Russian regal.

Joan's apartment WAS Russian Regal. It was magnificent, as only a Russian Jew could remember. Prince Felix would have felt very much at home.

This is how you get your 42 year-old son to move out of your fucking house.

Russian Jews never got to see Russian Regal….they were too busy hauling hay in the Pale of Settlement.

Don’t type like a know-nothing, if that’s possible for you.

R31 haha yes I just said the exact same thing to my bf. Just like the Gomorrah apartments with all the gold leaf mirrors and baroque dining tables. All that's missing is the giant picture of Padre Pio.

a delight for the mind and eye

OMG OP! You weren't understating the situation!

It’s…like where do you even start to make something like this?

I fucking love it.

It’s a bit “overdone” for me, but I kind of think I might like to poop in the bathroom…