The Best ANTIQUE MARKET in ITALY!

My Little Italian House 1st Floor Makeover has begun. In this episode, I visit Recuperando Brick and Stone - www.recuperando.com/en/
Less than an hour's drive from Fivizzano, Brick and Stone is an incredible treasure trove of wonderful Italian items, and I found the perfect tiles for my first floor.
Then, my interior designer Malcolm picked out an amazing chandelier for the dining room.

[@chrislarsen2684]

I can't wait to see the progress on your lovely Italian home. You inspire women to be themselves and buy their own investment property...I love that...

[@tiffany-sheriwageman.3702]

I was just thinking about that as well! Luke her husband is so easy and has no control issues.

[@larkmurry7808]

Grazie! Great to meet Malcolm at last...

[@rhondamartin3575]

It's so fantastic to buy used items and to restore them instead of buying new! Wonderful treasures you found! Amazing!

[@nolegirl4god]

Aw, is there a chandelier reveal now that it's all cleaned up? This is the first video I've seen of your house in Italy! I'm here for it. 🥰

[@virginiafeliciano9318]

Love how you are embracing speaking Italian! As I was watching you I kept thinking, “That would be me!” I’m learning as well and understand pretty much everything but struggle when I go to have a conversation. I think that I just need to get to Italy so I can talk with someone other than myself😭. I love the tiles !

[@christianoliver3572]

Love those tiles!!!

[@AmericanViscountess]

The best!

[@wendy-moore]

Great lamp! Lampada :)

[@Marilinaa]

So impressive with the Italian Julie! Speaking the local language always makes living somewhere more fun. It is like having a skeleton key to unlock the culture

[@mihaelaclaudiap..2]

You are so blessed to possess a house in Italy! I live between UK and Italy and my house it's in UK but wish it was in Italy or in Italy as well. For me, Italy it's the most beautiful country in the world. My family and friends are in Florence. Loved that shop you featured! xx

[@celticlass8573]

I feel Julie's enthusiasm for previously-loved items! There aren't a lot of reasonably-priced antique places around here (most of them have hoity-toity prices, and since I'm not hoity-toity, I refuse to pay them lol), but quality previously-loved items can still be found. I got a Larousse Gastronomique, my version of which can go for at least $150, for $25. More recently from the thrift store, I got two duvet covers (which normally are quite expensive for some reason): One a beautiful cotton damask, the other a lovely reversible silk with delicate embroidered flowers on one side, and elegant stripes on the other. Both were exactly what I was looking for. Both together were $17!

[@maureenb6095]

I’m so excited to see all you’ve done with your beautiful home in Italy! I know it will be wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing! 🌸🌸

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@lmgtulsa]

I love the tiles! And the car next to the tiles! 😁 What a dream of a place! I’m sure you will have lots of joyful times in your Italian home.

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@deborahhardy4445]

Julie,you are just so cute as you enthusiastically embrace your inner Italian!

[@LawOfAttractionExplained]

Your Italian has really improved! I just closed on my house in Sicily. I paused my French lessons to focus on Italian because I was confusing the two. Listening to you really gives me home!!!! Lovely tiles!!!

[@alvick353]

So many beautiful things to choose from I'd be overwhelmed and my head would be spinning. Good luck.

[@saradovale9918]

It's so lovely that you are speaking italian. Important to speak the local language. ❣

[@acatte1]

NICE

[@user-hn5rw3or1v]

Thank you for sharing this journey with us! It is a dessert for the eyes!

[@donbennett]

Really enjoying your channel. Looking forward to seeing the transformation you put into your lovely Italian home. 💐

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@breemanning206]

Love watching this reno come to life. Such a gentle, easy youtube channel to watch that completley engages and relaxes me, thanks for the fab channel x

[@AmericanViscountess]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@TheCloverQueenDQ]

I would lose my mind at the place with the stone sinks, gates beautiful old stuff lol. 🇺🇸

[@darlenechandler2403]

So love this video on your antique shopping. Love your place in Italy too. You are so wonderful to watch, full of energy and nice to see you showing such respect to your family and home videos in England. Can’t wait to see what you do for Christmas for us. Love your energy, so refreshing.

[@BonBon-nm3js]

Looking forward to you showing us your home as all the improvements take place.

[@kellyburgess671]

this is super exciting... cant wait to see the progress

[@jhb61249]

I was so bad at speaking Italian, they told me to stop, they would peak English. They were so nice and understanding. I explained, I was American living in Germany. My German was passable, but, my Italian was so dreadful! Oh well, what can I say, I'm American, hah! If I get back to Italy, I will be better prepared, for sure! Thanks for all.

[@karenmccarthy8017]

Very exciting!!

[@darlenewebber7706]

You are very lucky to live such a privileged life but I also see you are a very hard worker so enjoy!

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thank you so much!

[@ableadelaide5893]

You can tell Julie is speaking Italian even with the sound turned off! The hands give it away!!!

[@ChristopherDimitriousPhanara]

good stuff. I can't believe how hard you work. Cheers!

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DH007-w2d]

Impressed about your italian, even the hands talking...

[@carlaquartiroli6820]

What cool & amazing antiquing places you went too. I would lose my mind going through them & finding all sort of goodies. The tiles you picked are gorgeous. Also, you speak Italian really good! Thanks

[@suzib33]

Wow Recuperando is just awesome - wow so many beautiful things it would be so hard to choose!!

[@catherinecomins9546]

The magic of Italy. Nothing like it😊

[@tiffany-sheriwageman.3702]

I love this sweet area of Italy and you are making great friendships and learning what your home is going to be created and designed by you! I am learning from you be clearer on who I want to be in my own life! Great inspiration!

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thank you so much!

[@brendam5356]

Oh my Julie my heart was pumping the basins table and chairs urns and that light feature Malcolm has an exquisite eye 😍The visit to the tile place Bellissimo 👌Then the flooring taps fittings etc I need a wine can’t wait for what you have for us to see your reno in Italy excited Thankyou Julie I’m just in awe I’m definitely tiling my kitchen and the bathroom😘😘😍😍❤️❤️👌👌🥂

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thank you so much!

[@reneem9353]

Love the tiles! Eagerly waiting to see progress :)

[@rebekahlow8375]

The antique market is wonderful!! I enjoy hearing Italian. Look forward to seeing more!! Love from Vermont

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thanks for watching!

[@deanvo503]

I really lole loveeeee ypur videos and your energy. Keep them coming.

[@ronaldus2505]

Your Italian is fantastic, well done and very charming!

[@wendygarfagnana4681]

Wow ! Julie, Your Italian lessons are really paying off ! Brava !

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thank you! 😃

[@phylliscloak6082]

Enjoying your journey w/you.

[@AmericanViscountess]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Marykguise]

How fun!!

[@TheresAGirlInTheGardens]

Your Italian is getting so good! ❤️

[@kathleenp9643]

Hi from NYC Julie! love the tiles you picked out! This channel is such a treat. I love your enthusiasm! What I wouldn't give to shop in that antique market...wow! Keep the video's coming; they really put a smile on my face! PS Your Italian is coming along. ;)

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thank you so much!

[@cedarcottagefarm2885]

Love the tiles you chose. I love all those sinks.

[@AmericanViscountess]

Glad you like them!

[@louise-yo7kz]

Look at you rattling off your Italian. Awesome

[@rayleneertle951]

Wow you did good congrats

[@annapesceanscaia1598]

Your quest reminds me of search visits of Drew Pritchard, I enjoy watching his TV show.

[@marybarratt2649]

I would love this lifestyle, you are so lucky, but we can go through the journey with you and enjoy. Inspirational and love your enthusiasm for everything you do in life. Tku

[@AmericanViscountess]

Thank you so much!

[@MarthaLopez-rj2bf]

Please show more videos of your house in Italy I love it I’m always looking to see if I find videos on your home Love the decorations that you fine they are just perfect for your home 🥰🎄🇱🇷

[@AmericanViscountess]

More to come!

[@wendynamisnik11]

That ceiling is my favorite type of ceiling. It's my dream to have a house with one someday (on the beach of course)!

[@jeanneamato8278]

I loved the antiques. We’re looking for a ties also as our tower in Minturno was built in 800 CE. old even for Italy. It’s part of the city wall.

[@mirawilson9346]

Can’t wait to see more reno progress! When might be available for Airbnb?? I know it must be hard to get things done to your beautiful place during this time… Best of luck with everything… Looks like a wonderful area… Can’t believe there’s a ski run so close by as well❤️

[@robertaarnold3519]

The ceiling in the cafe matched your outfit and the walls matched your eyes. It was uncanny!

[@RoseBornagain]

Che carina, brava stai migliorando con l'italiano!!

[@maryannspicher]

I follow them on Instagram. I love seeing all of the pics they post! Such beautiful things 😍

[@patstats1]

We were at Recuperando in September. What they have in stock on the lot is overwhelming. Most of it is not priced and what is priced is an extreme markup. Like those stone sinks. Fortunately for us, our sink is original to our house. Our cousin did purchase a beautiful statue there. The name of the game is negotiation. Haggle the price, don’t pay the top dollar. Our cousin got a bargain. I was in search of a fioriera for my Tuscan kitchen window for my culinary herbs. (I did find some amazing bargains on Facebook Marketplace within 50km of Lucca) but nothing matched what I was looking for. Maybe our next visit.

[@rodneygorman5472]

Good job with speaking Italian.

[@JeanineMarieCompassion]

I love your commitment to recycling and upcycling! Very inspiring!

[@annarchydeclutteranddesign413]

Your ceiling looks like its straight out of a Fra Angelico Annunciation painting!

[@SusanRosanna]

I'm seriously intrigued by the cellar, what's the deal there? is the entrance from outside only? is it included in your property?

[@user-mh3kp7we7i]

There were antiques?

[@vivlocke2694]

I'd really like to immerse myself in this video, but the background music is drowning out the dialogue. Some of us are slightly hearing impaired and it's quite frustrating having to turn up the volume to hear what you're saying, just to hear even louder music. It is a lovely vlog, but perhaps keep the music for the background when you're not speaking.

[@francineh.7825]

Yes, I agree the music was very distracting while people are talking. Great to see all of the beautiful antiques though.

[@corinnecoffrini8024]

Curious.... is it necessary to speak Italian in order to function and have a second house there? Or could you get by on English only?....

[@b.s.4578]

🇮🇹AUGURI per il tuo italiano!!!🇮🇹 How do you study it, all by yourself?

[@AmericanViscountess]

Have a tutor

[@theladyangelaIIIpodcastchannel]

Hearing you speak Italian is like hearing me speak French hahahahahahahh Let[s hang in there! :-)

[@wildflowerwind6941]

The background music was really making it hard to hear you.

[@theladyangelaIIIpodcastchannel]

Lampadario

[@user-rm3eh5ic8f]

Good Day I Have Beutiful Antique Plates One Piece Silver From Philipines Laguna

[@imaginetraveltours]

hysterical there is a Mercedes behind you, covered in years of dirt!! wt?

[@deborahhardy4445]

Pls look up Kylie Flavel's gorgeous you tube channel.She is an Ozzie that has lived in Tuscany for years, speaks flawless Italian, and met and fell in love with her Guido and had a beautiful wedding,which she filmed .Guido's family have an estate/ farm in Tuscany that had fallen into ruins and her beautifully shot videos share their lives as they restore the house and land- a huge amount of work.They also have a house in Florence.Also,she is an accomplished Italian cook and shares her delicious creations.I think you two would be friends.You are both you tubers, lovely and love Tuscany!

[@AmericanViscountess]

I would love to meet her and yes I follow her too!

[@darlenechandler2403]

I follow Kyle Flavell also for years and watched her on her TV programs, which she toured around Italy. Love her and her story too. Would be great for them to connect.

[@darlenechandler2403]

@@AmericanViscountess I also follow Kyle Flavell for years on her TV programs and now her KZbin channel. She is a real inspiration and another person from Canada Debbie Travis, has a Bed and Breakfast in Tuscany, a designer and her estate is beautiful in Tuscany. Both very interesting woman and their backgrounds in cooking and design.

[@PeterPanMan]

Julie, "Bravissimo!" to you for charging ahead with speaking Italian. A suggestion from a veteran language learner: if you consciously force yourself to stop saying "uh", you'll improve faster and become more fluid more quickly. Saying "uh" actually distracts the speaker from what they are trying to say. Don't be afraid to speak more slowly in order to accomplish this. In any case...io ti rispetto.

[@corinnecoffrini8024]

Good to know!

[@Thomas-fu8vp]

These are not Antique Markets. They are junk markets. Mi dispiace. Signora, lei deve cambiare il titolo qui.

[@TheRedheadvids]

I just stumbled across your channel just as the others have mentioned, I’m enjoying your journey very much! I love the area of the country you’re in, but I haven’t visited because it doesn’t look to easy to get to. How long does it take you to get to Fivizzano from the airport?

[@robertaarnold3519]

I enjoyed your video. My goodness though your Italian pronunciation is terrible. It's so awful it's almost cute..