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Standing tall, above the breath taking views of Lake Maggiore is a triumphant home once owned by Milanese entrepreneur, Dino Cardarelli. As the economic life boomed between the First and Second World War, young men like Dino were shaping the business industry in Italy, sharing ideas and building on strong relationships. But it was away from bustling working life, on a trip with friends in 1925, where Dino first came to visit the town of Premeno on the western shore of one of Italy’s largest lakes. Like many of the wealthy businessmen and artists that converged there before him, he was ...

King Edward VIII’s abdication from the British throne in favour of the pursuit of love was deemed a monumental fall from grace. The then King and Wallis Simpson, exiled by the Windsors, travelled to the Bahamas by commercial liner and were stripped of some of their royal privileges. Here Edward’s was appointed Governor of the Bahamas with Wallis Simpson appointed Bahamas’ first lady. Sigrist House, a magnanimous and noble property, was just the place to house the royal couple. Spread over four acres of prime Bahamian real estate, gazing down upon Goodman’s bay, Sigrist House is truly ...

Like a fairy godmother of feminine design, she transformed one of the five bedrooms into a rosy reverie.