Studio Peregalli Renovates the Sumptuous Villa Bucciol
Roberto Peregalli and Laura Sartori Rimini conjure magnificent, historically inspired interiors for a venerable family home outside Venice
Some 40 miles north of Venice, in the town of Oderzo, Villa Bucciol has an intriguing history, even by Italian standards. The oldest part of the house, currently comprising several bedrooms and a garage, was formed from the ruins of a medieval stone castle. Abutting the old castle wall is the home’s central portion, a narrow 15th-century structure that originally served as the meeting place for a local sect of flagellants, religious zealots who made a public spectacle of beating themselves in an attempt to expiate their sins. It now contains the master suite and library, while a two-story addition from the 16th century hosts the kitchen, the dining room, and two salons. In total, three buildings, constructed over hundreds of years, constitute the residence that Lorenzo Bucciol shares with his wife, Dorianna, and their two teenage sons. Founder of the Italian bathroom cabinetry and fittings company Legnox Adattocasa, Bucciol is a connoisseur of antiques and art, and the villa’s variegated provenance fascinated him. “While most collectors focus on a specific period or type of object, my taste ranges from the 16th to the late 18th century,” he explains. “My passions include everything from paintings to furniture to objets d’art.”
It was a shared breadth of interest and attention to detail that led Bucciol to Studio Peregalli, the Milan-based design firm known for enchanting, historically informed interiors. “Like me,” he notes, “they are perfectionists.” After purchasing the property in 1985, the Bucciols set about fixing it up, and by 1999, when Studio Peregalli arrived on the scene, both the house and the garden had already undergone major renovations. “It was an ascetic space,” says designer Roberto Peregalli, recalling the state of Villa Bucciol when he and his partner, architect Laura Sartori Rimini, first visited. “It was technically perfect, but it lacked life and warmth.”
That coldness was part of what made the project so appealing to the duo, who embraced the challenge of enlivening the spaces with compelling handcrafted alterations. “It is easier to start from scratch,” says Sartori Rimini. “But it is so much more satisfying to intervene at a later stage, as we did here. It took us three years and a multitude of artisans to get it done.”
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Some 40 miles north of Venice, in the town of Oderzo, Villa Bucciol has an intriguing history, even by Italian standards. The oldest part of the house, currently comprising several bedrooms and a garage, was formed from the ruins of a medieval stone castle. Abutting the old castle wall is the home’s central portion, a narrow 15th-century structure that originally served as the meeting place for a local sect of flagellants, religious zealots who made a public spectacle of beating themselves in an attempt to expiate their sins. It now contains the master suite and library, while a two-story addition from the 16th century hosts the kitchen, the dining room, and two salons. In total, three buildings, constructed over hundreds of years, constitute the residence that Lorenzo Bucciol shares with his wife, Dorianna, and their two teenage sons. Founder of the Italian bathroom cabinetry and fittings company Legnox Adattocasa, Bucciol is a connoisseur of antiques and art, and the villa’s variegated provenance fascinated him. “While most collectors focus on a specific period or type of object, my taste ranges from the 16th to the late 18th century,” he explains. “My passions include everything from paintings to furniture to objets d’art.”
It was a shared breadth of interest and attention to detail that led Bucciol to Studio Peregalli, the Milan-based design firm known for enchanting, historically informed interiors. “Like me,” he notes, “they are perfectionists.” After purchasing the property in 1985, the Bucciols set about fixing it up, and by 1999, when Studio Peregalli arrived on the scene, both the house and the garden had already undergone major renovations. “It was an ascetic space,” says designer Roberto Peregalli, recalling the state of Villa Bucciol when he and his partner, architect Laura Sartori Rimini, first visited. “It was technically perfect, but it lacked life and warmth.”
That coldness was part of what made the project so appealing to the duo, who embraced the challenge of enlivening the spaces with compelling handcrafted alterations. “It is easier to start from scratch,” says Sartori Rimini. “But it is so much more satisfying to intervene at a later stage, as we did here. It took us three years and a multitude of artisans to get it done.”
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