A Closet…

To die for. Not really, but almost. I’m a somewhat incurable collector of old cabinets and chest of drawers for everything else… I collect and like to keep organised. So this one’s like awet dream to me. Love it!

Villa Necchi in Milan is a lot more than a stylish villa hidden amongst the “regular” inner city residential buildings. Villa Neccis is erected by two eccentric sister frome a more than well off family. It was initially planned to be a summer residence. The eccentric’s hosted more eccentrics, and never started families of their own. The villa that is kind of so much more than… a villa was donated to FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano). Today Villa Necce contains other families art collections, that has also been donated to Villa Necci/FAI.

Besides the by me much adored closet, there is also an incredible aesthetic kitchen in Art Deco style. It has an original linoleum carpet from the 1930’s that all of us visitors have been using. Quality!! Look at the increbibly beautiful stainless steel countertop with the very practical “drip strip/edge”. 

The villa is also filled with beautiful statues, paintings and material that in themselves are pieces of art. The bathrooms in marble… for one.

Read more about Villa Necchi?

Here are some more intresting readings about the historical architecture of, and art collections in Villa Necci
Art House: Villa Necchi Campiglio (ENG)
Villa Necchi Campiglio (ENG)

Villa Necchi is located at Via Mozart 14. I found it a bit difficule to find, but that might just be a sign of my lacking sence of locality that anything else.

Last, but not least, the staff working here… Their comittment to greet and show us visitors (tourists…) is so very impressive. They do not only keep us from not walking where we’re not supposed to. They kind of force themselves on us to tell some really intresting stories about the Villa, and the life that took place in it. Who visited, and what rooms they were in. The rules for, and what kind of access the servants had to the different part of the residency. If you’re really fortunate… you may on the guiding staffs own initiative be given access to some of the closed rooms where original pieces of both Picasso and Matisse are displayed. Yes… I was that fortunate.