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Trattoria Lucia's dining room at Sunday lunchtime. One long table under red and white checked cloths with bentwood chairs on red seat pads, candles in straw-wrapped Chianti bottles, opal globe pendants above, and a cream and pink terrazzo floor with a red border. A walnut sideboard with a marble top holds a chrome coffee machine and wine bottles, under framed Italian coast paintings and family photographs. Along the right, the shopfront glass and the striped awning outside, and at the far end a wide opening to the kitchen.

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Trattoria Lucia · dining room

Sunday lunch for twelve under a striped awning: a real 1950s trattoria room, warm, noisy and lived in, with the street right outside the glass.

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Trattoria Lucia · dining room

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The notes

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1950s Italian trattoria. North side, behind the trattoria front, facing the sunny courtyard. About 10 × 4 m, seats 12, with the family kitchen behind.

Palette: Trattoria red, Cream, Terrazzo, Walnut, Bottle green.

materials

  • Cream and pale pink terrazzo floor with a thin red border
  • Cream painted panelling to dado height, warm white plaster above
  • Red and cream checked cloths on the tables
  • A long walnut sideboard with a marble top for bread, wine and olive oil

furniture

  • One long table for 12 made from three square tables pushed together, or split for smaller meals
  • Bentwood chairs with red seat pads
  • Framed old Italian travel posters and family photos
  • Shelves of olive oil tins, wine bottles and a coffee machine on the sideboard

lighting

  • Opal glass globe pendants over the table
  • Candles in Chianti bottles at night
  • Daylight through the shopfront and the striped awning

practical

  • A wide opening with a pass to the family kitchen, so the cook is part of the meal
  • The courtyard faces south here, so the awning matters in summer

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Photorealistic interior photograph of a private 1950s Italian trattoria dining room inside a house, about 10 by 4 metres, seating twelve. A long table made of three square tables pushed together, red and cream checked cloths, bentwood chairs with red seat pads, candles in straw-wrapped Chianti bottles and bowls of bread and olives. A cream and pale pink terrazzo floor with a thin red border. Cream panelling to dado height, warm white plaster above, framed vintage Italian travel posters with no readable text and family photos. A walnut sideboard with a marble top holding wine bottles, olive oil tins and a chrome coffee machine. Opal glass globe pendants. Along one side, the shopfront glass with a red and white striped awning outside and a sunny courtyard street beyond. Through a wide opening at the back, a glimpse of a calm modern kitchen. Warm Sunday lunchtime light. Style: high-end interior photography, warm and lived in. Avoid: theme restaurant kitsch, real brand logos, people, text.

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Trattoria Lucia's dining room at Sunday lunchtime. One long table under red and white checked cloths with bentwood chairs on red seat pads, candles in straw-wrapped Chianti bottles, opal globe pendants above, and a cream and pink terrazzo floor with a red border. A walnut sideboard with a marble top holds a chrome coffee machine and wine bottles, under framed Italian coast paintings and family photographs. Along the right, the shopfront glass and the striped awning outside, and at the far end a wide opening to the kitchen.
01 · Trattoria Lucia's dining room at Sunday lunchtime