A new beginningWhen they first set foot in the apartment in Conegliano together, Anna showed Marco around proudly. On the ground floor there was a large open space with a white bookcase that divided the kitchen from the living room, as well as a green-tiled bathroom. A wide wooden spiral staircase took from the living room to the floor above, which included two spacious bedrooms, each with its own balcony, a small study and a smaller bathroom with a hot tub. Marco loved the apartment, despite Anna’s apologies for the lack of curtains, lamps and decorative objects. She had an idea for their home: she wanted to bring in the forests of Cansiglio and their colors in the different seasons. In other words, she was thinking of enlarging some photographs of the beeches and birches to hang in each

