Nothing is thrown away and everything is recovered. More than a slogan, it is the lifestyle of Barbara Zella, a 55-year-old originally from Piedmont but transplanted to Oristano for thirty years . A restorer, in her workshop in Via Riccio, she makes ancient furniture and objects that risk being lost shine .
A passion she has nurtured since she was a child and which will now take her to TV: together with her son Luca Trentin, to whom she has passed on her love for restoration and restoration, she will be the protagonist in two episodes of the series "I love restyling" which from Tuesday at 11am it will be broadcast on hgtvitalia (channel 56) and streaming on discovery plus .
«We had the honor of being involved in Elisa Lunardon's project – says Barbara Zella – It is an innovative television series on the recovery of entire homes which will be completely transformed without throwing anything away ».
The key word is to save and recover everything. «For two episodes, Luca and I will bring some of our experience in the field of conservative restoration and restoration» adds the restorer, who learned all the secrets of the trade from her father in the Vercelli workshop. Then a lot of dedication, commitment and study. «Every time it's new – he says in his “Gallery of Time” – we buy antique pieces in France and, once they return to our laboratory, the study phase begins and the delicate work of restoration and restoration to give new life to furnishings of bygone eras."
