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The travertine used to build it was mined from the same quarry outside of Rome that supplied stone for the Colosseum, New York City’s Lincoln Center and the Getty Museum.

By tearing up a stretch of the travertine floor and parts of the wall plaster, she revealed the remains of the original building before it was altered in 1938 according to the monumental principles of Nazi architecture.

“Well, your mom and I were torn between the walnut plank we have and a large-format beige travertine product,” I said.

“I vote for the travertine one for your sunroom because you’ve got two walls of windows. The sunlight streaming into the room will enhance the lighter LVP. The large format and light color should make the room feel bigger, too.”

For her tender and clever wall sculptures, she employs traditional stone-carving techniques to sculpt odd and bulbous shapes out of marble, travertine, brucite and limestone.