Terracotta in photographs

The courtyard beneath the old balcony — the real house, photographed on site

The apartment's own door, straight off the courtyard

The entrance corridor, with a stone arch older than anyone remembers

The kitchen — old masonry, a long counter and a corner for slow breakfasts

Bedroom one — old ceiling beams, an arched window and courtyard green outside

Morning light through linen curtains in bedroom one

The round tapestry above the bed in bedroom one

A quiet corner beneath the beams in bedroom one

Paper lamplight and the round tapestry, bedroom one

Fresh towels and the old pine door, bedroom one

Bedroom two — the rust-red hanging, old beams and a terracotta floor

Bedroom two, with its mysterious old stone niche

A chaise longue by the open window in bedroom two

The stone niche and chandelier of bedroom two

The bathroom — a walk-in shower against the original stone wall

Courtyard bricks, worn smooth by decades of summers

Courtyard evenings under the string lights

Dusk in the courtyard, lamplight in the bedroom

The pomegranate tree shading the courtyard

The leafy courtyard in front of the house

Old trees and the wrought-iron balcony of the house

The gate onto Elene Akhvlediani Street

Through the courtyard gate: the fortress wall and the snow-capped Caucasus

Telavi's theatre, the fortress wall and the mountains beyond

The Greater Caucasus rising over the old town wall

A tower of Batonis Tsikhe, a minute's walk from the door

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