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The triumph is when you walk into the room and don’ t think about the colour first— you think about how the room makes you feel. When a vibrant palette becomes comfortable, when people relax in it, when they smile without knowing why— that’ s when we know we got it right.
How do you approach the design process to ensure each room truly feels like a‘ distinct world’ while maintaining a cohesive narrative throughout the entire project?
The idea of each room feeling like its own“ world” doesn’ t happen by accident. We start by asking a simple question: what should this room make you feel? Once we define the emotion, we build everything around it— the colour, the shapes, the textures, the lighting, even the artwork. But making every space different doesn’ t mean the house should feel disconnected. The secret is in the threads that quietly link everything together. It might be a repeated material, a certain tone of metal, the way patterns are layered, or the softness of the lighting. These elements keep the whole house speaking the same language, even when each room has its own personality. We don’ t want people to walk through the house and notice a design concept— we want them to feel a story unfolding. One room energises, another calms, another invites playfulness … yet they all belong to the same home, to the same family, to the same life. When a project feels both varied and harmonious, that’ s when we know we’ ve succeeded.
Did the project’ s location in Estoril, Portugal, influence any of the design choices, particularly in terms of color palette or material selection?
Yes— the location in Estoril definitely influenced the design, even if not in an obvious,“ coastal” way. Estoril has a very particular light, and that light changes colour in a beautiful way throughout the day. The sunrise has soft pinks and oranges, the afternoon light is sharper and slightly golden, and the evenings have a deep blue tone that feels almost cinematic. Those shifts helped guide the palette for each room. We didn’ t copy the colours literally, but we tried to capture the mood of them.
The materials also reflect Portugal in a subtle way. Natural stones, timber, woven textures and handmade finishes were intentionally chosen because they feel familiar in a Portuguese home— not rustic, but warm and tactile. There’ s a certain comfort and honesty in Portuguese craftsmanship, and we wanted that spirit inside the house.
So even though the project isn’ t a“ Portugal-themed” interior, it couldn’ t exist anywhere else. The light, the landscape and the atmosphere of Estoril shaped the feeling of the home— colourful, sunny, emotional and easy to live in.