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A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ERAS, A DEEP RESPECT
Structural interventions were kept few and discreet, given the extremely tight schedule, offset by a great skill in chiseling the interiors through original furnishing solutions and meticulous attention to the smallest details. In a respectful and innovative dialogue with the past, which La Casa di Babette was keen to preserve and ennoble. Among the pre-existing elements, the most decisive were the Venetian terrazzo floors and the sumptuous living-room ceiling, decorated with two majestic 17th-century portals salvaged from an ancient church.“ Once carefully restored, they became for us a powerful source of inspiration for every single choice of forms, styles and atmospheres”, continues Cinzia Russo.
AN ORCHESTRATION OF COLOURS AND FORMS
From the historical heart of the house emerges the use of color as material, as a creative matrix of the interior design. A palette that radiates from the decorations of the wooden ceiling and the chromatic alchemy of the floors. Earth tones, ochre, cream, chocolate, with touches of warm red. And more contemporary accents, such as the midnight blue that wraps, for instance, the two brothers’ bedroom, enlivened by notes of vivid red and sunshine yellow in the custom-designed Berber rug. An affectionate design gesture, where functionality and poetry merge.
As in the girl’ s bedroom, in the more romantic tones of salmon pink, enriched by the delicate arboreal motifs of the two decorated panels flanking the canopy bed. Each space has its own dominant palette according to who inhabits it, yet all are echoed throughout in a subtle harmony that pervades the entire project.
OPEN SPACES, DETAILS THAT MOVE
To bring to life spaces for growing, thinking, being together, and relaxing, the shortened construction timeline required a clear decision: respect the original floor plan without intervening in