Lake Como is one of those places where the landscape itself sets the design brief. The water, the mountains, the old stone villas - everything already speaks a language of calm, beauty, and history.
Our client's villa dated from the 1920s. The bones were exceptional: original terracotta floors, vaulted ceilings, arched windows that framed the lake like paintings. Our job was not to redesign - it was to complement.
We chose materials that echo the landscape: linen fabrics in natural undyed tones, hand-plastered walls in a warm lime finish, local stone for bathroom surfaces. The furniture - a careful mix of vintage pieces sourced locally and new Italian pieces by Meridiani and Flexform - sits as though it has always been there.
The result is an interior that feels earned rather than designed. Guests walk in and feel the history of the place - not because we preserved it unchanged, but because every choice we made was in conversation with it.
