Some projects become your baby,- the one you hold tenderly in your heart and fight fiercely for so it can flourish.
Babes D’Teix was one of them,- a home originally built by our dearest friends, their heart centre, the wife a creative force who shaped it with an instinctive eye for beauty.
We have spent countless days and nights here,- deep conversations under the moonlight, lazy afternoons by the pool, winter nights gathered around the fire. When it came time for a total reform it was a delicate undertaking. For me, the house was already perfect, iconic in our lives. But the new clients,- as warm and generous as the place itself - needed it to feel like theirs. The brief was simple: they wanted the most beautiful home in Deià.
The site is pure theatre,- majestic mountains holding the back of the house like a protective dragon, tiered terraces cascading in sculptural rhythms, the sea, the sunset perfectly framed in front. We let these surroundings guide the work, anchoring the design in the landscape’s own grandeur.
A few details of symbolic importance were preserved and accentuated,- both as an homage to the previous owners and to the spirit of the place. Oro placed alabaster in front of the original triangular window frames, and this auspicious pyramid form was carried through the house’s lighting design- pendants in brass, clay and stone, all made to the exact mathematical proportions of that original feature.
A red thread runs through the spaces,- craftsmanship and nature in counterbalance. The contrast of the raw, untamed mountainscape and the elegant, manicured olive terraces are brought inside, with boulders of local stone set against refined walnut carpentry. Gravity and light, in constant conversation.
The result is a home that feels soulful and unforced, layered in softened light and heirloom-level craftsmanship. It holds both the memory of what it was and the clarity of what it has become,- a heritage interior, elevated yet grounded in the same permanence as the mountains behind it
Furniture & lighting Design/Decoration/Styling: del Negro Studio
Architecture/Design: More Design
(Incredible!) Landscape architect: Ariane Holz
Photography (images yet to be published): Salva Lopez