Originally built in the 19th century and last renovated in the ’90s, the house stood on the edge of ruin when its new owners brought in Moredesign to restore it. The structure, vast and set against the endless horizon of sea and sky, carried an almost intimidating scale. Tilles challenge was not only make it into a home, but to make it human again, balancing its monumental volumes with zones of intimacy.

The approach was to work with the architecture’s generosity, not against it,- allowing the grand, double-height spaces to breathe, while carving out sheltered corners for reading, dining, or conversation. Furniture groupings are arranged to anchor the open plan, each acting as a micro-environment within the larger whole. In the main living room, low, deep sofas break the expanse into soft, inviting islands. Covered terraces become outdoor rooms, shaded and furnished as if indoors, so that the house’s edges dissolve into the surrounding landscape.

The palette is elemental and moves with the house. The lower level is grounded in warm earth tones, rock, mud, terracottas. The main floor- with expansive views to the Mediterranean- are infused with indigos, muted blues to reflect the sea and sky. The top level is all about light- crisp optical whites and breezy translucent linens. The result is a home that moves fluidly between the monumental and the personal, where the scale of the building never overwhelms, and intimacy is found in every view, every seat, every shaded corner

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Furniture & lighting Design/Decoration/Styling: del Negro Studio

Architecture/Design: More Design

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