I love rustic, cabin-y spaces, especially during this part of the year, when all I want to do is curl up in front of a roaring fire. But I also love color, something you typically don't see a lot of in the cabin world. So of course I fell in love with this home in Spain, which is the perfect mixture of rustic warmth and cheerful color.
The house is an old Galician farmhouse, restored by Spanish designer Javier Requejo. He's created a space that's rustic, modern, and colorful all at once by leaving most of the building materials in their natural state and working in a colorful amalgamation of vintage and contemporary furniture.
Even though the furniture represents a huge variety of styles and colors, the fact that there isn't very much furniture (considering the size of the space) keeps everything from becoming overwhelming. Letting each piece have its own space means they all get a chance to shine. This home manages to be airy and light and yet warm and colorful — the best of all possible worlds.
To see more photos and read more about the project, check out Elle Decor España. (The link is in Spanish, but if you don't speak Spanish, Google Translate can be your friend.)
via Happy Mundane
(Images: Elle Decor)
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I don't want this house. Nor do I want a horse. But I would love a house where a horse comes by and sticks his head in the door. That would be fantastic.
I'm an odd duck - this just doesn't appeal to me. It is certainly gorgeous, but it appears more cold than warm and very confining (even with the natural light and open door!). The horse is the exception and I agree with thorndale - I'd love to have a house where a horse comes by and sticks his head in the door - or even a cow, for that matter.
I love this place. A big part of the appeal to me is the exposed construction of the walls and roof. The ceiling is amazing. The space would be interesting with nothing in it and what IS there adds so much without hiding the great foundation.
This is exactly my taste. Airy and pared down but colorful and eclectic.
What a bright and cheerful space, especially inviting during this chilly winter we're having in St. Louis MO. I wish I could better embrace the idea of letting each piece of furniture have it's own space like this. I just keep finding so much cool stuff that I want to live with it all! Alas, some of it eventually moves on to other homes and for all to brief moments there is room to walk around.
Gorgeous house. Id love to own a farm house like this but none of the chairs look so comfortable. ...
I don't see how someone would consider this cold but to each their own and I respect that. I don't normally don't care for rustic, 'shabby chic, or distressed decor but this home is lovely and in Spain to boot. Very nice indeed.
Love this place!
I think this house is wonderful. Not cold in the least. I would love to live there.
A couple of the comments above reminded me of this story. For the first year of my life, I lived with my parents in a cabin at about 5,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada. My mom wanted to surprise my dad with a pie but the cabin had only a handbuilt outdoor oven. She decided to give it a go and baked a lemon meringue pie. She was so proud of herself and happily imagined my dad's reaction when he came home from work. She set the pie on the sill of an open window to cool and went about her chores. Suddenly, she heard a strange sound and turned to see a horse eating the pie off the window sill!
I like the 'found' look of this house, not pompous.
One of the more interesting uses of space I've seen in awhile. I''m not sure its for me, but two thumbs up for the creativity and inspiration behind it.
What a great story. lol
Cheerful! A bit mismatched?
Lovely story.
Lyonstill - what strikes me as cold is the amount of stone used in the house. It's just not my preference as I think of a cave, although I certainly respect that others may find it most appealing. But as I said - it is gorgeous (the colors, the furniture, design of the space).
Nice use of color and the walls and ceiling are really beautiful.
I don't want to move in permanently, but it would be a perfect place to vacation. Especially if there were an ocean close by.
This is very pretty. In love with the colors.
This place reminded me of "House Hunters International (Europe)" - those episodes in which Europeans are moving from one country to another and they always seemed to want to buy a "ruin" in France or Spain. Since this was an old farmhouse, I wonder if it was a ruin when Requejo got it? He did a great job on it, ruin or not.
Viva espana! It's called free thinking, people! Not my personal taste but looking gave me some thrill....