“I am married and we have three young children, so our lives are pretty intense,” she continues. “I am the creative director of Jazmin Chebar, which is one of the most important high-fashion labels here in Argentina. Decoration is part of my aesthetic taste and view. I love fashion, spaces, and objects, and to generate creatively nice things that I like to live with.”

My style: I am quite eclectic… my style emerges in an spontaneous way. Sometimes things and objects just get together and integrate like in a puzzle. There is a part that I can plan and imagine, but the other part just appears in a mix of new and old stuff, and in mistakes too.

Inspiration: My guide is the colors. I compose in that base. I use the inspiration I find in my work in fashion. For example, I was inspired to choose the colors of the carpet in the living room by a woolen scarf I loved. For me it is easier to begin with the color, and then the forms and textures.

Favorite element: What I love most about my house are the windows. And the most special and risky object I bought is the living room carpet. I designed and produced it especially for this space and it went terrific.

The artworks are very special too, because each has a story, and refer back to some moment of our life as a family. These are the only things I will take in every move no matter what.

Biggest challenge: The biggest challenge was to unblock the layout of the living room and kitchen. The floor plan was super odd. The kitchen was enclosed and dark, and it felt out of the way in the circulation of the house. So the architects proposed to move it to a central and open position, integrated to the house and the family dynamics, and everything changed completely.

Proudest DIY: I had some velvet scraps so I made some pillows with squares, stripes, and diamonds, mixing all the colors (they were sewn by a very patient and dedicated upholsterer).

Is there something unique about your home or the way you use it? The most original thing is the kitchen located in the central part. It is a cube in wood in the middle of the living room, and everything happens around it. This gives the apartment a very dynamic circulation and helps us to use all the spaces. We live in every part of the house every day.

Please describe any helpful, inspiring, brilliant, or just plain useful small space maximizing and/or organizing tips you have: For me, the most important thing is that houses adapt to the real use their inhabitants give to them. There is no point in having a living room only for guests and all the family is relegated to a TV room. A house is for living in it, in a real and daily way. The dining room is for eating every day — not for receiving guests.

Finally, what’s your absolute best home secret or decorating advice? Dare to go beyond the rules. Support and buy local design and art. Find young people designing furniture. Encourage artisans to do new things. Choose young and creative architects with original ideas. In this way you can have a different house from all the others and make your own distinctive and special mix.

• Grey coffee tables — Bull
• Pink side table — Ries
• Green artwork — Ana Rapela
• Embroidery cushions — John Lewis UK
• Plain cushions — I made them
• Womb armchair — Saarinen by Manifesto
• Leather armchairs — María Victoria de las Carreras
• Egg vases — Marcel Wanders
• Green and black paintings — Daniel Prieto
• Carpet — El Espartano
• Puff — Antique moroccan fabric
• Rounded sofa — Amparo Be

• Table — El Yeite
• Chairs — El Yeite
• Black chair — Lejano Oriente
• Ceiling lamp — Studio Luce
• Jar — Zara Home
• Ceramics — I design them, they were going to become lamps
• Steel lamp — Duveen
• Chest — Bull
• Paintings — Flavia Martini (my mom!), Mora Becerra and Fidel Sclavo

• Tulip table — Saarinen by Manifiesto
• Sofa — Martina Correa
• Side table — Inherited, antique
• Tolomeo lamp — Iluminación Agüero
• Tray — Amparo Be
• Tigers cushion — John Lewis UK

• Floor and counter — DeStefano
• Stools — El Yeite

• Artwork — Flavia Martini
• Rounded painting — Julián Presbich
• Carpet — Rug It
• Side table — Antique shop
• Table lamp — Landmark
• Velvet pillows — Designed by me
• Green table lamp — Wedding present to by my parents
• Red chair — Amparo Be
• Miller armchair — Manifesto

• Table and chairs — El Yeite
• Armchair — It was in the house, I had it reupholstered
• Table lamp — Alto Rancho
• Velvet cushion — Designed by me
• Painting — Flavia Martini
• Night table — Talleres Sustentables

• Armchair — It was in the house, I had it reupholstered
• Cushions — Designed by me
• Carpet — Mihran
• Painting — Me
• Blanket — Amparo Be
• BW photograph — José Pereyra Lucena
• Black table — María Victoria de las Carreras
• Chairs — El Yeite
• Lamp — Iluminación Agüero

Thanks, Mumi!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.
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