An Eclectic Escape
Home & Decor Singapore|May 2022
In honour of the beauty of the Mediterranean on the French Riviera, the founder of design studio Sabrina Monte-Carlo has created an elegant yet fun villa for her family. KARINE MONIE learns what makes it her dream home from her.
Karine Monie
An Eclectic Escape

Interior stylist Sabrina Monteleone-Oeino has found and designed her personal piece of paradise along the coast of the southeast corner of France.

“The view is amazing”, she says. “We can see all the bays, from Monaco to Saint-JeanCap-Ferrat to Saint-Tropez, and sometimes even Corsica when the weather cooperates. T he house is far from the chaos of Monaco, and in a very peaceful neighbourhood, yet it is only a short drive away.”

The project, completed in spring 2016, was a complete renovation. “It used to be an old, traditional house”, Sabrina says, “but we tore it down and only left the structure’s four walls.”

The founder of design studio Sabrina Monte-Carlo, established in 1999 in Monaco, uses the property as a summer house, where she, her husband, two daughters and cat spend May to September.

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