Shine bright
Living Etc Magazine|January 2021
Designer Patricia Bustos de la Torre has created an exuberant home that’s the perfect location for welcoming in the New Year
Kara O’Reilly
Shine bright

DINING SPACE

Sliding doors, hidden behind the spectacular custom bookcases, link this area with the office.

Kurul 02 stools by Enorme Estudio at Caotics. Lacquer and brass bookcases; marble and brass table, all Patricia Bustos Studio. Vintage chairs, La Recova in Madrid (customised gold details by Patricia Bustos Studio)

OFFICE

The confident colour scheme sparks creativity for Carmen and Alvaro and their children.

Custom stained-glass window, Patricia Bustos Studio. Vintage chairs, La Recova in Madrid; reupholstered in fabric by Christian Lacroix for Designers Guild. (Opposite) Chair by Charles and Ray Eames for Vitra. Illustration by Gonzalo Muiño

When dreaming of the kind of special space in which you would want to celebrate a new year, they don’t come much more full of exuberant positivity than the apartment Madrid-based interior designer Patricia Bustos de la Torre created for her old school friend Carmen Peñas. With a design philosophy that beautiful surroundings make people happy, it was easy for Patricia to collaborate with Carmen and her husband Alvaro to craft an upbeat family home that both reflects its owners – ‘they are a very fun family’ – and that guests gravitate towards.

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