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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