Kitchen detail with Carrara marble worktop, shaped splashback and brass tap

Pale blue kitchen with marble topped table and two woven wicker pendant lights

Duck egg blue kitchen units below a marble shelf and shaped marble splashback

Kitchen corner with brass handles and an open doorway through to the dining room

Dining room with round table and mauve chairs beside arched doors onto the garden

Oval walnut dining table with pink chairs and two glass globe pendants above

Tall palm plant beneath the vaulted white ceiling of the open living area

White linen sofa against a tropical leaf mural in the Forte dei Marmi living room

Living room with palm leaf mural, linen sofa and patterned marble mosaic floor

Bedroom with green banana leaf wallpaper behind the bed and paired black pendant lamps

Guest bedroom with an oversized monstera leaf mural and blush upholstered headboard

Cloakroom lined in black hexagonal tile with a brass basin and round mirror

Shower enclosure in Carrara marble with black hexagonal tiles and black brassware

Outdoor marble table laid with blue ceramics between ornate cast iron garden chairs

– Project: Residential

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The goal was to establish a subtle freshness, a delicateness of space created by sculptural forms melding together. While certain elements were kept in place, parts of the interior were completely reconfigured.

We knocked through the existing partitions in the living area, to create a greater sense of space. This more open floor plan has allowed room for a central dining area.

For the floor, the house benefits from its geographical closeness to the Carrara’s marble quarry, featuring an amazing textured marble floor mixed with marble “Giallo di Siena”.

Surrounding walls here feature stucco that have been painted a cool white to give contemporary feelings. The entire house benefits from the basic palette created from marble, brass and cool white, mixed with other colours or elements depending on the functions. PHA also hoped that the choice would make the room appear wider.The cooking area features duck egg cabinetry and marble top and backsplash, with details in brass. Suspended over the kitchen marble table, and wicker pendant.

Both the marble and the metallic touches are intended to be scuffed and marked by time and use, leaving imprints of the body moving, cooking, tasting.

The dining room features the wooden table Ademar by Bross, surrounded by Gubi pink-toned chairs. Two glass frosted chandeliers by Flos float overhead, with brass touches. Adjacent to the dining area is a spacious living room, where the home’s original arched windows and doorways are on full display. The light-filled space is fitted with the Gervasoni Ghost sofa, wicker chairs and the colourful wallpaper from Wall&Decò.

In the master bedroom, the team covered walls with wallpaper that lend a softness to the space, creating a jungle-like feeling mixed with bamboo furniture, and green tones. White and black tones appear in the house’s bathrooms, where surfaces have been lined with hexagonal marble tiles. Cristina rubinetterie faucets, and British old style sanitary ware.

The second bedroom also features a warm wallpaper and curtains, tempered by rich, mustard-colored dress cushions and brass lighting fixtures.