This 205-square-metre home in the centre of Madrid draws from a classic era to implement the best of it, and with the precise dose of elegance by interior designer Ricardo De la Torre. All the existing vertical walls were pulled down and each space was redistributed, as the main objective of the project was to start from scratch to create a blank canvas, with a spacious and bright daytime social area.
The owners also wanted to highlight the works of art collected during their travels. The layout of the house after its complete renovation also reflects this vision. It now has a monumental entrance hall, a main hall that connects to a living room with a bookcase, a dining room with sliding doors that lead to the kitchen, a corridor that leads to the bedrooms and a careful selection of elements that give life to each space where fluidity is imperative.
Each of its rooms comes with a careful selection of furniture, with recycled fibres, designed by Ricardo de la Torre himself. The style of the house is timeless, largely due to the fact that the blue tones become the protagonists. It is worth highlighting the floors in the hall, the living room, the bathrooms and the kitchen, which are made of marble in different tones.
The textures were intended to add depth and warmth to each room. But the great key to this refurbishment is that, despite the structural interventions that have taken place, Ricardo de la Torre has managed to maintain the original essence of the flat intact, its authenticity, and through a balance between the old and the more contemporary. A great success when it comes, now more than ever, to giving life to personalised residences that can grow and evolve hand in hand with those who live in them.