Few things are scarier than reform, but few are more satisfying than well-executed ones. This bright and happy house in Madrid was a dull office… If the result is going to be this, it is worth getting involved in works.
Dawn Monastery
The owner and interior architect Aurora Monasterio in her home office.
One Space, Two Uses
Office or dining room? The environment is very versatile, it is used to work or receive. Just put a tablecloth and add chairs! The owner bought some at Rastro de Madrid and others through Wallapop. She upholstered them, mixed them up and wow! The paintings are family heirlooms.
A Very Open Room
The coffee table is from Batavia. The cushions are from Batavia and Mestizo. Sideline Boxes.
Mix Of Styles
Veroe Upholstery sofas with Nobilis canvas. Armchairs, tables, lamp and rug from La Nave Home.
To The Dining Room
The clay pot on the sideboard is by Fronda. The bookcase is a design by Aurora Monasterio.
In Detail
The sideboard and the botanical paintings are from La Europea. The mirror is from La Nave Home.
At The Entrance
The chest of drawers is from La Europea. The rug is from Tailak. Fronda plants and vases. Vase and candles, from Fronda. Tray, from La Nave Home.
The Kitchen
The taps and the sink are from Blanco. The bell is from Falmec. The countertop on the sides is in Silestone.
Open To The Outside
The appliances are from Balay and the furniture is from Baco. The screens are from Maisons du Monde.
The Bedroom
Very used The bookstore is designed by Aurora Monasterio. The bedspread and cushions are from Zara Home. Banquette of La Nave Home.
Reading Corner
The curtains are from Maisons du Monde. The table is from La Nave Home. Zara Home rug.
In The Bathroom
The lamps and the furniture are a design of the decorator. Floor from Ars Solum and details from La Chinata.
This is a story of long paperwork and complicated bureaucratic procedures with a happy ending, thanks to its protagonist, Aurora Monasterio , who is the kind of person who turns a problem into an opportunity when they encounter a problem. She is an interior architect, but above all she is a patient and optimistic woman. Faced with the unstoppable increase in housing prices, she sought (or rather found) her own solution: she bought an office and turned it into a home. She supposes a series of cumbersome and exhausting procedures, it is necessary to “overcome a whole series of bureaucratic trips: cadastre, fees, registration…”, she explains to us. Now she ‘controls’ those procedures, and she carries them out for clients with as much care as she did for her family.
But let’s go to the beginning. Aurora dreamed of living with her husband and their two children in Chamartín – “because it is the most residential, greenest and most ‘for children’ neighborhood in Madrid” -, but it was impossible to find a home to suit her at the prices offered by the market.
Make way for the light
From dark to light. The great fear of the interior designer was that, being a ground floor, the house would not be bright. The solution was to remove walls and leave as few as possible. The windows were also modified and enlarged.
A trick. DM’s white venetian blinds ‘disguise’ that the windows are not symmetrical, one of Aurora Monasterio’s concerns.
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