Gil, Bertille, and the kids love spending their summers on the Costa Smeralda, surrounded by the crystal-clear waters and clear blue skies of La Maddalena.
The heart of their vacation is the historic center where their summer home is located: a single-story villa. The house opens onto a courtyard which leads to a panoramic rooftop terrace.
A seaside home has a soul of its own: the salty air transforms the interiors. Walls seem lighter, spaces open up, colors grow warmer, and the boundaries between indoors and outdoors blur. This is what happens in the house designed for Gil and his family.
The interior spaces revolve around a central core that houses the services, following a circular layout. Thanks to sliding panels and fixed furnishings, the house feels like a single, fluid environment, where life flows seamlessly from one room to the next. The courtyard, paved with white gravels, turns into an open-air dining room and connects both the living room and the master bedroom, which includes a wellness area with an open shower and sink, without any room dividers.
Different spaces, one continuous interior.
The sense of openness is amplified by a uniform floor that stretches throughout the entire house, even into the bathrooms with walk-in showers, and by the integration of built-in furniture.
The wardrobes, kitchen cabinets, and the living room’s bookshelf feel like expansions of the walls themselves, built from masonry and Sardinian oak, echoing the exposed beams just below the ceiling.
The cozy atmosphere, created by the warm white walls and natural materials like wood and resin, is enriched by the central furnishings. Dark wood tables and stools, frames and chairs matching the window fixtures, and rugs and sofas in soft beige tones.
