Architecture Wednesday: Fairytale Chalet Near Lisbon

The renovation of the Chalet in the center of São Pedro de Penaferrim, former civil parish in the municipality of Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal was meticulously carried out using the best materials and finishes. The property, which belonged to the father of architect Raul Lino, consists of a main house with three floors with three social areas and four bedrooms and a guest house with two bedrooms. The garden is divided into large flowerbeds, with large fruit and olive trees, a fountain and was designed by a landscape architect.

In the main house there is a large hall that gives access to the main living room with large glass doors to the garden with views of the Pena Palace. The walls and ceilings were all restored according to their original design, with high-relief branches in plaster and painted metal. The floor is in the original wood in a herringbone pattern.

On the lower floor there is a charming living room created in part of the old kitchen of the house, with tiled walls and an new open-plan kitchen and dining room. The kitchen is lined with wooden cabinets with straw shutters and pantry. The first floor features the primary suite with French doors that open to the greenery of the mountains, a large bathroom, and a bedroom that can be used as a sitting room, as a large primary closet or an office. On the second floor there is a bedroom, bathroom and large living room where two more bedrooms could be built. The guest house is divided into two floors, with an open-plan living room and kitchen, a guest bathroom, storage room and wine cellar, with the two bedrooms on the upper floor served by a bathroom.

The renovation work was completed with externally insulated walls and a new roof. All bathrooms have underfloor heating and some have a shower and bathtub. Both houses were decorated by interior architect Arnaud Cabri-Wiltzer in the original style of the home. In total there are seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms in the home making it a perfect B&B for the discerning buyer who has a little over $6M USD.

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Architecture Wednesday: Almirante Reis Apartment

It’s small, it’s open, it’s quirky. I love it. The Almirante Reis Apartment, a rehabilitation of an attic in a 1906 building in Lisbon, Portugal, is just for me. This apartment sits in the attic of the old building, with vaulted, wooden ceilings, beams, dormer windows and I love every eclectic inch of it..

The apartment is not quite 1,000 square feet and is basically one room, with a bathroom hidden behind brass walls. But it’s not just the modern bathroom walls, or the modern kitchen it’s the irregular stone masonry wall, the wooden beams and pillars of the roof, which are all original to the building and revealed just for this space.

The apartment was initially very partitioned and with low ceilings, but the raising of the roof and knocking down of the walls immediately transformed the space. The living is at one end of the space, with the formerly closed kitchen space, now a fully open space with large kitchen countertop and dining room sits in the middle of the room. A smaller sitting area is just beyond the dining table.

The relocation of the bathroom to the middle of the apartment makes it possible to free all the windows for the central space, though the bathroom does get sunlight through a tunnel skylight. And the bathroom stands out from the rest of the attic as it is covered in polished brass to reflect the spaces around it.

The bedroom, at the other end of the apartment, is open to the rest of the  space, but can be closed off by a golden velvet and silk curtain that runs along the extension of the brass wall. In addition, at the far end of the bedroom, is a small sitting area beneath a  window, with its own fireplace.

It’s not a huge space, though the open ceilings make it feel larger, and it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love it because it’s different, and small, and in Lisbon.

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