• The brief: Villa Terra is a new build located on the outskirts of Bordeaux, in the Gironde, southwest France. Our clients, a couple without children, entrusted us with the complete interior design of their 90 m² open living space, opening onto the garden through floor-to-ceiling glazing. The brief: a serene, sophisticated atmosphere, deeply connected to the surrounding nature, articulated around an organic palette of beige, terracotta and wood. The space needed to bring together an open kitchen, a dining room with integrated wine cellar, a lounge with fireplace, and a raised dining counter for more relaxed, convivial moments.

• The kitchen is organised around wooden cabinetry enhanced by a quartzite worktop and matching splashback, which give the whole composition a more refined, precious character. The cooktop was placed at the centre of the island, with an integrated extractor, allowing one to cook facing the garden and the living space. Full-height storage units housing the oven, refrigerator and ample cupboards, are integrated into a piece of bespoke cabinetry with rounded finishes that ease circulation, while its dual-material composition brings lightness and rhythm.

• The raised dining counter is anchored by a bespoke storage unit, with a painting at its centre bringing character and depth. This elevated dining area was designed to integrate the existing structural pillars in the room: rather than concealing them, we reinscribed them into the design to give them new meaning. The materials echo the kitchen, lifted by the terracotta accent of the high stools, a hue that runs through the room and reappears, as a guiding thread, in the lounge rug.

• The lounge was designed to fully embrace both the outdoor view and the fireplace. To avoid the heavy "block" effect of a large sofa, the modules are rhythmed by wooden separating shelves. The Lagune sofa by Roche Bobois, chosen for its fold-down backrests, never obstructs the view of the garden while offering optimal comfort. The fireplace, clad in an anthracite stone-effect finish that echoes the natural surroundings outside, becomes the centrepiece of the space, underlined by wooden shelving that brings a more raw, tactile material to the composition.

• The dining room, finally, takes its place along the fixed bay windows, picking up the materials and colours of the rest of the room. It integrates seamlessly into the whole while being delineated by a partition wall clad in a tropical wallcovering in warm tones, as well as by a bespoke wine cellar that frames the entertaining area.

Our objective was to design a living space where each function, cooking, entertaining, relaxing, has its own dedicated area, while contributing to a single visual harmony. Villa Terra illustrates our bespoke approach: making materials, light and colours dialogue together to compose a serene, sophisticated art of living, deeply connected to its natural environment.