Casa Garpe
Our own home and the studio’s first testing ground. An open living-dining room where midnight blue, wood and linen meet the evening light.
- Place
- Campo de Gibraltar
- Year
- 2026
- Type
- Own home
- Scope
- Living-dining room · décor and lighting
The decisions
What we did and why
Tap a number to see each decision.
- 1
Vertical wood
The slats define the living area and add warmth without building work.
- 2
A colour anchor
The midnight blue sofa gives the room weight; everything else breathes around it.
- 3
Mustard accent
A small, bright touch against the blue. It's the 10 % of the palette.
- 4
Light over the table
The pendant, hung at the right height over the round table, is one of the room's three lights.
- 5
Terracotta in the dining area
The chairs tie into the Mediterranean palette and separate both zones without walls.
- 6
Linen at the windows
Long curtains that filter the evening light instead of blocking it.
The real palette
The colours of the home
- LinenWalls and curtains#F2E6D6 · 60
- Light oakFloor#E2CCB5 · 60
- WalnutSlat panel#975E35 · 30
- Midnight blueSofa#222A3D · 30
- TerracottaDining chairs#844D38 · 10
- MustardCushion#C49A45 · 10
Approximate colours sampled from the photograph and grouped by the 60-30-10 rule. Read the 60-30-10 guide
Before designing anyone else’s home, we designed ours. Casa Garpe is where we test every idea before proposing it: which fabric survives the evening sun, what pendant height works over a round table, how much wood a living room needs to feel warm without getting heavy.
The starting point
An open living-dining room, full of light, with a pale floor that flattened everything. It worked, but it had no character: a pretty home that could have belonged to anyone.
What we did
- A colour anchor. The midnight blue sofa gives the room weight and lets everything else breathe around it.
- Vertical wood. The slat panel defines the living area and adds warmth without building work.
- Linen at the windows. Long curtains that filter the evening light instead of blocking it.
- Terracotta in the dining area. The chairs tie into the studio’s Mediterranean palette and separate both zones without walls.
- Three lights, not one. A pendant over the table, ambient light and accent points: the room changes mood through the day.
A home isn’t finished the day the furniture arrives. It’s finished when you stop thinking about it and start living in it.