House in Versilia: a renovation with a ‘sea flavor’ (and land)

Light without borders

The central object of the renovation is the relationship between the interior and exterior (characterized by a 55m2 garden) of the villa: an aspect on which the architects have worked since the beginning of the project, and which they have strategically accentuated through the enhancement of the natural light which, today, filters into the house thanks to the large full-height windows, a blurred boundary between indoors and outdoors.

The desire was precisely to create a synergy between these two areas of the house, which during the summer now appear as a whole, bringing with them the sensation that the spaces become deeper.

Honey tones, rattan and bleached oak

In addition to natural light, the materials - few, but evocative - played a central role, chosen to give the rooms a flavor of tranquility typical of the slow life of Versilia. Wood, stone, and glass used for the larger surfaces of the interiors, dialogue with the woven rattan of the ceilings on the ground floor also replicated outdoors with the textiles in the bedrooms; the parquet floors in bleached oak cover the whole house and those in white terracotta characterize the covered deck, while the terrazzo has been taken up in different colors in each bathroom, where the walls have all been enhanced by marmorino finish developed by the artist Filippo Falaguasta.

The color palette is also in tune, which revolves around a range of earthy hues, ranging from honey to caramel, from light brown to beige. In an explicit declaration of Mediterranean hospitality, with the taste of salt. And earth.

The new plant

The renovation intervention for the villa in Versilia was not limited to a superficial restyling, but also involved the reorganization of the spaces.

It is interesting how the original fireplace dating back to the first version of the 1950s house, once in the center of the living room of the house, has been brought outside and covered in black terracotta tiles, in contrast with the white terracotta of the deck floor.

On the ground floor, the bright living room is completed by the dining area communicating with the custom-designed kitchen island: the two areas are separated by a sliding glass door which incorporates the tone of black used for the terracotta flooring of the kitchen and for the seats.

The intervention by Vudafieri-Saverino Partners can also be recognized in the attention to detail and in the play of visual perspectives.

Through a system of corner boiserie in reeded elm wood, which gives the walls a dynamic rhythm and which is used as a pantry in the dining area, the living room leads to the sleeping area where the master bedroom, also opening onto the greenery of the garden.