Maison Amarande restored the 19th century four-storey house into a contemporary style home articulated around a minimal stone and wooden central stairs in Lisbon.

The client was looking to create an intimate, comfortable and elegant home with quality materials, simple lines and soft tones with some touches of accent colors. The house had been entirely decorated with new pieces of furniture and artwork. It was also important to create a dialogue between the interior of the house and the beautiful historical environment made of the viaduct and the Amoreiras garden.The collaboration with the client has been smooth all along and turned into a nice friendship.

Maison Amarande is very fond of art and started to collect pieces 30 years ago and meet with international artists. The dinner table its Zion model from Moooi, and the dining chairs are the Beetle model form Gubi. The lighting is Massina by Bert Frank. All the dressers and kitchen cabinets were custom made. The large photograph facing the stairs on the 1st floor is from the Spanish photographer Humberto Ybarra. The Blue ink piece next to the kitchen is from the French artist Nicolas Lefeuvre. The blue painting in the dining room is from the Portuguese artist Inez Teixeira. The black and white photograph portrait on the console table in the living is from Hongkongese artist Kitty Chou.

A large silk tapestry has been commissioned for the stairs from talented Dutch designers XandLAmsterdam. Collaborating with artists and designers in a project is one of the part she prefers in her job.

Since Maison Amarande think that total white is boring, they likes to use colors in their projects. The combination of materials like wood, brass, cane is something that they often play with to create interesting bespoke pieces.

Fluted glass is also one of their preferred material and they love to include in all their projects, it creates interesting light and shade effects and allows to bring in more light in spaces but maintaining privacy at the same time. Tiles are also important in their work offering unlimited possibilities with texture, pattern or colors. New Terracotta, Mutina, Fornace Brioni are their favorites of the moment. They like to layer textile, rugs, objects and furniture to create a meaningful composition and a warm and personal interior.