Casa Guzman: A Vacation Home in Santona, Spain, by Plantea Estudio
When your adult children have their own children, it can become increasingly difficult, between multiple work, school, and extracurricular schedules, to gather the whole family under one roof. Photography by Germán Saiz, courtesy of Plantea Estudio. After gutting and rebuilding the insides, what was once a warren of small rooms has been transformed into a first floor that’s open... ...airy, and optimized for congregation and conversation, and a second floor of bedrooms that can accommodate up to 12 people. In place of multiple small rooms, an open-plan layout now dominates the first floor, which houses the spacious eat-in kitchen as well as two living areas. In a nod to the original home and traditional Cantabrian and Basque farmhouses, Catalan clay tiles, in Terracotta Red from Cerámicas Ferrés, were selected for the flooring in the public spaces. The 1960s rush dining chairs by Spanish designer Joaquim Belsa Aldea are from Barcelona’s Fargo Furniture. The wood-burning fireplace is by Miguel Milá Sagnier for DAE. Plantea Estudio designed the modern built-in linen sofas in the living areas. Exposed industrial-style concrete columns add patina to the interiors. Terracotta tiles transition to painted pine floors on the second level. The warm palette of rust and wheat continues in the bedrooms. In the bathroom, more Catalan clay tiles in Terracotta Red from Cerámicas Ferrés—but this time in a glazed finish.