Family functionality with a lot of charm and a terrace for the whole year in Santiago de Compostela

It is possible that from the outset it gives you a bit of envy, but it can also inspire you for future changes in your home, so I would pay close attention to the comprehensive reform carried out in this apartment in Santiago de Compostela, which has opened the kitchen to others rooms, integrating it into a single space with access areas, living room and dining room and with a terrace isolated by a mobile enclosure that can be easily collected and that allows you to enjoy an outdoor environment throughout the year.

The house receives abundant natural light through the glass ceiling and the terrace windows, and that luminosity is enhanced through an interior design marked by the predominance of white on the walls, ceilings and furniture. The counterpoint is found in the brushstrokes of color provided by cushions, chairs and decorative elements that, added to the warm finishes of the countertop, dining table, living room sofa and floor tiles, contribute to creating a cheerful, carefree and truly cozy atmosphere. .

The apartment has 55 square meters and is located in the expansion of Santiago de Compostela. The objective of the reform was to turn it into a home with spacious, open and bright spaces, which would be much more comfortable and pleasant to enjoy with the family. The reform projected by the architect Alba Castelo contemplates the elimination of partitions, to configure an open central room in which the access areas, kitchen, dining room, living room and terrace are integrated.

The project stands out for an ingenious solution with which the 25 square meters of an outdoor terrace are added to the floor : it consists of two mobile glass enclosures, one to cover the roof of this area and the other to separate it from the rest of the floor. The doors that make up this last enclosure can be fully retracted, allowing users to open or isolate the space whenever they wish. Thus, without generating visual obstacles or interrupting the entry and diffusion of natural light, the room is closed and conditioned for use at any time of the year.

To furnish the kitchen, Santiago Interiores, the firm in charge of the renovation , opted for a combination of the LINE-E and ARIANE Blanco seff models by Santos, two minimalist designs that, with their clean and pure lines, are discreetly integrated into the architecture of the house, reinforcing the idea of ​​a space that is intended both to cook and to enjoy with the family.

The kitchen furniture is arranged in a U, with a composition of columns at one end and a peninsula at the other. Between the two is the scrubbing area, near a window to take advantage of the entry of natural light. The furnishing is completed with two tall folding cabinets and a counter top shelf to collect decorative objects, cookbooks and small appliances.

The peninsula concentrates the main functions of the kitchen, including the cooking area and a large work surface that, when extended on one of its sides, can also function as a bar for breakfast or quick meals. In addition, it incorporates three service modules with shelves on the outside and, on the inside, two plate-holder modules equipped with three levels of drawers with total extraction and high capacity.

At the opposite end of the peninsula, a composition of three tall cabinets houses electrical appliances and multiple storage solutions in a compact and organized space. The modules located at the ends house the boiler, the dishwasher and the refrigerator, while the central one integrates an oven and microwave.

The interior terrace, the most adorable of the apartment without a doubt, is organized around a fireplace with a Quento barbecue , it has sofas, chairs and a side table that make it an ideal place to Get together as a family at any time of the day and it also has several furniture design LINE-E Blanco seff by Santos.

The dining room, located perpendicular to the kitchen to facilitate serving and removing cutlery, has a table for five people by Banak Importa illuminated by a Bell lamp by Normann Copenhagen . 

The living room, equipped with a sofa and coffee table, is delimited with a rug by HK Living, an element that is combined with the Normann Copenhagen, Boho Deco Chick, Hay and Fine Little Day cushions to give this space a character markedly homey. The Quick-Step laminate flooring extends throughout all the rooms of the house, except in the bathrooms and terrace, providing warmth and uniformity to the whole.

Through a corridor located between the kitchen and the dining room you can access the rest of the areas of the house : a toilet with a sliding door and a children's bedroom, located on both sides of the corridor, and the master bedroom, which includes a dressing room, bathroom and Nobel bed with Ikea headboard.

Although both in the suite and in the children's bedroom the predominance of white is maintained, the Ferm Living wallpaper that covers a partition of the latter contributes, with its colorful touch, to generate an atmosphere very in line with the person destined to enjoy it.

In the project Alba Castelo has taken special care of the decorative details , incorporating multiple elements available in the online store that she runs, Cheerup . Thus, for the children's bedroom, a duvet cover from Snurk , a table lamp from A Little Lovely Company, cushions from Cozy Kids and Lorena Casals, a rug from the same brand and a white Sunrise rocker have been chosen . 

For the suite we have chosen a rug by Hay, lamps by Hübsch and A Little Lovely Company , a bedside table and hanger from HK Living, a table and candle holders by Normann Copenhagen and a luminous letter by Heidi Swapp.

Also noteworthy are the walls and floors of the bathrooms covered with Porcelanosa flooring and, for the equipment: showers, taps and toilets from Roca and Hansgrohe. In the case of the toilet, there is also a Zeta Flat towel rack by Cicsa.

I don't know what you will think but I can't like it more, especially knowing that many of us renounce the use of the terrace in Santiago de Compostela, due to the weather , for a good part of the year and that with a solution like this we could always take advantage of it in addition to having a larger house. Just great!