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The Winter Fashion Issue '21

Written By: ROBYN ALEXANDER/ BUREAUX.CO.ZA

A gorgeously colourful house in Soller, on the island of Mallorca, is the vibrant holiday home of Spanish designer and creative director Damián Sánchez.

**PHOTO CREDIT GREG COX/ BUREAUX.CO.ZA**

Ask designer, decorator, and Mango creative director Damián Sánchez about his favorite spot in his vibrant, contemporary holiday home, and the answer comes quickly. “Definitely the space where the oak table sits beneath the magnolia,” he says. “Although I do spend lots of time in my kitchen when I’m here, preparing my signature dish, los arroces [the rices].”

The entrance to the house is an inviting and attractive one. Visible in the background are mountains that form part of the Sierra de Tramuntana range.

In the entrance hall, the hallway table is French and was bought at Madrid’s Galería de Marita Segovia (galeriamaritasegovia. com). The blue artwork is by Joaquin Chancho, and the smaller artworks are from A Casa Bianca (acasabianca.com).

This is the sort of vacation home that’s the complete antithesis of the rustic shack. It’s elegant, exquisitely decorated and appointed, and every aspect of it has been as carefully thought through as the equivalent part of an urban residence. The result is that whether you want to celebrate a special birthday with a group of friends, spend half a day crafting something special in the kitchen, or indeed simply relax under that magnolia tree, this house will come to the party.

The stone-clad, three-storey structure, which is situated just outside Soller on the idyllic island of Mallorca, needed a complete renovation when Damián bought it in 2009. “There had to be a total reorganisation of space, as well as the renovation of the bathrooms, and paving of some areas—plus a big update was made to the garden too,” he says. “My aim was to create a space that reflected its roots in the countryside in which it’s set, but also had the comfort of a more modern home.”

In the entrance hall, the elegant French hallway table is from Galería de Marita Segovia in Madrid (galeriamaritasegovia.com).

From the entrance hall, a step down takes you into an extended hallway with a French table— made of wrought iron and natural stone—in its centre. The blown crystal candle holders were sourced locally in Mallorca. The vintage wooden moulds (with red-painted interiors) were used to make cast-iron items in the 1950s.

The living room features two sitting areas. On the left-hand side of the room, a pair of Flexform (flexform.it) couches sit atop a Turkish rug and are piled with scatter cushions from online store A Casa Bianca (acasabianca. com), which homeowner Damián Sánchez launched three years ago. The store features a wide range of “unique pieces for the home, developed in an artisanal way and handcrafted from the finest materials: beds, table textiles, tableware, glassware,” says Damián. This area also features a pair of Le Corbusier LC2 lounge chairs from Cassina (cassina.com) that are upholstered in fabrics selected by Damián, as well as French wrought-iron chairs and a French chandelier. The Tizio standing lamp is from Artemide (artemide.com). The white metal sculpture is by Carlos Evangelista.

The living room (seen here from the entrance hall) features two sitting areas. On the righthand side of the room, the furniture is grouped around a steel fireplace. The rug is Turkish and the cushions on the couches are from homeowner Damián Sánchez’s online décor store, A Casa Bianca (acasabianca. com). The wrought-iron chandelier is French, the red metal sculpture is by Carlos Evangelista and the artwork above the hearth—for which Damián has a special affection—is by Günther Förg.

The state-of-the-art kitchen is somewhat quieter in terms of colour, but a collection of handmade ceramic plates (discovered by Damián at the famous Marché aux Puces de St- Ouen flea market in Paris) adorns one wall, adding a vibrant and artisanal touch to an otherwise sleek, smart space. The plates are, he says, among his favourite items in the house. In the adjacent dining room, the bold pops of bright red return in the form of a set of classic metal Tolix chairs.

The dining room, which also leads out onto the patio and pool area, features a wooden table from St-Paul-Home (home-st-paul.com) and red Tolix chairs purchased from Galeria Miquel Alzueta (galeriamiquelalzueta.net) in Barcelona. The Nautic glass and metal pendant light is from Tekna (tekna. be) and the display cabinet is from antique dealer Enric Serra Planes. The Turkish rug is from A Casa Bianca (acasabianca. com), and the artwork, by a young artist from northern Spain, was purchased at ARCO MADRID (ifema.es/arcomadrid_06/).

The Mallorcan glassware and handmade crockery, for which homeowner Damián Sánchez has “a special affection,” are from his online store, A Casa Bianca (acasabianca.com). The pastries are from the bakery in the nearby village of Soller.

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