House in Jardim Botânico gains freshness with outdoor areas full of greenery

When the couple with three children decided to exchange their apartment for a house in Jardim Botânico (RS), architect Manuela Santos – part of CASACOR Rio – was responsible for the renovation and decoration of the property with 300 m² of built area (with three floors and a basement) and 145 m² of external area. “In general, the clients asked for large, integrated spaces for the children to play and for the decor to reflect the freshness and lightness of nature so present in the neighborhood, all without altering the original layout of the house,” says the architect. The overall concept of the project was to make the house lighter, brighter and more integrated with the outside area and to personalize each room with custom-made carpentry, since the idea was not to demolish walls. In the color palette and finishes, Manuela mixed shades of blue and green with natural materials, such as linen, cotton, leather, straw, peroba do campo wood and plants. On the ground floor, the architect used few pieces of furniture in the living room to increase the feeling of spaciousness in the living room with TV, such as the L-shaped sofa with one side facing the vegetation in the outdoor area, the pair of Mad armchairs (by Jader Almeida ), the diptych painting above the sofa (by René Machado ), the wooden sculpture in the dining room (by Leonardo Bueno ) and the composition of small colored paintings next to the stairs (by Marcelo Catalano ).

In the kitchen , there is a pantry and a large counter along the entire window, also overlooking the green landscaping. The upper floor contains all the bedrooms of the residence – the couple's, their daughter (18 years old) and their sons (3 and 5 years old), as well as a small pantry equipped with a minibar. Finally, the terrace became home to the couple's shared office (fully integrated into a large open balcony) and the family's private living room, with a large L-shaped bookcase, which goes from floor to ceiling, designed in white carpentry, with illuminated niches, to accommodate the couple's vast collection of books.