1.You describe your work as transforming houses into unique homes. How do you discover the personality and lifestyle of a client before starting the design?
Honestly, I never start with Pinterest boards. I start with a conversation — a real one. I ask how they actually live, not how they think they should live. Do they cook every night or order in? Do they need silence to think, or do they thrive on noise and people around them? I pay close attention to the small things they mention almost by accident — a childhood memory, an object they refuse to get rid of. Those tell me more than any style quiz ever could.
2. In a complete turnkey project, design decisions and construction have to work together. How do you make sure the original creative vision is maintained throughout the renovation?
This is where most projects fall apart, if I’m honest. The vision gets diluted somewhere between the drawing and the site. For me, the only way to protect it is to never step away — I’m on site constantly, I know every supplier, every tradesperson, every detail. I don’t hand off a concept and hope it survives; I stay attached to it from the first sketch to the last coat of paint.
3.Barcelona has a distinctive architectural identity. How do you balance local architectural character with a client’s personal style when redesigning a home?
Barcelona doesn’t let you ignore it — the light here, the history in the walls, it all speaks. I’ve learned not to fight that. I let the apartment tell me what it wants to keep — a original tile floor, a certain proportion of a room — and then I bring the client into that conversation. It’s never about imposing a “look.” It’s about two identities, the building’s and the client’s, finding common ground.
4. When renovating an existing home, what are the most important things you analyse before deciding what to preserve, transform, or completely redesign?
Light, first — always. Then I look at what has soul: original details worth saving, a structure that’s actually well proportioned, versus things that are just outdated and have no value beyond nostalgia. And then I watch how the people will actually move through the space — where they’ll gather, where they’ll want to disappear. Some things deserve to stay exactly as they are. Others need to go, no matter how “original” they are.
5. How do you approach material selection so that a space is not only visually beautiful but also practical, durable, and comfortable for everyday living?
I’ve made the mistake early on of choosing something purely because it was beautiful, and watching it not hold up to real life — kids, pets, humidity, time. Now beauty and durability aren’t separate questions for me, they’re the same question. I want materials that get better with age, not ones that need to be protected from the people living around them.
6.What role does lighting play in your interiors, and how do you use natural and artificial light to change the atmosphere and functionality of a room?
Lighting is where a project either comes alive or falls flat. I build the layout around natural light first — it decides where people will actually want to be in the home. Then artificial light is where I do the real emotional work: layers, warmth, dimmers, nothing harsh or central. A home should be able to change its mood across the day, and light is how that happens.
7.After more than seven years working in interior design, what is one lesson about creating truly personal homes that has changed the way you approach your projects today?
The biggest shift in me has been letting go of ego. Early on I wanted people to walk in and recognize “my style.” Now what I want is for the client to walk in and feel like themselves — more than they did before. That’s the real work. Not leaving a signature, but disappearing into someone else’s life so well that the home just feels inevitable.
