5 examples of outdoor living rooms designed to make the sea a kind of furniture, a constant company for the soul
Today we talk about some beautiful houses in Salento that not only overlook the sea, offering the view from different angles and rooms, but also have spaces between “open” and “closed” designed to be the living rooms in which , in addition to walls and furnishings, there is the sea as a key element.
Villa Conchiglia – Castro
The beauties of Villa Conchiglia, overlooking the beautiful blue sea of Castro, are best shown in its bright spaces and a several sea views, leitmotiv and constant companionship, which can also be reached by direct access.
To crown the idea of the sea with furniture concept, we find a lounge terrace, with tufa and lime seats set on dry stone walls that reflect the ancient structures of Salento and its terraces.
The sea-view is a wall that surrounds on 3 sides and keeps company like a fireplace in winter.
Casa Galata, Santa Maria di Leuca
Not only the sea but the whole atmosphere of a Mediterranean garden is, instead, the furnishings of the seaside lounge recreated in Villa Galata, a villa in the beautiful scenery of Santa Maria di Leuca.
The space dedicated to a lunch or a dinner under a wooden and wicker canopy was not enough for designers and interior decorators who, together, wanted to think of a post-dinner relaxation area overlooking the sunset and the most beautiful sunrise over the sea in Italy
It is an example in which interior decoration moves its area of action in the external areas, transforming them from garden into living area, obviously for the days and the periods in which time allows its use.
Villa Castriota, Castro
At Villa Castriota, the green becomes ornament where the blue of the sky is going to be changeable wall and ceiling.
Long shaded areas, alternating with full length at any time of day, along with comfortable sofas.
Casa Sciaroccu
Now, let’s move to a totally different kind of housing: Casa Sciaroccu offers a wonderful immersion in the view of the sea, despite its location in the narrow streets of the historic center of vibrant Gallipoli.
Not a garden but a terrace that, to make the most of the presence of the sea, provides seating in the shade of a small pergola, a table and a visual game of roofs, terraces and bell towers that lead to the blue of one of the most popular and most beautiful stretches of coastline. Europe.
Il Loggiato, Santa Cesarea Terme
In Santa Cesarea Terme, thermal center and one of the most beautiful villages of Salento, we find what is the seaside lounge par excellence, that is the loggia of Casa Il Loggiato.
A large house overlooking the sea that takes its name from this classic and relaxing corner, as if the whole living concept, from the bright spaces to the interior had been choreographed around this balcony between shade and light.