It’s always golden hour at Do Condo, a private home in Lisbon, Portugal. Interior designer Marianne Tiegen has bottled up the summer sunshine at this Mediterranean apartment, now home for a retired French couple who traded their bustling London lifestyles for the relaxing views of the Tagus River.
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- Marianne Tiegen Interiors is a global interior design firm with offices in Switzerland, France, and California. She collaborates with talented craftspeople to bring a unique sensoriality to the spaces they design.
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- Marianne brings warmth into the environment by using shades of orange, rust, and amber.
The nearby water and artifacts from the National Museum of Ancient Art next door inspired the bright and airy space. While the 200-square-meter condo is situated in a historic apartment, previous tenants removed most of the heritage details in the unit. Marianne restored that character by introducing tiles, wood, and antique brass into every corner.
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- Seating is flush with cushions hand-dyed in terra-cotta tones. Above the sofa a Hollywood regency brass floral wall lamp hangs.
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- Custom bench and fireplace in Zelliges handmade tiles with a bespoke linen sofa.
In the living room, the fireplace is reframed with Zelliges handmade tiles, each their own hue of a smoky gray, which adds texture and contrast to the bright white room. The tiles expand past the mantle and form a bespoke bench outfitted with plush linen—the perfect reading nook. Marianne balances the neutral palette with a generous selection of vintage bamboo furniture, which includes a Paul Frankl armchair, an ’80s coffee table, and Italian brass and bamboo table lamps. These pieces blend in with the new custom furniture created for the interior, like the oak cube side tables with chrome patchwork, its brown and silver finishes fitting together like a Tetris block.
Marianne brings an additional touch of warmth into the environment by using shades of orange, rust, and amber. Seating is flush with cushions hand-dyed in terra-cotta tones. Above the sofa a Hollywood regency brass floral wall lamp spreads its petals across the wall. Skinny, enamel vases by Swiss ceramicist Jane Paasch hold small bundles of dried flowers.
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- The bedroom has vintage linens and an antique, ’70s-era resin table lamp.
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- Black terra-cotta pitcher and cups by Terafeu Terafour. Garden chairs were thrifted from France.
A fondness for antiques and earth tones is clear in the bedroom and its adjoining terrace. Next to the bedside is a ’70s-era resin table lamp with an orange fractal surface that shimmers. The terrace’s simple wood-slatted garden chairs are thrifted from France. Even the gray linen bed set is vintage.
With antique fixtures sourced from many eras, Do Condo is suspended in an ambiguous time. But no matter what decade resonates, the warm tones make one thing clear: the home beckons an eternal summer.
Marianne Tiegen infuses art and nature into each project.
Do Condo is located inside a historic building, but previous tenants removed most of the heritage details in the unit. Marianne restored that character by introducing tiles, wood, and antique brass into every corner.
