Elysium, The Algarve

Chill out at the swim-up bar, from here the view of the rear of the house shows the first floor

terraces with lounge seating and al fresco dining, the landscape grounds boast a fabulous

pool and a full equipped poolside kitchen and dining area.

This villa occupies an exclusive golf-course location in

The Algarve. Built for long standing Herrington Gate clients

in the local Portugese style, the initial room layout did not

do justice to the space available. With the aim of injecting

a real statement quality into the property, we worked with

the building contractors to re-designate the interior areas, to

change run-of-the-mill hinged doors to sleek sliding

openings, and even moving walls to make more sense of

the light, the views and the flow of the space. We assumed

a project management role for each element of the build,

both from our north-east base and in spending numerous

days on site.

The result is a relaxed but very contemporary home with

a monochrome palette, blending high-end interior design

into the vernacular shell and adding the best of modern

technology with lighting, entrances, water features and air

conditioning all at the touch control of the intelligent home

automation system.

The poolside kitchen is built from weatherproof

Corian fashioned seamlessly into furniture

surrounding the Wolf barbecue. A Quooker

fusion hot tap gives flexible function to the sink.

All furniture is designed to be resilient to the

outdoor elements. Sub Zero appliances cater

for all drink cooling and food chilling needs.

The oversized main entrance door, the exterior is made

from Wenge with horizontal board feature.

The contemporary stone staircase sweeps up to the first floor contrasting with the dark

grey tones of the Caladeilegno bespoke sliding pocket doors.

At the top of the stairs you are greeted by a grand

veneered wall, almost 11 feet in height, housing

both the main front entrance door (the external face

of which is in Wenge) and a concealed door to the

upper ground floor WC.

The entrance door wall from an alternative angle.

The concealed door to the cloakroom shown open.

A view through the door into

the small cloakroom with the

cleverly designed layout.

The impressive mirror finish stainless steel door handle is

fabricated in the shape of a letter ‘G’, our client’s surname initial.

To the left: The veneered wall with inset intelligent control panel

operating the whole house.

An opening in the Caladeilegno wall of

furniture allows a view from the kitchen

right through to the main entrance door.

The reverse view from the main

entrance door takes one's eye back

through this opening into the kitchen

area.

The main shot of the kitchen shows ‘The Appliance Garage’ where Sub Zero

appliances sit alongside Corian worktops and Caladeilegno cabinetry.

The dining area leads to the lounge area

with sofa seating, the full height windows

afford views over the beautiful golf course.

The twin pedestal dining table

with juxtaposed grain flow feature

has a heavy glass top.

To the left: The floating media furniture along

with the contemporary fireplace is supported

by an elevated white marble hearth.

Above: The coffee tables match

the design of the dining table.

The door schedule thoughout the villa feature a range of pivoting, sliding and hinged doors,

finished in various lacquers including burnished (high gloss) finish.

The sliding door in the hallway features

tinted mirror with sandblasted stripes

and burnished Caleidolegno.

A pocket door slides open to

the upper master bedroom.

The sliding door wardrobe

in the master suite cleverly

forms the main wall of the

ensuite bathroom. The doors

are finished in a combination

of leather and high gloss with

stainless steel trim.

Leather, high gloss and mirror finishes

define the glamorous master bedroom.

A large walk-in shower, with

sand-blasted striped glass,

screens the bedroom from

the ensuite.

This wall is the reverse side of the

wardrobe seen at the entrance to the

bedroom and acts as a concealed

housing for all pipework. A double

vanity unit cantilevers from the

mirrored wall and a sand-blasted

glass door gives privacy to the WC.

More classical styling to the

guest bedroom with hand

painted furniture, tapered legs

and croc' skin inlays.

Stainless steel trims add a touch of the

contemporary to the wardrobe doors.

Cosmic Black granite provides the

backdrop for simple white furniture and

sanitary ware in the guest ensuite.

Handle-less furniture, with grey

leather and mirror finish detail,

flanks the entrance to the lower

master bedroom suite.

Grey leather and mirror finishes

continue into the sleeping area.

A further bedroom features upholstered

headboard and furniture panels.

The underground cinema room

features a starlight ceiling along

with tiered cinema style seating,

this was designed to help the

owners indulge in their love of

film.

The first floor terrace

affords views over the

pool and kitchen below.

As night falls, the first floor

Al Fresco kitchen comes

in to its own for evening

entertaining.

The exterior kitchen was designed

to be a direct continuation of the

interior kitchen through the glass

door screen.

The Al Fresco kitchen, like The Poolside

Kitchen, is made from weatherproof

white Corian and has a Wolf Barbecue

with side companion.

Nightfall allows the

automated lighting

to enhance the pool

and building against a

Mediterranean sunset.

The pool house kitchen and

gardens offer an inviting haven in

the evening, with intelligent home

automation lighting.

Relaxing by the pool in the

evening comes with water

jets and lighting.

Accent lighting, in the evening,

highlights the individual areas

of this luxurious villa.

Once more, an intelligent

control system operates

water features and garden,

pathway and driveway light-

ing, with both safety and

aesthetics in mind.

This brochure only gives a taste of what we have done for others.To see the rooms we could transform in your home please contact us by phone or email.

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