October 21, 2024
Dazzled by the landscape of Baja California, a Mexican peninsula with arid reliefs, American interior designer Alex Boudreau modeled a timeless refuge for her family, where the shadow of Georgia O’Keeffe and Luis Barragán hovers. . This new domestic territory, generously open to the outside world, is conducive to exchanges between generations, who mix freely there, according to their impulses and withdrawals.
In the living room, bench seats and cushions designed with Mexican blankets. Zara Home wooden coffee tables. Wall lamp in smoked glass and metal by Alex Boudreau.
Vintage sofa covered in Kravet checkered fabric, and Moroccan camel saddle.
You have to wind through a sandy path to reach the house of the parents ofAlex Boudreau from Todos Santos, near the Pacific Ocean and against the backdrop of the desert hills of Baja California. “ This place is called Pueblo Magico, no doubt for a myriad of reasons. In my eyes, it could already be for the dust which reaches the air forming a veil of mist that is both warm and mysterious.”, confides the interior designer.
Reading corner in the living room. CB2 side table. La Perla Mosaico Tiles. Le Manach cushion covers, Décors Barbares and Duralee. Rogers & Goffigon curtains.
Alex Boudreau in front of a boulder path in Laja Blanca. Zii Ropa shirt, Toteme top and vintage pants.
She has been traveling here with her family since she was a teenager. A beautiful, invigorating escape, on the fringes of a much duller city life in Texas, until his parents, at the dawn of retirement, decided to put down roots there and welcome the members of their family there. tribe. The designer, who founded her studio in 2020, was naturally entrusted with the design of the project, carried out mainly remotely from New York, where she was working at the time, thanks to the enthusiastic collaboration of her parents, owners of this residence. mineral set in a wild natural setting. “I wanted to link the architecture of this new house to that of a hacienda Mexican style by ensuring that the choice of local materials is adapted to the environment in which it is located. Deal with the elements and not against them”, explains Alex Boudreau. Rock and sand have therefore defined the new family domain where interior and exterior merge. The hall through which you access the main body of the building has been fitted out using blocks of Laja Blanca (a white stone from the region) for a raw decor providing a happy contrast with the more contemporary rooms.
In the guest bedroom, vintage bedside table, Ikea bench. Vintage brass and rattan wall lamp. Mexican bedspread and Pierre Frey cushion.
Built-in bathtub reserved for guests. Vintage stool. Signature Hardware faucet. La Perla Mosaico Tiles.
Designed like a beach house, the family den houses numerous spaces dedicated to rest and relaxation, from bedrooms to living rooms, with alcoves and benches happily used by young and old for games, reading or naps. The colors chosen correspond to those that can be observed outside: the beige of the sand, the blue of the sea and the sky, and the orange of the sunsets over the ocean. Particularly in the ceramics arranged in a checkerboard pattern on the floors. The vibrant heart of the house, the kitchen has been equipped with sculptural storage modules, but also with tables and various seats inviting everyone to take part in the preparation of meals based on local fish and fruits and vegetables, where the Nature is abundant despite an arid environment.
Around a table with a travertine top, vintage stools. Travertine sink with a Waterstone brass faucet and wood mesh cabinet doors.
Clay brick terrace with a pattern on the ground designed by Alex Boudreau.
Fashion designer graduated from the Istituto Marangoni in London and stylist who started out in New York, Alex Boudreau. paid particular attention to the details of the decor of the place, in particular through a selection of unusual floral textiles in this desert environment. So that everyone feels more at home and comes to build new connections off-camera.
