Casa DL is part of the complete renovation of a detached 1970s house in San Giorgio Bigarello, in the province of Mantua, designed by Brunoni + Associati. Building on this renewed architectural framework, the interior design and bespoke furniture project was developed to give the spaces a distinct domestic identity: elegant, bright and functional, yet never rigid.
Designed for a family with two children, the house responds to a practical need: generous, well-organised spaces with ample storage, without compromising on visual lightness or aesthetic quality. The design approach was to keep walls and ceilings white, allowing the furniture, wood and stone surfaces to define the character of the interiors. White thus becomes a surface for light, while the darker materials bring depth, balance and continuity to the spaces.
At the heart of the project is the living area, where the kitchen, dining area and living room are conceived as parts of a single system. The island, full-height fitted wall, living-room cabinetry and side bookcases integrate different functions within a continuous design, providing generous storage without visually weighing down the space. Chestnut oak, black-stained oak and large-format Marazzi Tafu porcelain stoneware slabs establish a coherent material language, defined by carefully controlled contrasts between light surfaces, dark volumes and black graphic accents.
The same approach continues throughout the private areas. In the master bedroom, a low black-stained oak wall panelling element recalibrates the proportions of the wall behind the bed, incorporates suspended bedside tables and introduces a softer, more intimate layer of indirect lighting. The en-suite bathroom echoes the materials and colour palette of the bedroom, transforming a functional space into a natural extension of the sleeping area. In the children’s bedroom, by contrast, the bespoke furniture adopts a more neutral and flexible language, designed to adapt as the children grow and allowing the room to evolve over time.
Casa DL finds its balance through contrast: natural light softens the spaces, while dark materials give them definition; white expands the architectural envelope, while bespoke furniture brings order and structure. The result is a contemporary home that is essential yet welcoming, elegant without feeling distant, and designed around the real needs of those who live in it every day. A home where functionality is not concealed behind aesthetics, but becomes its underlying structure.
