
When associates of mine returned from a visit to southern Portugal some time again, they informed me all about their secret discover: Casa Modesta, a rural visitor home on the Ria Formosa Nature Park within the Algarve. Earlier than proprietor Carlos Fernandes and his sister, VĂ¢nia Brito Fernandes, inherited the home from their grandparents, it was a small Forties home typical of the area. VĂ¢nia, who’s an architect and a associate at PAr, a women-run design agency in Lisbon, renovated the home right into a modernist white stucco retreat. Carlos named it after their mom, Modesta Maria, and labored with Albio Nascimento and Kathi Stertzig of The Residence Venture to design the interiors of the 9 visitor rooms.
Pictures by Alex Reyto for the Good Hideaway, until in any other case famous, all courtesy of Casa Modesta.