Villa Liberata has a special place in my heart for two reasons. First one being that this was the project I submitted for the Study Abroad Competition. For the competition we were given a theme, which was “The Earth”. How I confronted this was that the home was environmentally friendly, sustainable and inspires a naturally creative life. Furniture was locally sourced. Nullifying the expulsion of shipping by air or sea. This helped create a juxtaposition between old and new. The second reason is because I dedicated this project to my mom, who was diagnosed with cancer at the time. I named it after her and worked on this project while she was in the hospital. She wanted to make sure I still gave it my all, even though I was worrying about her the whole time.

This was my first time using the bohemian style. It felt so freeing to combine, aspects that you wouldn’t think would go together.

I used Sherwin Williams paint and wallpaper and rugs from Jungalow.