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Three Couples Go All In on a Portuguese Dream Home
The couples tapped Jade Passey of the West Algarve-based interior design-and-style firm Escolhido to remodel the property and create a space that’s elevated yet sustainable. A stone accent wall in the living room inspired the neutral color palette; the old countertops were repurposed as a base for a new fireplace; and the local mason Paulo Caneco collaborated with Escolhido on several tables made of Portuguese marble. Pottery by Mariana Filipe of Malga Ceramic Design in Lisbon and images from the Ukrainian American photographer Sergiy Barchuk are displayed throughout the space, while glass doors in the dining room frame the surrounding hills and dunes.
— T Magazine, New York Times
XX factor: meet the designers reclaiming the curve
Artists and furniture makers are rethinking the female form.
Freestyle, inky blue bodies are a similar theme for Athens- and London-based artist Alexandria Coe. Her acrylic and charcoal triptych canvas A Fresco of a Woman (2) currently hangs at MAH Gallery and she’s just launched her second collection of handmade tiles that feature a modern-day Eve (€95).
— Financial Times, How to Spend It
Beautiful Spaces
If you are a social media user and into stylish decor, you will have come across escolhido. The company has grown from an Instagram mood board shop, into an interior design and styling company with a portfolio of private clients and boutique hotels who want to buy into the distinctive style that is recognised as the Escolhido personality.
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— Algarve Plus Magazine
What’s New in Interiors this Month?
British artist-designer Sasha Compton and Escolhido founder Jade Jasmin – a Portugal-based interior stylist and curator of her own concept store – have designed a limited run of hand-printed linen napkins. The capsule collection celebrates the natural elements of the Algarve, with designs inspired by wild Portuguese flowers and the blue window frames on white Portuguese buildings. For a late summer al fresco table setting, they’re the perfect addition.
— Sheereluxe
The best hotels in the Algarve, The prettiest places to stay in Portugal's coastal region
Morgado do Quintão
This much-loved family winery, now run by the fourth generation of the same family, has recently opened three small cottages and four bedrooms in the renovated main house to tourists who wish to make it their Algarvean base. Clean and cool with muted colours and a simple, period, charm these houses, dotted around the estate are blissfully free of televisions but come with enticing swimming pools. At their centre is a magnificent 2,000-year-old olive tree under which farmer’s lunches and wine tastings are a regular occurrence. A three-bedroom cottage costs from £255 per night inclusive of breakfast, with a three-night minimum stay.
— Conde Nast Traveller
Chosen Authenticity
When it comes to interior design, blending authenticity, sustainability, style and intellectualism to form a finished look that goes beyond browsing and handing over your credit card is a difficult job. It requires taste, knowledge and careful curation. That is why, escolhido is about to spark your finest interest by revealing one of the best names for interior design lovers and decoration fans. Especially if you admire aesthetics in a minimalistic approach, earthy colour tones.
escolhido is an interior design and styling company based in Algarve, Portugal run by Jade Passey. The name escolhido speaks for itself. Meaning ‘chosen’ in Portuguese, they seek out and choose pieces that have a history and tell a story. Through them, you will discover an excellent choice of ceramics, vases, chairs, accessories, and furniture.
— The Mediterranean Mag
This & Tat Round Up
We connected when I first moved to Portugal through a project she is working on in the Algarve with a 200-year-old vineyard and estate, Morgado Do Quintao (which I am completely obsessed with!). One thing we are blessed with here in Portugal is amazing flea markets.
— Tat London
“Three Couples Go All In on a Portuguese Dream Home.”
— Monica Mendal, T Magazine, NYT