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Mediterranean Soul in Lisbon 🌞
Founder & Designer @zajalstudio l Lola is my debut novel.

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Life recently has been filled with pretty and delicious things. 🌞 #visualdiary #aestheticlifestyle #interiordesign #booksbooksbooks #designerinteriores by @catiavra

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If you’re in Lisbon and are looking for great fiction or nonfiction in English, start with Good Company 🌞 I love drinking a cup of coffee, reading a book and then simply purchasing my next read before I leave. And if you’re keen on interior design, you’re in for a treat. The dark wood, olive green and the artwork integrated into the joinery definitely make an impression. #lisbontips #wheretogonext #lisbonguide #interiordesign #lisbondesign taken in Lisbon by @catiavra

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Last summer outfits 🌞 my take is that I either go for monochrome or super colorful outfits. No in between. #latesummer #lastsummerdays☀️ #latesummeroutfit #byesummer #ootdinspirations by @catiavra

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Is this the beginning of Casa Nin? 🌞 When my mom and I created Zajal, we intended it to be more than an interior design studio. We wanted to create what we called Zajal Living: our own properties that would carry our heritage, our stories, our feelings, transforming them into sensorial experiences that would move whoever they reach.

Naturally, the first project that we will have is the house that belonged to my maternal grandparents. This is a house where we had our Christmases, where I harvested grapes for the first time and where I found my first real-life companion: Nin. Nin had clearly been abandoned in the fields nearby, and it was love at first sight. Most of you knew her. Those were the first pictures I took of her - still in that area.

We are going to renovate this house. 🫶 I can’t wait to share with you the entire process. And as with any book, it needs a name. Is it too sentimental of me to want to name it Casa Nin? But then again, this will be all about passages of life and that was the most special of them all.

#homerenovation #renovationjourney #interiordesigner #countrysideliving #countrysideinteriors taken in Póvoa de Lanhoso by @catiavra

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San Sebastián photo dump + current recommendations 🌞🫶 #sansebastiàn #donostia #creativelife #mediterraneangirl #visualdiaries taken in San Sebastian / Donostia by @catiavra

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2 months ago

Last week in Bilbao:

1. Back at the Guggenheim, 20 years later
2. Vintage silk top inherited from my mum
3. Fell in love with this side table and will be taking some inspiration into future projects
4. The lovely Hotel Carlton in the background
5. A mandatory pintxos stop
6. Café Iruña
7. Café Iruña, pt. 2 — how gorgeous is it?
8. Rewatching Patria, HBO’s adaptation of Fernando Aramburu’s novel about two Basque families divided by the decades of violence surrounding ETA. #bilbaocity #basquecountry #euskadi #bilbaotravel #visualdiaries taken in Bilbao, Pais Vasco by @catiavra

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2 months ago

It was pleasure to see Sitges again this August 🌞 Here’s a little trail of where we went:

We wandered through Platja de la Ribiera, Església de Sant Bartolomeu i Santa Tecla, Palau di Maricel & Plaça de Ajuntament

We shopped at: La Casona, Cocoon & La Comet.

And we ate at: Guria Taberna & Bodega Charlie’s.

Save it for a day in Sitges 🌊 #sitgesspain #traveljournal #travelguide #visualdiary #mediterraneanstyle taken in Sitges, Catalunya, Espanya by @catiavra

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2 months ago

I’ve been collecting places I think are worth knowing. Now, I’m sharing them as part of our Zajal beautiful world 🌞

The Zajal Guide will go beyond Lisbon. It will be a curated list of recommendations of places, shops, hotels, galleries, and everything else that catches my eye.

But it feels right to start with Lisbon. First stop is Embaixada, the most beautiful concept store, located inside the Ribeiro da Cunha Palace in Príncipe Real. #zajalstudio #lisbonguide #lisbonrecommendations #lisbondesign #lisbonportugal by @catiavra

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2 months ago

You know I tend to look at the world through a lens that connects history, context, politics, stories and design. Lately, I’ve been studying Asmara, often referred to as Africa’s Modernist City.

Between the 1930s and early 1940s, the Eritrean capital became an extraordinary ground for Italian modernism. But it is impossible, and mostly wrong, to separate this architecture from the context in which it was built. Much of the Asmara we admire today was created under Italian colonial and Fascist rule, as part of an imperial vision for the city.

What fascinates me is what happened afterwards. Eritreans inherited this architecture, lived in it, adapted it and eventually made it part of a city and an identity entirely their own.

I’ve gathered some of the buildings and details I find most interesting here. 🌞 #modernism #asmara #asmaramodernist #interiordesigner #portugaldesign by @catiavra

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2 months ago

Life, outfits and books. 🌞 taken in Apúlia by @catiavra

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3 months ago

Behind Zajal, there are two women. Mother and daughter. Different generations, different expertise, different perspectives. But the same passion for homes, textures, materials — and, of course, the sun and the sea 🌞 #interiordesign #homedesign #narrativedesign #mediterraneaninteriors #visualjournal taken in Lisbon, Portugal by @catiavra

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4 months ago

Some ideas take years to become reality. Zajal began long before it had a name.

It began through a lifelong fascination with the way places shape us. Through homes that stayed in memory long after we left them. Through architecture, interiors, landscapes and objects that carried a distinct point of view. Through the belief that the spaces we inhabit should not only support our lives, but reveal something about who we are.

Based in Lisbon, Zajal works across interior design, property positioning and development.

Our approach begins with narrative and it's defined by authorship. We are interested in the stories, rituals, aspirations and sensibilities that make each person, property or place different from the next. We translate those elements into atmosphere, materiality and spatial identity to create environments that feel deeply personal and impossible to replicate.

Because a home should never feel like a collection of references. It should feel like the origin of one.

Welcome to Zajal. 🌞

#zajalstudio #interiordesign #propertymarket #mediterraneaninteriors #designdeinteriores taken in Lisbon, Portugal by @catiavra

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4 months ago