Toga&Design: Eclectic Naples Apartment Revives a Historic Rooftop
Toga&Design unfolds atop a 16th-century building in Naples, Italy, where Nabi Interior Design reimagines a 220 sq m (2,368 sq ft) apartment for convivial living. The renovation in Chiaia restores period cues while shaping a crisp, contemporary mood anchored by a 65 sq m (700 sq ft) salon and a panoramic terrace. In two moves—bold color and tactile material—the home switches from parlor poise to rooftop ease without losing its historic thread.
Sun floods a high, white salon, sliding across parquet and low boiserie. Two portals pull the eye forward, while an iron stair lifts the day toward the sky.
This is an apartment of 220 sq m (2,368 sq ft) in Chiaia, reworked by Nabi Interior Design in a 16th-century building. The throughline is the interior palette and furnishing: classical bones return, then collide with contemporary color, metals, and art to set a generous, lived rhythm.
Parlor Sets the Pace
The 65 sq m (700 sq ft) salon is quietly theatrical, with a articulated, classical parquet pattern grounding the room and a low boiserie tracing the perimeter. Two broad portals organize the plan, one toward the night rooms and one toward the kitchen, so social life stays centered. Against this order, a minimal iron stair rises—black, slender, and exact—toward the terrace and a landing tucked behind a shallow screen.
Color Tips the Balance
White governs the salon, then cedes to a lowered, fully black corridor that tightens scale and amps curiosity. Through the other portal, the kitchen lines up in brushed inox and black, positioned to keep the cook in conversation with guests. Two mustard velvet stools by Gubi warm the edge, their tone picking up a broader red spectrum threaded through textiles with a hint of Parisian flair.
Pieces in Dialogue
The room hosts an eclectic cast: antiques, midcentury finds, and contemporary sofas from Edra and from Gallotti e Radice share the floor with sculpture and art. Two custom elements from the in-house collection anchor the mix—a Lama cabinet with purposeful stance and the Roccia coffee table, realized in stone with deft craft (the latter born from a playful brief). The palette leans red without shouting, using texture and sheen to keep the conversation moving.
Quiet Rooms, Clean Lines
Bedrooms recover brightness and volume, letting the architecture breathe. Bathrooms go spare and precise: resin clads every surface, a green-tinted guest basin softens the tone, and a salvaged deep-red Neapolitan rigiola adds one memorable note in the main bath. The discipline reads as calm, not cold. Every junction feels deliberate.
Terrace Above the City
Upstairs, the terrace opens a full circle of Naples, from Posillipo and Vomero to church domes and Capri. Cotto pavers set the field, interrupted by a tailored carpet of Neapolitan riggiole designed for the project. An olive anchors the conversation area with shade, while a decking platform gathers patio table and an outdoor kitchen—hospitality made easy. Masonry benches and Mediterranean planting stitch tradition to the present with unfussy grace.
The home returns to light at the close, measured by wood underfoot and the soft draw of color. Nothing shouts. The terrace wind, the parquet grain, and a flicker of red carry the day.
Photography courtesy of Nabi Interior Design
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