Color Me Happy by Viterbo Interior Design Ateliers
Color Me Happy sets out a richly personal house in Estoril, Portugal, by Viterbo Interior Design Ateliers, where color carries real emotional weight. Each room responds to a specific feeling, from the energising fuchsia office to the introspective deep blue powder room, shaping how daily life unfolds. Together they form a coherent home that treats hue, texture, and comfort as equal partners in living well.
Light moves in from the Portuguese coast and hits color first, turning walls, fabrics, and details into a kind of daily mood ring. Each room carries its own atmosphere, yet the house reads as one story.
This is a 2022 house in Estoril, Portugal, by Viterbo Interior Design Ateliers, shaped around the belief that color can change how people feel at home. Instead of starting from plans or finishes alone, the team begins with emotion: what the room should encourage in the body and mind. The project leans on hue, material, and light to create distinct worlds that still feel like parts of a single, grounded home.
Framing Emotion With Color
Every room starts from one question: what should this room make you feel. That prompt guides the palette, from wall color to the tones of textiles, woods, and stones. Nothing reads as random or decorative; each choice is tied back to a clear emotional goal. Color becomes a language in use, not a surface treatment, and that shift gives the interiors a clear, legible character.
Rooms As Individual Worlds
The fuchsia office hits with energy the moment someone steps in, a bold room designed to stoke confidence and creative focus. Saturated walls and coordinated elements hold that charge, so the room feels like a deliberate tool for work rather than a neutral backdrop. Nearby, the deep blue powder room turns inward, grounding guests in a quieter, more introspective mood. A dining room tuned to rhythm and fun invites long conversations and easy gatherings, while the living room softens the palette so people slow down, connect, and unwind without visual fatigue.
Threads Of Continuity
Despite strong identities from room to room, the house holds together through recurring materials and textures. Natural finishes, curved silhouettes, and a recurring commitment to comfort act as the connective tissue. Color may shift dramatically between an office, a powder room, and a living area, yet familiar stones, woods, and textiles keep the experience coherent. Nothing feels loud for its own sake; each decision serves the aim of a more personal, more joyful home.
Coastal Light And Craft
Estoril’s coastal light plays an active role, changing how each palette reads over the course of the day. Some rooms catch that brightness head-on, intensifying vivid hues, while others lean into shade, where deeper tones feel calm rather than heavy. Portuguese craftsmanship supports the sensory richness, from stone and wood to woven textures and handmade details that bring warmth and a sense of honesty. Local making grounds the emotional concept in tangible material work.
In the end, the house is not an exercise in trend or novelty. It is a place where emotion has a clear seat at the table, translated into color, material, and comfort. Each room extends a different kind of optimism, so daily life moves through a sequence of moods rather than a single flat note.
Photography by Francisco Nogueira
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