A newly built home near Santanyí for a family of six. Lime, handmade terracotta and reclaimed stone give the rooms depth and texture, while shaded terraces and courtyards make outdoor life part of the everyday.
At Can Maixura in Felanitx, locally made clay floors connect rooms changed by successive renovations. Reworked kitchens and bathrooms sit alongside original timber beams, with natural stone, wood and our hand-painted textiles bringing the house together.
We’re Melissa Rosenbauer and Thomas Bossert, the makers and designers behind espanyolet. From New York to Bali to Mallorca, our curiosity about materials and making grew into a studio working across interiors, textiles, art and objects.
Mallorca has shaped how we look at materials, buildings and everyday life. Our approach begins with paying attention to what is already there - from the shade of a courtyard to the seam in an old textile - and letting those observations guide what we design and make.
Vintage linen and hemp sourced across Europe, painted by hand and made into blankets, bedcovers, pillows, headboards and seating. A collection of textile work exploring color on cloth marked by decades of weaving, washing and use.
A historic masia in Mont-ras, in Catalonia’s Empordà region. We connected rooms fragmented by earlier renovations, pairing microcement and oak floors with hand-painted textiles, a stainless steel kitchen and an outdoor kitchen designed around an established grapevine.
A seafront apartment in Mallorca for clients based in Copenhagen. Their Scandinavian sensibilities meet hand-painted textiles, vintage furniture and pieces made with island craftspeople, including ceramic lamps, reclaimed-wood furniture and custom Huguet tiles.
Sitting on one of the most privileged pieces of land in all of the Serra de Tramuntana, this mountain retreat is and has been a wonderful project for us. Its huge property filled with olive trees, goats, sheep and a once-in-a-lifetime view of the Mediterranean has provided all the inspiration we needed to transform dark rooms into something soft, subtle and welcoming. Like a retreat…
Cover photo credit: Con Alma Design, Victor Prieto
Additional photo credits: Mercedes Lopez Coello
A thoughtfully restored home in the hills above Palma, Mallorca
Our exploration of colour moved from vintage cloth into paintings, including works made for particular homes. A selection that connects our interests in surfaces, scale and the rooms we inhabit.
Working alongside Pernilla Danielsson @lifestyle_mallorca to style this gorgeous finca in the countryside of Mallorca has been a dream. Come along as we show you the magic of this property and its old stone house with original arches and precious details.
At the mixing table, color became a conversation with the cloth. An exploration of hand-mixed pigments, painted layers and dyeing techniques - and how working with vintage textiles shaped our use of color across the studio.
An exploration of colour on a larger scale. Locally sourced lime paste and pigmented microcement, applied by hand to create surfaces whose texture and depth reveal themselves in changing light.
Furniture and built-in seating designed for the homes we worked on, bringing our hand-painted textiles into everyday use and exploring the relationship between colour, cloth and form.
