Inside Out

May 2007

As a designer, Jason had spent years creating bars, clubs, shops and private interiors, bringing the house back to life was a huge task.

Original stonework was kept and woodwork stripped by hand while baked terracotta tiles from the local village replaced the old ones.

Alice Welch, marketing director of British brand Robert Welch sponsored the retreat with lighting as well as reissued 1950s kitchen items and hand-blown lead-crystal glassware. A former client, Ideal Standard, shipped out a Marc Newson bath and other accessories.