Sant´Ana a Lapa

Set across three floors of a 1940 building in Lapa, Sant’Ana à Lapa is a 450 m² family home designed, restored and styled by Quiet Studios. From the entrance hall to a rooftop terrace facing the Basílica da Estrela, the project returns the apartment to its original character and gives it a warm, collected new life.

A renovation in 2010 had left the apartment with mismatched elements that no longer belonged to its original state. The studio set out to undo them: the staircase was restored, and the original mouldings and skirtings were brought back throughout.

Family life sits at the heart of the project: rooms to gather in, from the kitchen to the living room, spaces for the children to grow up in, including their own library, and quieter corners for work and rest. he kitchen was entirely renovated, and every piece of carpentry and joinery in the home was designed bespoke by the studio. A new colour palette, chosen and painted room by room, ties the three floors together, anchored by the blue that runs from the façade and window frames to the tiled bench on the roof.