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Interior design studio · Campo de Gibraltar, Spain
Spaces that feel like you, not like a catalogue.
Warm Mediterranean interior design, minimal and made to measure. Living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms — in person across Campo de Gibraltar and Sotogrande, or online wherever you are.
Warm Mediterranean interior design made to measure, in Campo de Gibraltar and online.
Measuring on site
Sand + Nature = Peace.
We live between Tarifa and Sotogrande: beaches, whitewash, salt and light. That landscape is where every project begins — a calm place to grow among colours and laughter.
Real project
Casa Garpe
Our own home and the studio’s first testing ground. An open living-dining room where midnight blue, wood and linen meet the evening light.
- Place
- Campo de Gibraltar
- Type
- Own home
Studio moods
What light does for a home
The palette, textures and light we bring to every project. Illustrative mood images.
Services
Three ways to begin
- 01
Décor consultation
One session to unblock a specific space: what to change, what to keep and in what order — with ideas you can act on from day one.
In person or online - 02
Interior design project
The complete no-renovation project: listening, style moodboard, layout plan with lighting points, and a materials and furniture selection within your budget.
Living rooms · kitchens · bedrooms - 03
Shopping companion
I help you make the proposal real: orders, showrooms, and that final decision between two fabrics that look identical — but aren’t.
Optional
Process
From first visit to a finished home
- 01
Listen
Your home, your routines, your budget. Measurements, photos and conversation. Without this, everything else is guesswork.
- 02
Create
Layout, moodboard and proposal. This is where “that’s my living room” is born.
- 03
Define
Materials, measurements and a closed budget. No surprises later.
- 04
Accompany
Follow-up until the last cushion is in place.
The studio
Behind Garpe Studio there are hands, not a catalogue
I’m Paula, founder of Garpe Studio. Before this became my work I was already doing it without noticing: moving a piece of furniture until the light hit it right, choosing the fabric a corner was asking for, trying, failing, trying again.
I don’t work for one single style — I work for the person opening that door every day. Warm Mediterranean is my accent, not my limit.
— Paula · Garpe Studio
Guides
Ideas you can use today
Interior design or décor? How to tell what your home needs
The difference in one sentence, the signs of each, and where to start before spending a euro.
Your living room doesn't need more light: it needs three lights
The three layers of lighting that change a living room most without building work, and how to combine them so it feels warm at night.
FAQ
Before you write
Do you only work in Campo de Gibraltar?
Our base is Campo de Gibraltar — Sotogrande, Algeciras, La Línea, San Roque and nearby — but décor projects also run 100% online, wherever you are.
What does a project include?
Listening to the space and the people in it, a style moodboard, a layout plan with lighting points, and a materials and furniture selection with specific links, within your budget. No building work.
Interior design or décor — which do I need?
If you want to change how the space works (layout, light, flow), that’s interior design. If it works but doesn’t feel like yours, that’s décor. We’ll figure it out together in the first conversation.
How do I start?
With a no-obligation study: tell me about your space through the form and I’ll reply within 24 hours.
Contact
If this is your dream, why not start living it?
Tell me about your space — I’ll reply within 24 hours, no strings attached.
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