The house

Another thing we like is that the dining area has a special role thanks to the wooden floor on which it is situated. Thus we can see how a change in the soil material helps set the visual boundary between the kitchen and the main dining room of the house, adapting materials, ceramic and wood to the different conditions and needs of each space.

The dining area

The kitchen is equipped with furniture from the brand Santos, but it differs from the rest in the colour, since the most popular tone in furniture of this firm is usually white. The kitchen is divided into two distinct areas: on the one side the plumbed and columns area and on the other side the central island with cooking area.

The plumbed area consists of several lower furniture for storing food and utensils often used in cooking. In this area are the sink, by Franke, and a fully integrated dishwasher. At the end of this furniture line are placed two column furniture housing a Siemens fridge with freezer and a Miele microwave, brand that corresponds to most electrical appliances.

The kitchen sink

The central island separates the kitchen and dining areas. There are placed the induction plate and lower ovens, also from Miele, besides spacious, functional drawers equipped with complete kitchen accessories. Replacing doors for drawers in furniture helps bring low objects closer and access them more comfortably.

The cooking area

The island, accessible by both sides, keeps its backside to create, thanks to the additional depth of the counter, a space where you can enjoy breakfast or snack foods, besides providing a large work surface to prepare your best cooking recipes.

As you can see the furniture front, Line model, is smooth and without handles. This is an aesthetic but also practical matter because, thanks to its system of continuous cyma, it allows the opening at any point. The straight and stylized forms, wide worktops and full equipment… Everything is thought to enjoy a space where cooking becomes a pleasure.

The dream kitchen

Clearly the island is the undeniable star of the room. The use of the storage space it provides, among other things, makes it possible to dispense with furniture in the upper area and thus ensure the maximum flow of natural light. Although with these windows it would be a crime to have created a dark kitchen.

The island

We declare ourselves totally in love with the kitchen, both by design and the colours chosen, as logically by that adorable connection to the outside. Imagine, now in spring, to prepare a scrumptious meal in the kitchen and then to serve it in the garden for family and friends… Such luxury!

Connected to the outside

The Brando Villa

The Brando Resort is perched on atoll Tetiaroa, a heavenly array of tiny islands north of Tahiti, the place, where you have to go to, to understand the magnitude of this peculiar monument to the actor. The luxury resort imagined by Marlon Brando has 35 private villas with one, two or three bedrooms; two restaurants, two great bars, a spa built over a freshwater lagoon, dedicated housing staff, an eco-research center and an orchard of organic fruit and vegetables. But its technological innovation is that it has created a self-sustaining environment of luxury with the aim to protect the valuable biodiversity of Tetiaroa.

The Brando

Each of the 35 luxury resort villas have been designed for you to feel that its inside and outside merge into a unique stay. The living room will make you feel really confortable, as it is furnished with comfortable chairs and soft sofas while the media room allows you to listen to music, watch a movie or use WiFi to keep in contact with family or friends. Through a large window, you can peek into the beautiful lagoon located in the central part of the atoll.

The Brando

In addition, the resort villas feature an outdoor tub for you to enjoy the natural environment, a plunge pool and private beach access so that noone will disturb you. And as befits a hotel of its category, The Brando also has a specialized area at its top the Varua Polynesian Spa, offering treatments inspired by ancient Polynesian traditions: massages to make even the most demanding of you relax absolutely, hot steam baths, beautiful tea rituals, a relaxation room overlooking the pond, a yoga retreat and a special couples spa suite at the top of the palm trees.

The Brando

But if there is a corner of the hotel that evokes the spirit of Marlon Brando, then that is the Bob’s Bar. With a relaxed and informal atmosphere in the perfect beach, it is the ideal place to chat and make friends as Brando and Bob, his factotum in the shootings, did at the end of a working day.

The Brando

Chasing another dream of the actor, the resort has a nonprofit EcoStation with various projects such as the study of archaeological sites of Tetiaroa, a GIS mapping of the atoll and research process of the ocean acidification.

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By +Nikos Kontorigas