Interior Design — Marina Penthouse

The owners — a couple in their fifties, finance-and-architecture, splitting time between London and Marbella — bought the penthouse already shell-renovated and asked Magnum Reformas for interior design only: no construction, just the full FF&E and styling pack. Their brief: a home that feels like a calm Mediterranean retreat after a noisy Puerto Banús summer, never a marina catalogue. They specifically asked us to avoid stripes, ropes, anchors and any nautical motif. Instead: layered whites, a single deep-navy thread, warm brass, whitewashed oak underfoot, the sea visible but not announced.

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Two states tell the design story. Before: a 1990s Marina-era interior with peach walls, dark wenge floor, mirrored cabinetry and a chrome-and-glass bar — exactly the kind of dated luxury the owners wanted to erase. During: the same room six months later, after the previous contractor delivered the empty renovated shell — whitewashed oak floor, off-white limewash plaster, ready terrace doors — but completely undressed, the architectural canvas before any soft-goods or lighting were placed. The before-after slider on this page anchors on this exact view so visitors see what interior design adds on top of construction.

Technical Specifications

Walls were treated as the primary atmospheric surface of the apartment — not a backdrop, but a quiet protagonist. We specified off-white limewash plaster, hand-trowelled in three coats, slightly cooler than warm cream, with a deliberately mottled finish so the surface catches the changing coastal light all day. A single whitewashed oak slat accent wall runs floor-to-ceiling behind the bed in the master suite — vertical 40 mm staves with 8 mm shadow gaps, ceruse-style limed finish — repeating the floor language vertically and giving the room a quiet directional rhythm.

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The master suite carries a bespoke 4-bay built-in wardrobe in whitewashed European oak, floor-to-ceiling, with smoked-bronze inlaid handle channels running the full height of each door so the wardrobe reads as a continuous architectural plane rather than a piece of furniture. Inside: hanging space, push-to-open drawer banks for folded knitwear, a glass-fronted shelving column for accessories, and integrated warm-white LED in the shadow gap above each door. Built in Magnum's Mijas joinery workshop, installed without a single visible screw on the front face.

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The master bed sits centred against the slat wall, dressed in layered washed linen in chalk and oat, two cream-linen pillows, two larger ivory-cashmere shams, a soft-grey cashmere throw folded across the foot, and three navy-linen scatter cushions in graduated tones. Bedside tables in whitewashed oak with travertine-cream tops carry an alabaster-and-brass table lamp, a single hand-thrown ceramic carafe with a glass on top, and a hand-bound book turned face up. The bed itself is a low-profile platform in whitewashed oak with a soft bouclé headboard.

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The dining table is a whitewashed European oak refectory in 2.4 m, set for six even when no one is eating: cream-linen runner, hand-thrown stoneware plates with a soft oat glaze, brushed-brass cutlery, hand-blown drinking glasses with a faint smoke tint, and a flat travertine centerpiece holding fresh olive branches. Above the table, an alabaster-and-brass linear pendant runs the table's length on a dimmer scene set to glow at 30% by default. Cane-back rush-seat dining chairs add a single light Mediterranean note without tipping into kitsch.

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Lighting is layered on three planes throughout the penthouse: ceiling downlights on dimmer scenes for general illumination (used at 30% most of the time), alabaster-and-brass table lamps at every seating position, and brass picture lights above each canvas. Decor follows the same restraint: the console-top still life is one travertine tray, two hand-thrown ceramic vessels in cream and oat, three cloth-bound books, one small ceramic with a single cobalt brushwork detail. The texture story across the apartment — bouclé on linen on cashmere on jute, oak on travertine, brass on plaster — gives the second-look reveal the brief asked for.

Technical Specifications

An interior-design commission with Magnum Reformas starts with a free 90-minute consultation at your property or our Marbella showroom. Within 10 working days you receive a concept pack with three mood directions, an indicative palette and a fixed-fee quote covering full design + procurement + on-site styling. Once approved, every material decision is made together at the showroom with physical samples in hand. We deliver plans, joinery drawings, lighting schedules, FF&E spec sheets and an installation calendar. On handover day every cushion is plumped, every book placed, every plant watered — you walk into a finished home, not a furniture warehouse.

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