Nara Interiors

La Bastide

Provence, France
Independent design study
Concept study — not built

La Bastide is a study in a French country house, drawn from the bastides of Provence and their habit of putting stone, shade and light before decoration.

The architecture does the work: a terracotta pantile roof, deep arched openings, vaulted plaster ceilings and a curved stone stair, set among olive trees and cypresses. Rooms are given generous proportions and left quiet.

The palette stays close to the ground it sits on — travertine, lime plaster, bronze, onyx and linen — warmed at dusk by low, concealed lighting rather than by pattern or colour.

ScopeInterior design, materials and FF&E
Key materialsTravertine, lime plaster, bronze, onyx, linen
Pale stone house with a terracotta pantile roof and a tall arched entrance, lit at dusk across a gravel forecourt planted with olive trees and cypresses
Arched stone entrance portico at dusk, flanked by wall lights and olive trees in wide stone bowls, looking through to a lit inner hall
Entrance hall seen through a stone arch, with a curved travertine stair and fluted balustrade, a potted olive tree and a niche holding a single urn
Bedroom beneath a vaulted plaster ceiling, with a dark upholstered headboard set into a backlit arched recess, stone bedside blocks and a plunge pool in the foreground
Bathroom with a carved stone bath beneath a tall arched window onto cypresses and the sea, a long stone vanity, brass fittings and a lantern pendant under timber beams
Material study in sunlight — travertine, a bronze tray, a cast bronze dish, backlit onyx and natural linen

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