A recent family vacation in Granada has left me with Spain on the brain: I’m plotting my return. And next time, I hope to stay at Casas del Naval, a 110-acre mountain compound in the Sierra de Gredos, in Western Spain’s Extremadura, dreamed up by landscape designer/creative spirit Jesús Moraime.
It began as Moraime’s country place away from Madrid, and, in recent years, he’s restored the original gardener’s cottage, acquired surrounding properties, tended oak forests, brought in an endangered breed of cattle, and added this built-from-the-ground-up hacienda. It’s surrounded by wildflower meadows. Oh, and there’s a saltwater pool, too. Join us for a look.
Photography courtesy of Casas del Naval.
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The house was designed by Moraime in collaboration with architect Alicia Lopez-Izquierdo and interior designer Javier Cargo. The co-creator of Madrid’s Casa Gonzaléz & Gonzaléz (see Better Tools for Living), Cargo worked with Moraime on the project from the get-go—and also furnished Moraime’s Baixa House, one of our favorite Lisbon hotels.
![the house is named las encinas for the surrounding holm oaks. it\2\17;s 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-15-733x916.jpg)
![cargo says the interior is an ode to natural materials and that he took inspira 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-3-733x489.jpg)
The suspended wood-burning fireplace is the Doria by Spanish line Traforart (it’s available in the US from Fiamma, which also offers a gas option). The runner is made from local vintage grain sacks.
![the \2\20;herbarium wall\2\2\1; is composed of century old french 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-4-e1530047074616-733x977.jpg)
![in the front sitting area, twin french antique armchairs in stripped down uphol 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-6-733x489.jpg)
![wide plank pine floors, exposed rafters, and a wall of knotty wood paneling len 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-5-e1530047097620-733x1100.jpg)
![the pine continues into the kitchen where it\2\17;s modernized with coun 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-7-733x489.jpg)
![cargo combined the kitchen\2\17;s main building materials, pine and gran 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-8-733x1100.jpg)
The range and extractor hood are from Ikea. The large framed photo is from Jesús Moraime’s “Gardens of Lisbon” series.
![on vacation in majorca, moraime visited the bujosa textile workshop and returne 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-9-733x489.jpg)
![the upstairs has three bedrooms, two baths, and a small living room. note cargo 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-10-733x1100.jpg)
![the bedrooms all have raftered ceilings. the house\2\17;s wood framed ro 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-11-733x489.jpg)
![william morris\2\17;s fruit wallpaper patterns a room with twin bam 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-12b-e1530047171366-733x1100.jpg)
![walls throughout are unpainted plaster and the wooden doors are left natural. 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-13-e1530047142858-733x977.jpg)
The kitchen’s thick Silvestre granite counters reappear in the bathrooms, which have raw brass faucets affordably sourced in Morocco. The striped sink curtain covers a wooden storage shelf. (Thinking of cabinet curtains? Go to Kitchen of the Week, Dutch Modern Edition to see another example that we love.)
![the blue and white tiles are leftovers from moriame\2\17;s baixa house i 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-14a-e1530047202124-733x1100.jpg)
![unusual (but harmonious) bedfellows: a vintage german school chart, grandmother 31](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-14b-e1530047743603-733x1100.jpg)
![a pergola for shady outdoor living rises next to the granite framed swimming po 32](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/las-encinas-casas-del-naval-spain-16-e1530047770203-733x977.jpg)
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Browse our Rental House archive for more getaway ideas, including:
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