This Gorgeous Spanish Apartment Has Vaulted Ceilings and Unbelievable Views

Adrienne Breaux
·6 min read
Living room with brick wall, framed artwork, and white couch with decorative pillows.
Living room with brick wall, framed artwork, and white couch with decorative pillows.
Living room with brick wall, framed artwork, and white couch with decorative pillows.
Dual-use space with dining room table, mirrored coffee table, and white couch.
Dining room table with tile floors next to a sunroom.
Colorful glassware and plants sit on a dining room table.
Dining room storage cabinet.
Dwellers pose for a photo at the end of a hallway.
Kitchen with stainless steel appliances colorful vases and bread on a cutting board.
Hallway with plant and orange shelving unit.
Art studio workspace.
Art supplies on a white storage rack with a studio space.
Art studio workspace.
Art space with metal lamp and blow desk legs.
Walk-in closet with hanging clothes, wicker chair, sculpture, and wooden dressers.
Bedroom with white walls and decorative items on nightstand flanked by mirror.
Sitting area below wall art.
Dwellers pose for a photo in their sunroom.
A sunroom with plants on wooden shelves, large windows, and a white couch.
An orange cart with art supplies next to the artwork on an easel.
Cookbook next to orange mug and oranges.

ABOUT THIS TOUR

HOME TYPE: Apartment

LOCATION: Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

STYLE: Colorful, Contemporary, Modern

BEDROOMS: 4

SQUARE FEET: 915

Artist Evelin Toledano is half-Swedish and half-Spanish, and says that it’s this combination of both of her backgrounds that defines her art and her interior design styles. Her Scandinavian side offers up a love of pared-back simplicity, whereas her Spanish roots bring a love of expressive color.

Dwellers pose for a photo in their sunroom.

“We bring that style into our interior design choices — keeping the background canvas minimal, bright, and white and allowing the high ceilings and daylight to accentuate accent colors and highlight distinctive pieces of art in the space,” writes Evelin, who shares her rental apartment with her partner, writer and comedian Oliver Bussell.

A sunroom with wooden shelves, large windows, and a white couch.

Evelin and Oliver actually discovered this apartment before renting it. “Our friends were living in the apartment, and we came over to cat-sit a few times before we moved to Barcelona,” Evelin explains. “Of course, we were immediately blown away by the views of Sagrada Familia, but also the high, vaulted ceilings and the incredible amount of light throughout the whole apartment.”

Dwellers pose on their patio overlooking The Basílica Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família

Being able to see THE Sagrada Familia from their stunning terrace is one of their favorite elements about the 915-square-foot apartment they’ve rented for two years. But the couple also loves the white vaulted ceilings a lot.

Dining room table with croissants and colorful glassware.

“They amplify the afternoon light and make the whole living space glow,” she admits. “We also love the accents of blue around the living/dining room. Some elements, like the blue chairs, we collected organically, but others, like our drinks cabinet, we designed and painted to complement the colors found in the art it would sit beside.”

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Hallways with tile floors leading to the kitchen and living area.

HALLWAY

Living room with brick wall, framed artwork, and white couch with decorative pillows.

LIVING ROOM

  • Söderhamn Sofa — IKEA

  • Orange Lamp — Secondhand

  • ‘Skinny Dipping’ Sculpture — Marylou Faure

  • ‘Lost’ Risograph Print — Kelly Anna

  • Mirrored Table — Commission

  • ‘New Friends, Old Habits’ Print — Quentin Monge

  • Origami Paper Tiger Head — Local Shop

Dining area with blue chairs and artwork on the wall.

DINING ROOM

  • Blue Chairs — Secondhand

  • Lamp Paper Shade — HAY

  • ‘Marina’ Paintings — Evelin Toledano

  • Customised Ivar Cabinet — IKEA

Walk-in closet with hanging clothes, wicker chair, sculpture, and wooden dressers.

WALK-IN WARDROBE

Bedroom with white walls and decorative items on nightstand flanked by mirror.

BEDROOM

Thanks, Evelin and Oliver!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.

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