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Discover the World of Cabana’s most-read house tours of 2025, from an 18th century Tuscan villa to an archaeological scholar's 13th century apartment in Belgium and an "out of place" house in Casablanca with an extraordinary story. Each of these homes blends artistry, heritage, and personal style, showcasing the enduring allure of layered, well-considered interiors.
BY EMMA BECQUE | ROOMS & GARDENS | 30 DECEMBER 2025
The second most-read house tour of 2025, Villa Marchetti is an 18th century property in the hills of Pistoia, a small city in the Tuscany © Taylor Hall O'Brien.
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Marta de la Rica's Childhood Home in Madrid
In a quiet, hilly enclave of Madrid, designer Marta de la Rica spent 18 months painstakingly renovating her childhood home © Manolo Yllera
In a deeply personal project, Spanish interior designer Marta de la Rica breathed new life into the family house her parents built decades ago, where she spent her childhood and where her father still lives today. Marta tells Busola Evans how she balanced collected antique treasures and emotional ties with a fresh perspective. Tour the house here.
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A Sensitively Restored 18th century Villa in Tuscany
Villa Marchetti is an 18th century property in the hills of Pistoia, a small city in the Tuscan-region of Italy reimagined by an ambitious designer © Taylor Hall O'Brien
Built around 1700, Villa Marchetti is an 18th century estate in the hills of Pistoia, Tuscany, surrounded by olive groves, grape vines and a quality of light that feels otherworldly.
Its newest custodian, 71-year-old Alecia Stevens, an Iowa-born interior designer, has been "chasing beauty" her whole life. Tour the house here.
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An Architectural Historian's Enchanting Home in Rome
Giada Lepri's beautiful home in Rome © Antonio Monfreda
Step inside the enchanting Roman home of architectural historian Giada Lepri, an historic space where tradition and personal style intertwine in perfect harmony.
The carefully restored 18th-century apartment, near Piazza Farnese, is brimming with Italian character, hidden treasures, and a rich story still partly to be discovered.
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A 400-year-old Hacienda in Mexico
Acamilpa, Morelos, México © Leandro Bulzzano
From Italy to the Americas, our fourth most-read house tour of 2025 is the story of Acamilpa: a 400-year-old hacienda surrounded by farms in Morelos, México. For over 50 years, it has been the private hime of one family, and now opens secret rooms, gardens and vaults to let the visitors in. Rebecca Vaisman explores exclusively for Cabana.
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The Shelter Island Retreat of Alfredo Paredes
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Alfredo Paredes At Home, Ralph Lauren's former chief creative officer shares the evolution of his home © Rizzoli
Alfredo Paredes, former chief creative officer at Ralph Lauren, was surprised to find fresh inspiration in a Victorian cottage on New York's Shelter Island.
A thoughtful renovation, a few meaningful edits, and a porch bathed in sunlight transformed the designer's house into a mellow All-American family haven with an ever-changing vista of Dering Harbor. Tour the house here.
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Elena Van Dijck's Mechelen Apartment
De Ingel, Elena Van Dijck’s family home in Mechelen, Belgium, once formed part of the 13th-century Couderborg castle © Isabel Bronts
Step inside a 13th century apartment in Belgium where the young homeowner, designer and collector Elena Van Dijck, has created a joyfully nostalgic space.
Here, the Belgian art historian’s archaeological finds meet irreverent charm, carefully arranged objects and colorful textiles aplenty. Tour the house here.
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Melissa Ulfane's elegant home in Paris
The high-drama bathroom at Melissa Ulfane's home in Paris © François Halard
There is a particular art to collecting – a pursuit led by intuition as much as scholarship, where objects are acquired not just for their aesthetic value, but for their ability to hold and transmit stories. For Melissa Ulfane, founder of Pushkin Press, collecting has always been about narrative. Inside Ulfane's expansive 17th century Parisian home her personal philosophy on the power of objects manifests.
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The Caliph's House, Casablanca
The Caliph's House, Casablanca © Sam Parkes
Dar Khalifa, also known as The Caliph’s House, looks out of place in Casablanca now. Wedged between modern high rises, on the western fringes of the city, the property sits like a verdant oasis in a desert of functional modernity. But it wasn’t always like that. Writer and photographer Sam Parkes explores an extraordinary house.
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A New York townhouse given a soulful reinvention
Sleepy Hollow, a quaint village located on the east bank of New York’s Hudson River is home to an elegant home filled with texture and warmth © Ollie Tomlinson
In New York's Sleepy Hollow, interior designer Joyce Sitterly added buttery walls, caramel tones, tactile textiles, and a neo-classical spin to give layers of warmth to an impersonal new-build, turning it into an elegant home that feels both collected and characterful.
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An Umbrian Farmhouse designed by Retrouvius
A 16h-century farmhouse in Umbria © Theo Tennant; Rizzoli
People want their home to be a safe haven where they feel they intrinsically belong, writes Maria Speake, founder of leading UK-based studio, Retrouvius In her new book, Retrouvius: Contemporary Salvage, Designing Homes from a Philosophy of Reuse, Maria shares her studio’s sensitive approach to their clients and projects, including this 16th century farmhouse in Umbria, restored and reimagined.
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A Recently Restored 'Dude Ranch' in Wyoming
The T Cross 'Dude Ranch' in Wyoming © Lisa Flood
In the heart of Wyoming, Anna Sullivan resurrects the T Cross 'Dude Ranch', blending Old West grit with midcentury charm. Together with designer Cecelia Heffernan, Sullivan restores historic cabins, salvages century-old treasures, and turns the legendary 160-acre ranch into a timeless escape under the American sky. Lisa Flood explores.
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A celebrated sculptor's home in Stockholm
A chorus of frozen gestures fills Carl Eldh’s studio, where over 500 plaster sketches stand as he left them © Isabel Bronts
In Stockholm’s Bellevue Park, Carl Eldh’s Ateljémuseum remains frozen in time, an intensely atmospheric studio where plasters, portraits, and personal effects linger as though their maker has only just stepped away.
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Cabana Magazine N24
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This issue will transport you across countries and continents where craft and culture converge. Evocative travel portfolios reveal Japan's elegant restraint, Peru's sacred churches ablaze with color, and striking architecture in a fading Addis Ababa. Inspiring minds from the late Giorgio Armani to Nikolai von Bismarck spark curiosity, while exclusive homes—from the dazzling Burghley House in England and an Anglo-Italian dream in Milan, to a Dionysian retreat in Patmos and a historic Pennsylvania farmhouse—become portals that recall, evoke and transport.
