House Tour: Inside an unpublished Renzo Mongiardino-designed villa in Milan

HOUSE TOUR | ROOMS & GARDENS | WORLD OF CABANA

Then and Now: Step inside this 1930s villa in Milan, designed by Renzo Mongiardino and first photographed by Guido Taroni for the book, The Interiors and Architecture of Renzo Mongiardino: A Painterly Vision, published by Cabana. The ground floor of the villa remains as photogenic as ever, seen in updated photographs by Joanna Maclennan  as the apartment provides a fitting background for Cabana's newest homewares collection. 

BY TEAM CABANA | ROOMS & GARDENS | 10 MARCH 2026

This elegant apartment is on the ground floor of a Milanese family villa built in the 1930s. The building was originally a single-family house, but was later sectioned into three separate apartments to accommodate the three daughters of the original owner.

Renzo Mongiardino was called to work on the residence, which overlooks a rather big private garden that is accessible to most of the apartment’s rooms. The garden consequently inspired most of the interiors: bright colors, floral patterns, and a big, light-filled kitchen that could easily be found in a country home. 

In the kitchen, he used many decorative elements typical of his style: tiles of yellow and blue (mixing patterns both on the floor and walls), a monumental iron-and-glass stove hood, and a round table under a Mongiardino-designed brass-and-fabric ceiling lamp.

The text above is an adapted extract from The Interiors and Architecture of Renzo Mongiardino: A Painterly Vision written by Martina Mondadori and the Editors of Cabana, photographed by Guido Taroni and published by Rizzoli.

The luxurious wood-panelled living room © Guido Taroni, The Interiors and Architecture of Renzo Mongiardino: A Painterly Vision. 

All images above @ Guido Taroni.

The spectacular apartment appears in the gallery below, as it is today, providing a beautiful setting in which to unveil Cabana's new homewares collection.

Drawing inspiration from iconic tastemakers and hostesses, such as Babe Paley, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marella Agnelli and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the collection is designed for modern entertaining, bringing elegance and joy into today’s home.