An entrepreneurial couple with two sons went looking for a home that suited them. They had tried to furnish their previous house with carefully chosen pieces, yet it never quite worked. Their goal was simple to say and harder to design. They wanted to wake up every morning with a holiday feeling. Their 1970s villa in Rhoon had the space, and it had character, but it did not yet fit the way they lived.

So the work began with people, not with plans. Through the MasterPlan Methode©, Marc and Sven mapped the family's rhythm in detail, from the start of the morning to weekday evenings and lazy Sundays, before a single material or colour was chosen. That order matters. The plan follows the life, not the other way around.

The villa carried strong signatures of its era. A striking zigzag ceiling above the hall and its void, a pronounced staircase, and structural elements throughout. The first instinct was to remove them. Working in 3D showed the opposite. Kept and reframed for contemporary living, these features could become the strength of the design rather than a problem to hide.

The materials were then layered with intent. Walls in warm Caparol Kiesel, with sage green in the hall. Mountain oak runs through the house without interruption. Interior doors are high gloss sage green with dark frames, marked by brass Buster & Punch fittings. Outside, the frames wear a satin Umbra grey, RAL 7022.

The kitchen is semi open, deliberately restrained in the sight line. Fronts in Verde Arcilla, a deep green, with diamond grey interiors and high gloss edges, combined with Lorenzo walnut. The worktops are Dekton Trilium at the cooking zone and Neolith Abu Dhabi White Marble elsewhere. Ribbed glass fronts the upper cabinets, and a bar invites company without putting the cooking on display.

The main bedroom balances calm and richness. Gold Creation Baumann curtains, a walk in closet behind a walnut arched door, and an en suite that mixes soft cream tiles, driftwood textures and glass mosaic. A freestanding bath sits beside doors that open to a garden with an outdoor shower, a sauna and a swimming pond.

On the children's floor, a dedicated analysis mapped each character and interest, down to a sneaker display and washstands with a railway sleeper look. As the owner said, after the three MasterPlan days the design already felt finished, until they saw how much detail the team had worked out in the weeks that followed. This is a home that is chic yet livable, ready for a weekday morning and a party of thirty alike.