On a pastoral moshav in central Israel, a sprawling family villa stands on a plot of about 1,900 square meters. The home, which covers about 500 square meters, was designed for a couple and their three children, with the goal of creating a space that supports everyday family life while also allowing for frequent large-scale entertaining.
When interior designer Itamar Levy first entered the house, he found impressive, pleasant architecture, but also a certain emptiness: large and beautiful spaces that had not yet been given a clear identity or character. The structure was designed by Ron Rosen of Rosen Linnenberg Architects.
According to Levy, the project developed into an eclectic design language with a retro touch, combining clean modern lines with inspiration from the design worlds of the 1950s and 1960s.
“The connection between the styles creates a lively and intriguing home, one that does not try to be minimalist or uniform, but allows each space to express a slightly different character while still feeling like part of one complete story,” Levy said.
From an empty house to a villa with a cohesive design language. All indoor and outdoor furniture by Niso Furniture
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The living room is understated, with vivid blue accents and an eye-catching ceiling
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The house is defined by shades of blue, the family’s favorite color. The kitchen, however, was kept relatively calm and monochromatic, with an emphasis on a light tone. Levy said that choice allows the green landscape surrounding the house to enter through the large openings and become part of the interior.
By contrast, the family dining area has a much stronger color presence, with a deep turquoise shade that brings life and energy into the space and encourages people to linger around the table.
A fusion of styles creates a lively, dynamic home
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The kitchen pairs light and dark tones, with a turquoise dining table for everyday meals
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The eclectic language continues in the main seating areas. In the living room and large dining area, Levy drew inspiration from rounded lines, statement furniture and rich textiles that give the spaces warmth and depth.
The central furniture pieces, supplied by Niso Furniture, became a significant part of the home’s material language, he said.
In the dining area, the wall was clad in blue as a backdrop for the furniture
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The cinema room: windowless, with excellent acoustics and, of course, a design in shades of blue
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In the living room, Levy chose a wide seating system with soft, rounded lines, upholstered in rich textiles that balance the scale of the large space and bring in a homier feeling. Deep armchairs with generous proportions and careful upholstery were placed beside it, creating a living room that is elegant but also inviting for long stays and gatherings.
“The choice of pieces created for us by Niso Furniture made it possible to combine classic carpentry, natural materials and rich textiles with precise adaptation to the proportions of the space,” Levy said.
Custom-made furniture was also incorporated in other parts of the home, with deep fabrics and complex upholstery work adding another layer of materiality and helping fill the once-empty house with character.
One of the children’s rooms, with blue used in a relatively light dose
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Another child’s room, done entirely in turquoise
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One of the most striking spaces in the home is the cinema room, which did not exist in the original plan and was created during the project especially for the family.
“What began as an idea for a simple viewing room became, during the planning process, a complete design experience,” Levy said. “The room is designed to be completely detached from the rest of the house: it has no windows, the acoustics were carefully planned, and entering it creates the feeling of crossing into another world.”
The entire space is wrapped in deep shades of blue, and the ceiling is designed to resemble a starry sky. The furniture was also created especially for the room: custom cinema chairs that are wide and indulgent, with built-in space for drinks and popcorn. Their structure was planned to allow comfortable long viewing without blocking the screen for those seated behind.
The master bedroom
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Unconventional window placement and layered textiles create depth
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If the interior is built around layers of color and material meant to create intimacy for the family, the exterior continues the story in a more open and airy way.
The thriving garden and large rectangular pool become an integral part of the movement through the house. The pool is covered in turquoise mosaic, a color that also continues into the surrounding furniture, creating visual continuity and an enveloping feeling, Levy said.
The outdoor living room features seating systems in more modern lines, upholstered in deep blue textiles with tropical prints. The combination of colors, fabrics and the surrounding green landscape creates the feeling of another living room, this time under the open sky.
Next to the pool is a large outdoor dining area designed to host up to 24 guests. The table has a base resembling pebbles in an ink-blue shade, and the surrounding furniture continues the same language used throughout the house, creating a natural flow between indoors and outdoors.
A tropical take on green in the parents’ bathroom
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The children’s bathroom in timeless design
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The blue and turquoise palette also continues into the bedrooms, both the parents’ room and the children’s rooms, though in different doses.
In the master bedroom, the bed is upholstered in a very pale blue and paired with a turquoise shelving unit with delicate lines. In the children’s rooms, the use of color is broader. In one daughter’s room, by her choice, a deep turquoise shade appears in the furniture, walls, decorative items and textiles. Another child’s room is defined by lighter shades of blue and more measured touches.
“In the end, this house is not too quiet or too uniform,” Levy said. “On the contrary, it is built as a sequence of surprising moments. In every corner, a new detail, another color or a different material is revealed, but together they create a complete composition. It is a home that tells a story about a family, shared experiences and the way design can turn a large, fairly empty space into a living, personal place full of character.”