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Veere introduces you to his second home, Gazebo. Situated just outside the city of Tangier in Morocco, it has been built on a clifftop overlooking The Straits of Gibraltar with views across to Spain. Over the last ten years, he has transformed what was previously a derelict cottage into the home of his dreams.
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Welcome to Gazebo
You will also be joining me at my home, Gazebo, situated just outside the city of Tangier in Morocco. It has been built on a clifftop overlooking The Straits of Gibraltar with views across to Spain.
When I first bought the property, it was a little cottage on an overgrown cliff hillside, and I have spent the last ten years building the house it is today, as well as landscaping a vast garden and terrace.
You could argue that the house has become a manifestation of my career as an interior designer and embodies the epitome of my style. The exterior is built in a stucco vernacular with a pantile roof and shutters over the windows; a collection of my favourite features.
Entertaining guests
Gazebo is actually two houses connected by a colonnade. The main house is within the original structure, to which I added a drawing room and a library. The other side of the colonnade is the guest house, an entirely new structure with additional bedroom suites for when friends and family come to stay.
Hosting is an important part of the character of Gazebo, and there are always people coming and going, or popping in for drinks. Designing the main house and guest house to be separate was the best decision, as there is always space for people to stay, but I'm not rattling around in a large house when it's just myself.
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Veere Grenney
Esteemed New Zealand-born UK-based decorator
For more than three decades, Veere Grenney has shaped the landscape of international interior design with an eye for timeless elegance and a deep respect for tradition. Having begun his career under Mary Fox Linton, and later serving as a director at Colefax and Fowler, Veere went on to establish his own company in central London in 1996, one that continues to define the art of classic contemporary living.
His work has been consistently recognised at the very highest level with Veere holding a place in House and Garden’s Directory of 100 Leading Interior Designers for the past seven years, alongside being named one of Veranda’s ‘Magic Makers’ in 2013, and additionally is a proud member of Architectural Digests prestigious ‘Top 100’.
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