Montisi is a medieval village in Val d’Orcia, among vineyards and cypresses. Umberto 121 is a 14th-century building at its historic heart, bought and restored by an Italian-Spanish family who moved from Barcelona to Tuscany to do it.

Their approach was to take things away. The house had accumulated layers over centuries of transformations. They chose to keep the 19th century frescoes, the 1930s floors, the original beams showing, and various furniture relics. Cesta, Babel, Singular, Sylvestrina, TMC and TMD light the rooms without competing with the history of the place.