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The living room serves both to entertain and casual lounging. The main change to this space is that we opened up two windows on each side of the chimney to incorporate natural light and the garden. The floors are white and black marbel that draw a natural rug that marks the palette used through out the house.

To highlight the Santo´s white kitchen, we used natural materials (campaspero, sierra Elvira and blanca paloma) with an edge, a geometric pattern. Off the kitchen, we have what we call in Spain the “office” which is actually an informal dinning room. We´ve separeted both spaces with a light wall design, but kept it cohesive by adding the same fun floor.

The formal dinning room incorporates Chiavari chairs from the 50´s and an 19th century italien folding screen.

The wall of the main bedroom hides the dressing and bathroom. We´ve kept the use of natural materials in these two spaces with dark wood and white and black marble.

Photography courtesy of Espejo y Goyanes

The White Sox-Cuba connection started with White Sox legend, Minnie Minoso. This would create a connection that still exists today. Maybe it was the fact that Minoso literally came back to the Sox and played with them in four separate decades after his first Sox stint, but this continued through the 2005 World Series season, when Jose Contreras and Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez were two anchors in the rotation. Also, Jose Abreu signed with the Sox in 2013, and he has been the leader for their lineup since. Last year, he mentored Yoan Moncada, Cuban-born stud we received in the Chris Sale trade with the Red Sox. Abreu would pick Yoan up at the airport upon his arrival in Chicago, show him the ropes of the big leagues, etc.

Now, I’ve already had a post about why Abreu needs to stay, but he already has made his impact on Yoan. In fact, Yoan has taken another Cuban phenom, Luis Robert, under his wing, who the Sox signed last year to a $26 million signing bonus. Moncada and Robert are expected to be the heart of the White Sox lineup throughout the 2020s (dang that feels weird to write).