ECLECTIC FEEL

When Maritess Tantoco-Enriquez and her husband Renato returned to the Philippines after living in Morocco for several years, they first stayed in an apartment, and then in a rented house. The original plan was to live there for two years at most before building something permanent in Manila—but it would take nearly a decade and a half more before that could happen.

Meantime, the couple dreamed up a spectacular weekend home in the countryside. Known to family and friends as (The House of Love), the interiors recreated and celebrated their time and courtship in Morocco. It was during the creation of that home that they were introduced to the interior designer Andrew Laurel, who previously worked on the homes of her nephew Donnie Tantoco and his wife was our very first project together.”