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FRIDA BECA REVEALS WHY THE LANDSCAPE IS HER INSPIRATION AND TELLS HOW HER FAMILY CONNECTS WITH NATURE

‘My father grew up in the marshlands and he decided that one day he’d like to build a hut for himself here’

In the picturesque spot where Andalusia’s mighty Guadalquivir River gently bids farewell to Spain and falls into the embrace of the Atlantic Ocean lies an otherworldly, watery dreamscape of reeds and rushes, languid lagoons and marshland.

A unique and teeming ecosystem, this jungly tangle of tamarisk, cottonwoods, willows and cattails is home to herons, flamingos, deer, lynx, wild boar and, in a compound of waterside thatched holiday huts, interior designer Frida Beca and her extended family.

“The idea of this type of house comes from my father’s childhood,” says– with thatched roofs and adobe walls.

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