PORTUGUESE INTERIOR DESIGNER GRACINHA VITERBO AND HER HUSBAND MIGUEL STUCKY VIEIRA DA ROCHA ARE JOINED BY THEIR CHILDREN AS THEY INVITE US INTO THEIR STUNNING COASTAL HOME

‘Estoril is a small place, and both our families were among the founders. We know everyone here and close by’

Gracinha Viterbo comes from a family of forward thinkers, and the proof is everywhere in her beautiful country of Portugal and her home town of Estoril. In the mid-20th century, her relatives contributed to the development of Estoril, a coastal village near Lisbon that became a chic and cosmopolitan resort, attracting royalty from all over Europe, including Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Then, in the 1970s – when few well-born Portuguese women had careers – Gracinha’s mother, Graça, made a name for herself in interior design. Her studio – in Lisbon at the time – became a byword for creativity, with