Casa Perro y Gata was designed for two New York creatives who wanted their Mérida home to feel like it had always existed, accumulated, personal, and alive with color.

Studio Zada shaped the full interior of this new build, approaching it less like a design project and more like a curation. The home's architecture gave us clean lines and generous light; our job was to complicate that in the best possible way. Bold handmade floor tiles set the rhythm throughout, floral, graphic, unapologetic, while each room layered in its own personality: copper pendants over a stone kitchen, jewel toned sofas against raw Yucatán limestone, a dining room anchored by a neon light sculpture and surrounded by collected paintings.

Nothing was specified from a catalog. Vintage pieces from the clients' travels sit alongside bespoke work from local artisans: woven mirrors, rattan lighting, hand loomed textiles, custom carpentry. Each object was chosen for its texture, its history, or the way it catches afternoon light. The mix is deliberate but wears itself lightly.

The garden and pool courtyard were designed as extensions of the interior, not afterthoughts, but moments of breath between rooms, connecting the inside to the Yucatán sky above.

The result is a home that rewards attention. The more time you spend in it, the more you find.