Making the right choice often comes down to a gut feeling. This is a truth Ana Fortin knows well. “I can’t just choose something because I need something,” says the Paris-born sales manager, who has lived in Lisbon since she was a child. “I would prefer to eat on the floor than have the wrong table.”
Ana’s house, which she shares with her 10-year-old daughter, Madalena, wears her choices like a coat of arms. Her taste tends toward midcentury modern, with bold twists, like the graphic terrazzo tiles in her kitchen and bath and the pin-striped parasol in her backyard. Shepaired it with a set of organic Hiroshima chairs by Naoto Fukasawa for Maruni. When Ana needed an outdoor shower for her back garden and pool, she ordered three options to inspect for herself; when they weren’t what she envisioned, she sent them back one at a time. Fortunately, a fourth fit the bill.
