The blue exterior of Casa Azul, framed by a grapevine-covered pergola and garden lawn.

Casa Azul / Cantabria

A house with room to live.

Casa Azul is the first Wellestar house: a place on the Cantabrian coast for creative residencies, working stays, retreats and time away.

Nine bedrooms across a main house and separate apartment, with a private garden, swimming pool and the coast just a short walk away.

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A place by Wellestar

Wellestar brings together places for living and working well. Casa Azul is our first house, shaped by an interest in thoughtful spaces, creative work and the everyday pleasures of living somewhere well.

The project grows out of a long-standing connection with The Arctic Hideaway in northern Norway, and out of seeing how a place can shape the way people live, work and spend time together.

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A house that opens up.

Casa Azul is a spacious six-bedroom house with an additional three-bedroom apartment, with space to work, gather and enjoy the simple pleasures of everyday life.

Large sliding doors connect the dining room to the garden. Skylights bring light into the house throughout the day. There are quiet corners for focused work throughout the house: in the sunroom, around the dining table, in the living room, in the art space in the garage, or outside at the picnic table.

Different spaces, different ways to spend the day. All under one roof.

The place is the point.

A covered terrace with a dining table, opening onto the house through glass doors.

The Seaside Suite: a bright bedroom with a wide picture window looking over the rooftops toward the sea.

The sunroom's angled windows and skylight, letting the light in over the sea and village rooftops.

Evening light over the calm bay near Playa Usil, with the grassy shore in the foreground.

The house has a rhythm.

Morning light through the skylights.
Coffee in the kitchen.
A walk to the beach.
A few hours of focused work.
A swim.
Dinner outside when the weather allows.
A fire in the evening.

Come with a plan. Leave room for everything else.

Ten minutes from the coast

The sea is never far.

Casa Azul sits a short walk from the Cantabrian coast: quiet coves, small fishing towns, and a rhythm of its own. Most days end with a walk down to the water.

Blue sky and the sea through a sunroom window, with the village rooftops below.

9 bedrooms
Swimming pool
Private garden
Workspace
10 min to the beach

Gallery

Details of a slower life.

The living room, with a brick fireplace, grey sofas, a beamed ceiling and a wide window over the sea.

Sunset over the bay near Playa Usil, with the headland in silhouette.

The blue house seen from above on a sunny day, with the lawn and swimming pool.

A salad and a glass of white wine on the patio table, in front of the barbecue.

The swimming pool and white sun loungers, seen through the grapevine pergola in the sun.

The blue house reflected in the swimming pool.

Grapevine leaves catching the light on the pergola.

The covered patio under the grapevine pergola, with the dining table set outside.

The bay at dusk near Playa Usil, with calm water and a palm tree on the shore.

Rooftops, the estuary and the sea under a clear blue sky.

The long dining table on the glazed terrace, with a view out to the sea.

The sunroom on a sunny day, with wicker armchairs, a sofa and a wide view over the rooftops to the sea.

The moon seen through a skylight above the bed at dawn.

A lit lantern-style lamp on a bedside table in a wood-panelled attic room, with blue dawn light through the skylight.

Sunset over the estuary and the village rooftops, seen through the branches of a tree near the house.

Potted plants on a windowsill, looking out through paned glass to the pool and garden below.

The private studio patio, with a worktable, a mirror and plants in the light.

The blue walls and gabled roofline of Casa Azul against a sky of clouds.

The outdoor kitchen and dining table under the pergola, with a brick barbecue.

The swimming pool at Casa Azul, framed by garden and hedge.

Casa Azul at dusk, seen from above, with the garden and swimming pool.

The Bedrooms

Nine rooms, each with its own light.

A pine-panelled attic bedroom with a large angled window looking over the estuary and the sea. — **Mar Room**House · shared bathroom

Another view of the room, looking toward the bed under the sloped ceiling. — **Mar Room**House · shared bathroom

A bedroom under exposed beams, with sage green linen, a wooden headboard and a wide window over the rooftops. — **Beam Room**House · private bathroom

The same bedroom seen from the doorway, with a long window and dark wood floor. — **Beam Room**House · private bathroom

A wood-panelled attic bedroom with a single bed, a desk and a balcony door. — **Balcony Room**House · shared bathroom

The same room from the other side, with its wardrobe and balcony door. — **Balcony Room**House · shared bathroom

The Oar Room: a bedroom with a white iron bed, navy linen cushions, a wooden oar mounted above the headboard and lamps glowing on the bedside tables. — **Oar Room**House · shared bathroom

A bright bedroom with a wide picture window looking over the rooftops toward the sea, and warm lamps on either side of the bed. — **Seaside Suite**House · private bathroom

The same room from the door, with a full-length mirror and a woven rug. — **Seaside Suite**House · private bathroom

A cosy single bedroom with a white iron bedstead, a teal throw and a small window. — **Miniroom**House · shared bathroom

A corner of the single room, with a bamboo coat ladder and a white nightstand. — **Miniroom**House · shared bathroom

A bedroom in the apartment, with white bedding, a white headboard and navy linen curtains. — **Blue Piso**Apartment · private bathroom

Another view of the Blue Piso bedroom — **Blue Piso**Apartment · private bathroom

A second apartment bedroom, with a tufted white headboard and terracotta linen curtains. — **Terracotta Piso**Apartment · private bathroom

Another view of the Terracotta Piso bedroom — **Terracotta Piso**Apartment · private bathroom

Apartment room 3: a single bed with a bedside lamp, and a glazed door onto the private studio patio. — **Studio Piso**Apartment · private studio attached

The garage studio, with long worktables, stools and a terracotta-tiled floor.

The studio

Room to make things.

A bright, open studio with long worktables and a big door that opens to the yard. It is the working space for our art residencies.

Around the House

A few more corners.

The wooden staircase in the entry hall, with a wicker table and chairs at its foot.

The white galley kitchen, with terracotta floor tiles.

Another view of the dining room, with the new wooden curtain rod and linen curtains.

A covered terrace with a long dining table, seen through the sliding doors.

A vaulted living room with a brick fireplace, two sofas, and a wide window looking out over the sea.

A console table and tall plant in the entry hall, beside the staircase.

The pool and garden, framed beneath the grapevine pergola.

A bathroom with a stained-glass window and a walk-in rain shower.

Cutting a bunch of grapes from the vine that shades the terrace table.

Playa Usil at low tide, with a walker and a dog on the sand and the green headland beyond.

Around the neighbourhood

A neighbourhood with a little life.

This is not a remote hideaway. On foot you can reach a hotel restaurant, a supermarket and a pharmacy, and walking paths run through the neighbourhood to the beach, the estuary, a restaurant, a golf course and fields with cows and other farm animals. In Spain we call it vidilla: enough life around you to feel at home, and enough quiet to work.

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