Next to the entrance door the word appears handwritten, in another tribute of the heirs: “We asked our mother to write Lameirinhos with her handwriting”, says José Adrião. The task turned out to be too complicated due to the aftermath of a stroke, but the children did not give up: “We went to the love letters she had written to our father, which were many, and we removed each letter.”
Most of the furniture was already there or was being collected in vintage shops, with the exception of the beds – “they rang everywhere, were very small and were replaced by sommiers” – and the minimais cabinets that make the wardrobe times, designed by the architect. “We tried to keep the spirit of the house, but provide it with comfort,” summarizes Margarida. In winter, the salamander is always on and there are families who reserve the house to spend Christmas together.
Breakfast is left every morning in the dining room by the home-cooked Helena, who makes the jams with the fruits of the yard and prepares the flower arrangements scattered a little everywhere, as well as the water flavored with rosemary left on the bedside tables. The lamps, hangers and chairs are all different, and on the lower floor, transformed into a reading and games room, you can also see the ovens of the old bakery. There is even an old notenook, framed, that lists the tyoes of breads that were made there.