There’s No Front Door at This Family Home Outside Barcelona

The brick residence has several entries placed around the perimeter, and is heated only via a woodburning stove and the sun.
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In moving from an apartment in bustling Barcelona to Matadepera, a quiet village roughly 45 minutes away by car, one could assume you’d easily find more privacy. But that wasn’t so for Gloria, Jordi, and their two children, who built their first home on a lot shared with in-laws.

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Grace Bernard
Grace Bernard is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles.

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