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While the Balearics are often associated with bucket-and-spade package tourism, they are simultaneously synonymous with a certain oh-so-tasteful, style-conscious aesthetic. And while Ibiza might have been the birthplace of the crisp whites and clean lines of ‘Balearic Chic’, it’s the island of Mallorca that now leads the way with a thriving design scene. With no shortage of on-trend concept home stores to help island-dwellers create their perfect lifestyle look, here are five of our favourites.
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Rialto Living

Billing itself as a lifestyle concept store, Rialto Living is located on a beautiful street in an iconic building that once housed Palma’s Rialto Cinema. Swedish couple Klas Kall and Barbara Bergmann opened the shop in 2007 and it is generally considered one of the city’s finest. The interiors section is all about inspirational living and sells everything from scents, decorative items, and traditional British Farrow & Ball paints, through to home and garden furnishings. Rialto is not a shopping experience for those on a limited budget, with some of the pricier items including Swedish made bespoke beds and mattresses, and handmade rugs from around the world. A number of different room styles are showcased in the store, which also offers interior design services and a seamstress to create one-off pieces from their extensive array of quality fabrics.

SLUIZ.

If it’s colourful Balearic boho styling you’re after, then the Ibizan interiors store, SLUIZ. is the place for you. There are four in total, and the Palma store is the only one outside of Ibiza. A colourful feast for the eyes, this maze-like shop is packed from floor to ceiling with colourful rugs, chairs, cushions, candle-holders and much more. A sharp contrast to its uber-tasteful neighbour, Rialto Living, it’s a fun place to look around — kitsch garden gnomes sit amongst rustic wooden bowls and hand woven throws, and prices range from the cheap and cheerful to fairly eye-watering.

Living Dreams

Living dreams is part-restaurant and wine bar, and part-lifestyle store, set in a large historic house in Santa Maria del Cami with a beautiful garden. They mostly sell large, statement tables and high-quality outdoor furniture but also take orders for bespoke furnishings. This is the kind of place to go if you have a huge house to furnish, or a terrace big enough to need an eight-seater outdoor sofa, but even if you have no need for such large furnishings, it’s a lovely (and inspiring) place to visit — wander around, enjoy lunch in the garden, buy some wine and perhaps even linger in their smoking lounge. The whole place is also available to rent for private events.

Bondian Living Store

Located in a tastefully restored old palacio building, just off a picturesque narrow lane in the old town, Bondian Living is a veritable Aladdin’s Cave of boho-luxe delights. Different floors and courtyards are stocked with various types of goods – stacks of rustic baskets, piles of luxury linens and fabrics from around the world, endless crockery and glassware, and decorative objects, all beautifully arranged and displayed. Furniture tends to be large and rustic, and sofas and chairs are laden with cushions in linen-striped and traditional Mallorcan ikat fabrics. Architectural and interior design services are also offered.

About the author

A dyed-in-the-wool Londoner now firmly rooted among the cobbled streets of old town Palma de Mallorca, left a piece of himself in Mexico some time in the last millennium and had a previous existence touring the world with a band you've probably never heard of.

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