one day i woke up and i told myself that one of the things i must check off my bucket list as a man is to build and have my own home

he pulled back in order for me to be able to express myself.” From the landscaping to the artwork placement, Tim was very hands on, working in tandem with Calma. “We would bounce ideas off each other. It was like a multiple choice test but in the end, I’d be the one to fill out the test paper. That was hard because I’m indecisive. Like, I wanted all of the above,” Tim says laughing. “The challenge was in the editing because a part of you will always want it all.” Adds Calma, “It was easy to work with them because we are all friends—i just gave Tim my opinions, ideas, and options. But in the end, he knew what he wanted.”

Where the similarities between Calma’s and Tim’s aesthetics lie, however, are in that they both like the whimsy and the element of surprise. “When we were designing it together,” shares Calma, “I told him now’s your chance to go minimalist but I guess he couldn’t help it. He is just very maximal at heart. The spaces really work, though, and they show his personality. Every time he travelled, he brought back a piece for his house and I think that is part of the idea that you grow through time with your home. It may start with just the basics, but through time you bring bits and pieces of your stories and memories.”

Sure, while Tim and Javi have loftily found their way to and staked their claim on the moon, the chameleon in Tim is still grounded in that perhaps there’s always room for change. “There’s no such thing as a dream home,” he says, “Your dream home, it’s evolving—just like you. I love that we started with a blank canvas, an empty shell, and I lovingly filled it up with things and memories. Then as time went by, I felt more at home in my home. As you evolve, your home evolves with you.”

Concludes Calma: “It’s [a] very personal and very Yaparazzi world! And that world will definitely keep on changing!”