Inside a Brazilian party planner’s creative and colourful family home in Macau
Cassia Schutt’s split-level flat has stunning views of Hac Sa Beach, in Coloane and pays homage to both her native Brazil and her adopted home
Once a year, go somewhere you’ve never been before.”
That piece of advice, attributed to the Dalai Lama, is framed beside a list of 10 places Cassia and Eduardo Schutt visited around the world with their sons, Noah and Enzo, when they were six and two, respectively.
Four years later, the family can add many more destinations to their inventory, although they also return regularly to favourites Indonesia, Thailand and Hong Kong. Then there’s Brazil, from where the couple hail.
In 2006, because of Eduardo’s work for an airline, the Schutts moved from Rio de Janeiro to Macau, their base for global adventures. There, Cassia segued into work as a party and fashion stylist. Party with Meemo, the company she co-founded in 2011, lights up Instagram with its unique events.
From their split-level flat beside Hac Sa Beach, in Coloane, Cassia fills her days dreaming up creative uses for balloons, lanterns, fairy lights and other accoutrements. Joyful colour warms every corner and inspirational sayings quash negativity. Among them: “Love is all you need.”
Eight years ago, the Schutts moved into the 2,500 sq ft, five-bedroom rental flat after Eduardo, a keen surfer, saw its views and everything else it had to offer (popular Portuguese restaurant Fernando’s is nearby). They were ready to leave Macau’s crowded city centre and fancied a home that promised a lifestyle similar to the one they had enjoyed in their old flat opposite Rio’s Leblon Beach, beside world-famous Ipanema.