ABOUT: Emma Cornish and the Story of Creating Casa Mosaica
I moved from London to Gaucín in 2000. Luckily I grew up speaking Spanish. My Partner, Stephen a mosaicist had bought an empty Builders merchant warehouse on the edge of Gaucín in 1999 and at the same time we began a mosaic business in Tangier, Morocco making “Roman Mosaics” to order and gradually created what is now Casa Mosaica over the years that followed.
It’s 2022 and I am resident again in Somerset UK, spending about 5 months a year, mostly in the spring, autumn and winter at Casa Mosaica. I handle bookings directly myself and have worked for 22 years on a very detailed house book full local information for guests. My apartment is situated on the first floor of the main house. When I’m at Casa Mosaica I will give you a warm welcome and show you around, however I am very aware of my guests privacy and will not use the pool or gardens during your stay. We might meet again on the door step or in the village and I will no doubt invite you for a drink on my terrace and help in anyway I can.
The wonderful, irreplaceable, Ruffi and Raphael look after the house, garden, pool and my 2 beautiful, friendly house cats, Kevin & Geoffrey when I am not around, they are a wonderful couple I could not manage without.

We gather Moorish design ideas on regular trips to Morocco and also at the great Moorish Spanish sites like: The Alhambra in Granada. The Great Mosque in Cordoba and The RoyalAlcazar in Seville. A huge amount of shopping is done in Tangier, luckily we have a flat bedtruck to bring everything back in, including all the pretty rejas (window grills).
We get help from a couple of clever architects to bring to life our Moorish ideas. The outside ofthe original warehouse is given a decorative wrapping with arches, windows & castellations. The Apartment and swimming pool courtyard are constructed.



12 years later I still get the greatest pleasure from guests who feel as comfortable and relaxed as they would in their own home, exactly as I intended ..."A dream home away from home" and thank you to my many delightful guests and the kind reviews.
