Luxury Furniture Mougins: Furnishing Bastides and Hill Village Houses with Casa Padrino

Luxury furniture in Mougins is chosen for a different life than it is on the coast. The village sits on its hill a few kilometres inland from Cannes, wrapped in pine and olive rather than salt spray, and the homes around it are bastides and mas with gardens, pools and long tables rather than apartments stacked above a promenade. Casa Padrino, one of the leading international specialists for luxury furniture and high-end interior decoration, delivers to Mougins and across the whole of the Cote d'Azur.

This page begins with the village itself, because Mougins asks its own questions of a piece of furniture. Here the first piece anyone talks about is the dining table, and it is usually the largest object in the house. A village that taught half of France how to eat expects the table to be taken seriously.

Luxury furniture Mougins living room in a Provencal bastide by Casa Padrino

Mougins: a spiral village above Cannes

Seen from above, old Mougins is a snail shell. Its lanes coil in rings around the crown of the hill, the outermost houses form the old defensive wall, and the whole spiral looks south over the Bay of Cannes and north towards the hills of Grasse. The lanes are essentially closed to cars, which keeps the village quiet and keeps its galleries, ateliers and restaurant terraces in the kind of calm that vanished from the seafront decades ago.

Art gave Mougins its modern reputation. Pablo Picasso settled just outside the village, near the chapel and hamlet of Notre-Dame-de-Vie, and worked there through the last years of his life until his death in 1973. The village has kept the connection alive: a small photography museum by the old gate shows an intimate series of portraits of the painter, and galleries occupy a remarkable share of the doorways in the spiral.

The other reputation is the table. In an old oil mill below the village, the chef Roger Verge built the Moulin de Mougins into one of the most celebrated restaurants in France, earned three Michelin stars, and drew a generation of ambitious cooks through his kitchen. The village has carried the title of gastronomic capital of the Riviera ever since, and celebrates it with Les Etoiles de Mougins, a festival that periodically turns the lanes into an open-air kitchen for visiting chefs from around the world.

Around the old spiral, modern Mougins is a landscape of private estates: bastides and mas set in pines, with olive terraces, pools and pool houses, many of them home to international families who live here all year and treat Cannes, ten minutes down the hill, as their seafront. It is one of the most sought-after residential communes on the coast precisely because it is not on the coast.

Why furnishing in Mougins follows its own rules

The first rule is that the dining room leads. In a village whose identity was built by cooks, the long table is the centre of the house: family lunches that run all afternoon, dinners for twelve under the pergola, a kitchen that opens to the garden. That is why our Mougins projects so often begin with the dining table and the chairs around it, and only then move to the salon.

The second rule is that inside and outside are one commission. An olive terrace, a pool house or a covered summer kitchen is a real room here, used from April to October, and it deserves real furniture rather than leftovers: weatherproof rattan and wrought iron chosen with the same care as the salon pieces.

The third rule comes from the light and the fabric of the houses. Inland light is softer and greener than on the seafront, filtered through pines rather than reflected off the sea, and the rooms it falls into have stone floors, beamed ceilings and warm plaster. Furniture with warmth and weight belongs in that setting, solid woods, generous upholstery, painted finishes, and because these are year-round family homes rather than seasonal apartments, every piece must stand up to daily use.

Luxury furniture Mougins dining room in a Provencal mas with a long table by Casa Padrino

Bastide, mas and village house: pieces that suit each

A bastide is the formal country house of Provence: symmetrical, generously proportioned, with high ceilings and rooms that open into one another. It carries scale and expects it. A solid wood dining table with seating for ten or twelve, a pair of commodes flanking a doorway, tall cabinets, a chandelier over the table and upholstered chairs with visible woodwork all sit naturally here. The frequent error is timidity: small furniture leaves a bastide room looking empty rather than elegant.

A mas is the older farmhouse type, and it reverses the brief. Beams sit lower, walls are thick, windows are small and deep. Here the furniture should be robust and grounded: oak and walnut rather than gilt, lower-backed chairs, painted Provencal commodes, a table whose presence comes from its timber rather than its ornament. One strong piece per room is worth more than five polite ones.

The houses inside the spiral itself are a third case. They stack small rooms over three or four floors, their doors open onto lanes no van can enter, and every delivery finishes on foot. Scale and route decide everything: compact seating, commodes rather than wide sideboards, mirrors to multiply the limited light, and measurements taken before anything is ordered.

The collection: luxury furniture for every room

Our range covers the complete interior, from the entrance hall through to the pool house. Every piece is developed with experienced European manufacturers or selected individually, then checked on material quality before it enters the catalogue. The principle has not changed since the company began: offer furniture that is not found on every street corner.

Luxury sofas in velvet, genuine leather and linen, from Chesterfield to Art Deco
Luxury armchairs and baroque armchairs, including high-back and throne models
Dining tables in solid wood, marble and glass, with matching chairs
Beds with upholstered and carved headboards for master bedrooms and guest suites
Commodes, cabinets and sideboards, from Venetian painted finishes to mirrored fronts
Mirrors in gilded, silvered and antique finishes, up to full wall height
Chandeliers, wall lights and floor lamps in crystal, brass and glass
Garden and terrace furniture, wrought iron and weatherproof materials for the Riviera climate

For Mougins the emphasis falls naturally on the dining room and the salon: long tables in solid wood and marble, chairs that stay comfortable through a three-hour lunch, commodes and sideboards that hold the life of a family house, and deep sofas for the evenings when the guests refuse to leave.

Luxury furniture Mougins elegant bastide bedroom by Casa Padrino

Materials and craftsmanship

Solid mahogany, oak and walnut form the structural basis of most of our classical pieces. Carving is done by hand, gilding is applied as leaf rather than sprayed, and upholstery is built up in layers on a solid frame instead of over a moulded shell. Marble is selected as a slab rather than ordered by the square metre, which is why two of our marble tables are never identical. Painted finishes, from Venetian decoration to the softer Provencal palette that suits a mas, are applied and aged by hand.

Metalwork runs from polished brass and antique bronze to wrought iron worked in the old way, which matters in a commune where so much furniture lives on terraces. Glass and crystal components for chandeliers are cut, not pressed. Behind that stands long experience with European workshops in Italy, Spain, Portugal and eastern Europe. Where a project needs something the catalogue does not contain, those same workshops build it.

Luxury furniture in Mougins for restaurants, hotels and project interiors

Few villages of this size anywhere carry such a density of serious restaurants, and around them stand country hotels, spa retreats and the clubhouses of the golf courses on the plateau. Casa Padrino equips such interiors across Europe and works regularly with architects, interior design studios and project developers.

Mougins projects tend to share two pressures. Openings are tied to the season, so a dining room refurbishment either lands before spring or waits a year. And access is rarely simple, since the best addresses are either inside the car-free spiral or at the end of a private lane. We plan those projects backwards from the date and forwards from the access route. Our pages for luxury hotel furniture, luxury restaurant furniture and luxury villa furniture set out the process.

Luxury furniture Mougins pool house with outdoor furniture by Casa Padrino

Bespoke production: tables built to the length of the room

Standard dimensions rarely survive contact with an old Provencal house. Bespoke production is therefore a normal route in Mougins rather than a luxury add-on. We adjust dimensions, change woods and finishes, work to a specified fabric, and build individual pieces from a drawing.

The classic Mougins commission is the table: sized to the exact length of a dining room or a pergola, built to seat fourteen at Christmas and six on a Tuesday, in a timber and finish chosen against the floor and the beams. Alongside it come sofas built in parts for houses reached on foot, wardrobe fronts matched to existing panelling, and commodes sized to the niche beside a fireplace. Larger projects begin with the plans, continue with material samples, and end with a fixed delivery date.

Delivery to Mougins and the Cote d'Azur

Casa Padrino ships worldwide, and deliveries to Mougins, Cannes, Le Cannet, Mouans-Sartoux, Valbonne and Grasse are routine. Larger and heavier pieces travel by freight forwarder with a delivery appointment, smaller items by parcel service. An overview of the region is on our page for luxury furniture on the Cote d'Azur.

Delivery is made kerbside to the given address. Carrying items into the building, up the stairs or into the room of use is not part of the standard service. In Mougins that deserves particular attention, because the lanes of the old village are closed to vehicles and many estates lie behind gates at the end of narrow private roads. Please arrange help on site in advance, tell us about gates, lanes and stairs before ordering anything large, and we will plan the route with the forwarder. We would rather raise a problem before the order than after it.

Because we are an online supplier delivering from stock and from our workshops, we do not operate a showroom in Mougins. What we offer instead is detailed photography, material information, and direct advice by telephone and email before the decision is made.

Luxury furniture Mougins olive garden terrace with rattan furniture by Casa Padrino

Why Casa Padrino for luxury furniture in Mougins

Casa Padrino has grown into one of the internationally known names for baroque, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and contemporary luxury furniture, with customers in more than fifty countries and a catalogue running into thousands of pieces. In May 2025 the company's designer Marvin Schertl received the International Design Award for Excellence in Luxury Furniture in Cannes, presented during the Beach Ball gala dinner, a few minutes down the hill from Mougins itself.

For a client on the hill the practical value is a range wide enough to furnish a whole bastide from one source, from the dining room to the pool house, workshops able to build a table to a measured drawing when the catalogue will not fit, and enough project experience to say plainly when a piece will not make it up the lane. The full collection is at casa-padrino.de.

Frequently asked questions about luxury furniture in Mougins

Does Casa Padrino deliver luxury furniture to Mougins?
Yes. Mougins and the surrounding communes are regular delivery destinations. Large and heavy items travel by freight forwarder with an appointment, smaller pieces by parcel service. Delivery is kerbside to the address given, so please arrange carrying help on site in advance.

Is there a Casa Padrino shop or showroom in Mougins?
No. Casa Padrino sells online and delivers directly, which is what keeps the range this wide. Advice before purchase is given by telephone and email, with detailed photography, dimensions and material information for every piece.

Which dining table suits a bastide?
A long table in solid wood or marble with genuine presence, seating ten or more, matched with upholstered chairs that stay comfortable through a long lunch. High-ceilinged bastide rooms swallow small furniture, so scale up rather than down.

And what works in a mas with low beams and thick walls?
Grounded pieces in oak and walnut, lower-backed seating, painted Provencal commodes and tables whose character comes from the timber rather than from gilding. One strong piece per room, placed with air around it.

How do deliveries work in the car-free old village?
Vehicles stop at the edge of the spiral and everything continues by hand, so dimensions and weight decide what is possible. Tell us the address before ordering: many pieces can be supplied in parts and assembled inside, and we plan the route with the forwarder.

Does Casa Padrino furnish restaurants and hotels in Mougins?
Yes. Restaurants, country hotels, spas and clubhouses are a core part of our business, planned as projects with volume pricing and coordinated delivery dates, timed around the season.

Are bespoke pieces possible?
Yes. Dimensions, woods, finishes and fabrics can be changed, and individual pieces can be built from a drawing. In Mougins the bespoke dining table, sized to the room or the pergola, is the most requested piece of all.

What are the pieces made of?
Solid mahogany, oak and walnut, marble selected by the slab, genuine leather and velvet, polished brass, antique bronze, wrought iron, and cut crystal for lighting. Carving, gilding and painted finishes are done by hand.

Is the furniture suitable for a pool house or covered terrace?
Yes. Our garden and terrace range in wrought iron, weatherproof rattan and treated timber is made for exactly this use, and cushion fabrics are chosen to cope with strong southern sun.

How does advice for a project in Mougins work?
Send us the rooms, the plans or photographs, the access route and the intended use. You receive a selection with alternatives, material information and a delivery estimate, and for larger projects a written offer covering the whole scheme. Enquiries in English, French and German are all handled directly.