Punta Cana Interior Design Gets A New Recycled-Materials Focus

Sabacoa del Caribe is moving its decorative-products business to Punta Cana, targeting a property market that includes villas, apartments, hotels, restaurants and other spaces where interior design plays a role in the development and finishing of real estate projects.

Founded by Manuel García and Anita Frasca, the four-year-old venture produces lamps and decorative pieces using materials that would otherwise be discarded, including coconut clusters, glass bottles, seashells and waste wood. The couple previously operated a store in Santo Domingo and is now preparing a new location in Punta Cana.

Decorative Products For Villas And Apartments

The company’s product range is aimed in part at businesses and property owners looking for distinctive decorative elements. García identifies hotels, apartment and villa developments, restaurants, bars, offices, country homes and private apartments among the markets the business is seeking to serve.

That positioning connects the company’s expansion with the broader demand for furnishings and decorative elements in residential and hospitality properties. In Punta Cana, where villas and apartment projects coexist with hotels and other tourism-related developments, the company sees an opportunity to supply pieces designed for both commercial and residential interiors.

Its lamps are made from materials such as coconut clusters and glass bottles. Wine and champagne bottles, tomato sauce containers and discarded wood are prepared and incorporated into new designs, while other objects can also receive a decorative function after their original use has ended.

From Las Terrenas To Punta Cana

The concept emerged from the couple’s experience in Las Terrenas, a coastal community in northeastern Dominican Republic. García said they regularly saw discarded materials around beaches and other areas, leading them to consider how those objects could be recovered and incorporated into new products.

Coconut waste became one of the project’s defining materials. After coconuts are removed, the dried clusters and branches are commonly discarded. Sabacoa del Caribe uses them as components in lamps and other decorative pieces, creating products intended for spaces where natural and locally sourced-looking materials can form part of the interior design.

García, who is from Santo Domingo and whose family comes from Baní in Peravia province, developed the business after spending time in Las Terrenas. The experience changed the way he viewed materials that had been left behind and eventually became the basis for the company’s production model.

Expanding Beyond Recycled Materials

Sabacoa del Caribe is also incorporating rattan, thread and macramé into its designs. The addition of these materials is intended to expand the product range and introduce more contemporary styles while keeping recovered materials at the center of the business.

The approach allows the company to produce both pieces made primarily from discarded materials and designs that combine recycled elements with new materials. That flexibility is particularly relevant to residential and hospitality interiors, where decorative products often need to match different architectural styles and property concepts.

While the Punta Cana store is being prepared, the couple continues production from a warehouse that serves as a temporary workspace. The relocation represents a change in the company’s commercial base as it seeks to reach property-related businesses and homeowners in one of the Dominican Republic’s most active tourism and development areas.

A Different Approach To Property Interiors

For García and Frasca, the business is built around giving materials a second function rather than treating them solely as waste. The result is a product line that combines decorative design with the reuse of objects such as bottles, coconut residues and discarded wood.

The company’s expansion into Punta Cana places that concept closer to a market made up of villas, apartments, hospitality properties and other commercial spaces. As Sabacoa del Caribe adds new materials and techniques, its focus is increasingly on providing decorative pieces that can be incorporated into the interiors of those properties while retaining the reuse principle on which the venture was founded.