This Wednesday Casa Tosquella opened its doors to the press for the first time since the Barcelona City Council bought it in November. And everything indicates a good restoration of this modernist jewel will shine again with the brightness and colours architect Eduard Maria Balcells gave it in 1907, with a profusion of stucco, stained glass, frames, mouldings, wrought iron elements, paintings and pavements, although in some parts of the building the decoration has been darkened and has suffered damage. In some rooms there is still furniture, objects and junk belonging to the former owners, but the eyes are immediately drawn to details such as the toads and fish on the ceiling of the entrance porch, the stained glass windows that look like the open tail of a peacock and the animals on the wallpaper in one of the rooms, an unusual gathering of cats, dogs, cows and camels.