The apartment is oriented full north. A annoyance for some. In no case for Sandra Benhamou who knows how to appreciate the tranquility offered by this exhibition. No facetious solar rays, but a gentle diffuse and constant glow. There is a dreamy atmosphere from these places, out of time and fashions, as well as in suspense. To further homogenize the brightness, the decorator took the side of filtering it through revisited veiling and glass doors – decorative elements a bit outdated that she likes to bring up to date. The walls are white, unstopped white. Also white the textured stucco of the living room fireplace, the Alessio Tasca vase posed on its set, the textile work of Sheila Hicks hooked above. A few touches of sky and celadon punctuate the living room carpet, brown shades warm the bedroom. This desire for sweetness is also asserted by the enveloping architecture, all in curves and counter-culbes, whether it be arched doors, the arch of the libraries, the cornices rounded to the ceilings or the wavy lines of the fireplace. “” “I designed this 80 m2 interior for the purposes of one of my customers who travel a lot. It is a pied-à-terre, it is therefore a place of passage, says Sandra Benhamou. The antithesis of a family home that is teeming with life where we like to surround ourselves with objects evocative of happy memories. None of that here, it is an intimate and concentrated space, which reflects the personality of a gentle but voluntary woman, who comes here to land, find herself. To tell the truth, feeling quite close to the desires and desires of my client, I designed this place a little as if it were intended for me.”
Custom -made headboard, surmounted by a work by Gideon Rubin (Alon Segev gallery). Brutalistic wood chair. Caravan bed cover. The closet doors are lined with fabric in it.
A Parisian interior designer with Italian-Tunisian origins, long in the United States where she worked in the field of cinema, Sandra Benhamou has been worked with delicate and cultivated interiors. Collector of contemporary art and photography, admirer of the great masters of Italian architecture and design, she likes to mix vintage pieces, works of art and furniture drawn by her care. We therefore find, in the living room of this apartment with a deliberately timeless atmosphere, an Afra and Tobia Scarpa sofa, graphic ceramics from Ettore Sottsass or even a polished stainless steel chair seventies Coming from the decorator repertoire, and more precisely from her “Ginger” collection presented in 2020 on the occasion of Paris Design Week.
Sandra Benhamou, who is used to rethinking circulation in order to fluidify the spaces, to make them more pleasant to live, completely restructured the apartment. “” “To tell the truth, the plan was biscornu, the original elements – chimneys, moldings and doors – were not exceptional. We therefore preferred to simplify, structurally purify the envelope and add here and there elements evocative of an imaginary past. This goes, for example, through a typically Parisian parquet in the living room, terracotta tomettes in the kitchen, kitchen furniture with naive drawings a bit sixties – No longer in colorful laminate as at the time, but in solid oak.“When others deploy talkative moodboards and unroll patterns and texture games, Sandra Benhamou, while restraint, favors an intimate, peaceful and delicate approach to decoration.
Alessio Tasca ceramic vase (Galerie 2021 Design), textile work by Sheila Hicks (Galerie Frank Elbaz).
In the bathroom with handcrafted white tiles, fitted fittings.
In the living room, around a Tito Agnoli coffee table, Tobia and Afra Scarpa sofa and Santra Benhamou’s polished stainless steel. Diurnal carpet. The stucco fireplace was drawn by the decorator.
