“This is the first time that we visited an apartment together … and we took it!” “Marie still laughs:” Pierre trusted me, he never accompanied me, but that morning, I convinced him to come. “However, as it stands, this 225 m2 is not dreaming: inhabited eighty-three years by the previous owner, everything is dilapidated,” there were traces of water damage everywhere, Turkish toilets, a huge and useless entry, and conversely a small kitchen, ”recalls theInterior architect Sarah Dray.
Renovation at the service of spaces and light
But the area of the apartment and its Haussmannian style correspond to the desires and needs of Pierre and Marie, and it is located very close to the school of their three daughters. Sarah reconfigures him, creates a lot of breakthroughs but few doors. “I like open spaces, it breathes …”, she explains. Another of its habits: symmetry. That we find in the strict grid of the stone floor of the entrance, the regular rhythm of the paneling of the reception rooms, or the niches of the main bathroom echo with the curved shapes of the bathtub.
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A Haussmannian apartment in color by the Uchronia studio
-A neutral interior sublimated by the details
Some spectacular furniture, such as the large sofa in the living room, avoid boredom. As for the colors, Pierre and Marie wanted them timeless, sharing with Sarah the desire for a “very neutral box”, with sober, pastel shades, including for furniture. “We have fun with colorful accessories and worked materials. “Like this fluted wood” which makes all the difference … “.
