Renovation of a 150m² Haussmann-style apartment

This magnificent Haussmann-style apartment had not been renovated for many years. Despite a generous area of 150 m², oversized rooms made the space poorly suited to the daily life of the new owners.

Oversized Rooms to Rethink

For the new owners, the apartment lacked a home office and a proper dining room.

The kitchen, which was very large, served as a kitchen-diner. The interior designer therefore conceived a food preparation space separated from the new dining room by a beautiful glass partition.

The space dedicated to the bathroom was also oversized in the original layout. This area was reused to create a shower room with a large shower, an additional separate WC, and a charming study overlooking the courtyard.

Enhancing the Original Features

In a previous renovation, the apartment had lost several of its superb Haussmannian features. The tiled floors, remnants of the 1980s–90s, were demolished in order to reinstall a herringbone parquet in the dining room, along with beautiful cement tiles in the study and shower room.

The reception rooms were repainted white to enhance the typically Haussmannian elements: wall and ceiling mouldings, gilded mirrors, and period marble fireplaces.

Modern Finishes, Objects and Furniture

In keeping with this approach of highlighting original features, the choice of lighting and furniture was central to the project. The guiding idea was to create a contrast between a historic setting and the eclecticism of modern furniture and objects.

To this end, the interior designer drew from 1970s furniture: a marble Saarinen table, Arne Jacobsen and Eames chairs…

More contemporary references are also present: a Cliff pendant light by Lambert & Fils, an IKEA PS metal sideboard, Muuto sofas, and an India Mahdavi stool (created for Monoprix).

Finally, to animate the long corridor boldly and give it an identity, the doors were repainted in the three primary colours from the Le Corbusier colour chart.