Tretaigne

A magnificent fourth-floor Haussmann-style apartment with a majestic but oversized entrance, and one bedroom too few for a couple with three daughters ranging from teenagers to a young student. What could we do?
Two options emerged.
Place an open kitchen in the grand, classically detailed double reception room? We felt this would diminish the quality and value of the apartment.
Instead, transform the entrance into a beautifully crafted kitchen and open it towards the living rooms. That became our ambition.
A structural engineering practice assessed feasibility, followed by an extraordinary co-owners’ meeting to approve structural alterations, including selective removal of the load-bearing wall between entrance and reception rooms.
We designed a colourful Superfront kitchen with a central island incorporating the two columns that had to remain. The working area is forest green, while the more decorative side facing the living room is finished in elegant pale-oak veneer, also used around the sink and hob recess.
Rather than marble, which can be delicate in daily use, the worktop is polished Arabescato quartzite continuing up as a splashback.
We also improved the principal suite, reached through a long corridor fitted with a bespoke bookcase. Argile Bleu Turquin links corridor and bedroom, making the room feel larger. An open shower behind translucent reeded glass enhances this impression. Deep green tiles cover only the lower wall to emphasise the ceiling height, complementing powder-blue paint and botanical wallpaper behind the bed.
Each daughter’s room has individual fittings, its own colours and carefully selected wall lights producing soft, warm illumination.
Lighting was chosen in close collaboration with our client. Brighter, cooler light in the living rooms contrasts with softer, warmer, more diffuse bedroom lighting. Each room has four to six separate light sources.
A successful project bearing Atelier FB’s familiar signatures in its colour palette, bespoke furniture and marble-effect chevron flooring set against traditional chevron parquet.

A magnificent fourth-floor Haussmann-style apartment with a majestic but oversized entrance, and one bedroom too few for a couple with three daughters ranging from teenagers to a young student. What could we do?
Two options emerged.
Place an open kitchen in the grand, classically detailed double reception room? We felt this would diminish the quality and value of the apartment.
Instead, transform the entrance into a beautifully crafted kitchen and open it towards the living rooms. That became our ambition.
A structural engineering practice assessed feasibility, followed by an extraordinary co-owners’ meeting to approve structural alterations, including selective removal of the load-bearing wall between entrance and reception rooms.
We designed a colourful Superfront kitchen with a central island incorporating the two columns that had to remain. The working area is forest green, while the more decorative side facing the living room is finished in elegant pale-oak veneer, also used around the sink and hob recess.
Rather than marble, which can be delicate in daily use, the worktop is polished Arabescato quartzite continuing up as a splashback.
We also improved the principal suite, reached through a long corridor fitted with a bespoke bookcase. Argile Bleu Turquin links corridor and bedroom, making the room feel larger. An open shower behind translucent reeded glass enhances this impression. Deep green tiles cover only the lower wall to emphasise the ceiling height, complementing powder-blue paint and botanical wallpaper behind the bed.
Each daughter’s room has individual fittings, its own colours and carefully selected wall lights producing soft, warm illumination.
Lighting was chosen in close collaboration with our client. Brighter, cooler light in the living rooms contrasts with softer, warmer, more diffuse bedroom lighting. Each room has four to six separate light sources.
A successful project bearing Atelier FB’s familiar signatures in its colour palette, bespoke furniture and marble-effect chevron flooring set against traditional chevron parquet.