Recamier

A special relationship with a property owner as charming as she is discreet, whom we have supported for many years. Having designed her daughter’s apartment around a decade earlier, we were entrusted with former servants’ rooms in a beautiful Left Bank building. The aim was to create attractive studios and one-bedroom apartments where visiting students could rent in the heart of Paris in an exceptional setting.

This one-bedroom apartment occupies the seventh and top floor of a fine Haussmann-style building. We combined four dilapidated, abandoned servants’ rooms into an intimate, entirely bespoke retreat. A bedroom with fully bespoke fittings and views across the Paris rooftops, together with a compact shower room, is arranged around a circular living space. This extends into an IKEA kitchenette with a bespoke white-quartz worktop. Pale-oak-effect porcelain flooring makes the apartment practical and easy to maintain.

At the entrance, a colourful, angular bespoke unit welcomes and surprises visitors. It introduces the apartment’s palette: soft white punctuated by a timeless, restful blue-grey.