When Pierre Sauvage and his partner discovered this 18th-century Parisian apartment, it was “coup de foudre” love at first sight. As the owner of Casa Lopez, Paris’s go-to purveyor of boho-chic housewares, Pierre felt it was the perfect fit for his contemporary style. He described his former apartment as “… very 19th century, which is quite comfortable for a country house but a little out of date for an apartment. The 18th century does much better with contemporary style.” The restoration of the 3,000 square-foot apartment was handled with kid gloves…. For example, all the paneling is historically classified. Just cleaning and waxing it took the better part of a year.
This apartment is positively intriguing, and of course I love the history and attention towards preservation. Let’s take a look inside via Architectural Digest.
What are your thoughts on this eclectic mix of old and new? To learn more, please see the August 2017 issue of Architectural Digest or visit online. Design by Franz Potisek, photography by Matthieu Salvaing.
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Love the oculus in the bathroom ceiling, but one wonders what is above it. A+ for restoring the paneling and for the wonderful parquet de Versailles floors. B- for all the modern stuff. I’m not saying it has to look like a museum, but more traditional furniture would have given it an upgrade. The French love to throw modern things into the mix, and I understand that, but in this case, more classical modern, rather than the sort of industrial things I see in places, would have made it better. All in all, though, it’s a good space.