"Made up of several former maids' rooms with strange proportions, this 323-square-foot Paris apartment that Atelier Opale recently redesigned started off confused and charmless. "When we begin a project, we like to draw inspiration from existing elements," explain Alexandra Gérard and Alice Lefebvre, founders of the design studio. "Here, however, there was nothing interesting to work with except the beams and the skylights. So we built our design around those two features.""
""Our idea was to create a contrast between the apartment's highly graphic elements," the architects explain. The kitchen island became an important feature, as did the bathroom, which the duo tucked behind a large stainless-steel cube. They also played with textures, from warm lime plaster to beige lacquer, shiny tiles, and matte plastic elements. The owner, who is an artist, was eager to live in an inspiring space that is "a little rock 'n' roll, just like she is.""
A 323-square-foot Paris apartment composed of several former maids' rooms had awkward proportions and lacked charm. The renovation prioritized existing structural features, notably exposed beams and skylights, as the organizing elements. Walls received a cream-colored lime paint envelope to accentuate bold graphic beams. The internal layout was reorganized and updated, introducing a prominent kitchen island and tucking the bathroom behind a large stainless-steel cube. A variety of textures—warm lime plaster, beige lacquer, shiny tiles, matte plastics—creates deliberate contrasts. Custom bookcases are built into walls to optimize storage without adding visual complexity. The kitchen incorporates a small desk and an expansive work surface for both cooking and artistic work.
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