Lily&Rose Design Studio

The wall treat­ments in Jean-Louis Deniot’s new Paris apart­ment are sim­ply out of this world.  The red-hot young French dec­o­ra­tor recently trans­formed a run-down apart­ment in the 7th arrondisse­ment in Paris into his own per­sonal haven.

Deniot has a love for neo­clas­si­cism and a knack for tak­ing his­tor­i­cal ref­er­ences and updat­ing them in a sophis­ti­cated way.   His approach was to ask him­self what an inte­rior of today should look like.  The answer to him is “thor­oughly grounded in tradition”.  The result is any­thing but typ­i­cally tra­di­tional — mix­ing cut­ting edge with the clas­si­cal, his sig­na­ture low-key lux style can be seen throughout.

The eye-catching wall treat­ments can prac­ti­cally pass for works of art. For the library, a pat­tern inspired by bark was laser-printed on can­vas. In the din­ing room, the gold-and-pearl hor­i­zon­tal lines on the cus­tom wall­pa­per were cre­ated by apply­ing suc­ces­sive lay­ers of paint, var­nish, and mar­ble powder.  Stripes in the guest bath con­sist of alter­nat­ing strips of French and Por­tuguese limestone.

Even if tra­di­tional is not your thing, this apart­ment is a must see.

{ walls and ceil­ing in the liv­ing room fea­ture a mural resem­bling the sky, by Math­ias Kiss }

{ In the entry hall walls are painted to match the mar­ble floor }

{ A view of the liv­ing room and the mas­ter bed­room from the din­ing room }

{ a draw­ing by Kon­stan­tin Kaka­nias graces the Din­ing room. Deniot bought it largely for the inscrip­tion in its bottom-left cor­ner: “If you like me, great. If you don’t, keep com­ing back.” }

{ The cab­i­netry in the kitchen is clad in ham­mered sil­ver with the coun­ter­tops and floor in marble }

{ Alter­nat­ing strips of French and Por­tuguese lime­stone in the guest bath emu­late the pro­por­tions of a Daniel Buren artwork }

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