House Call: France's DIY Apartment
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Name: France Garnier Location: Paris, France When I first visited my apartment, it was all white — no floor in the bathroom and an ugly kitchen — but I immediately fell in love with it...
Name: France Garnier Location: Paris, France When I first visited my apartment, it was all white — no floor in the bathroom and an ugly kitchen — but I immediately fell in love with it...
Where do Parisians go when they need an Eames rocker, a Noguchi light or the latest creation from Tse & Tse? Galerie Sentou, which carries modern design classics and edits a line of its own furniture ...
If you are fond of scouring the ground at the flea market looking for that rare treasure, this wool rug from Emilie Lecouturier and Céline Poncelet at Atelier Blink brings the flea market to your liv...
The light cage by Jocelyn Deris comes in two sizes and is available through La Corbeille. ...
If you're crazy about those Pantone mugs, here's an idea from Elle Décoration to transform your stairs... ...
This is just one possibility for arranging the Tangram shelves from Italian company Lago, who specialize in high-quality modular pieces that you can arrange and rearrange to suit your whims......
Not wild about the mask art, but the floating bedside storage next to the floating bed in a display at a recent edition of Maison & Objet from Italian company Lago is worth a look......
Winnie Lui's White Chandelier for Innermost is a trash-to-treasure exercise from the jewelry turned lighting designer, who has made 50 limited edition pieces in white and black. It's just one in a lon...
Pascale Palun is an Avignon-based designer who started creating lighting and decorative objects made from old materials when she took a break after 10 years in the fashion industry to raise her son. S...
Since he first designed it 10 years ago for Eurolounge, British designer Michael Young's Stick Light has become a modern design icon -- a statuesque rod of light that leans casually against the wall a...
Five top-floor former maids' rooms were combined into a roomy apartment overlooking the rooftops of Paris in this photo gallery from Cotemaison. But the architect figured out a way to make it seem eve...
If you missed this one when we blogged about it last year, check out the hobbit-like eco-house that Simon Dale built for himself and his young family in just four months, with the help of his father-i...
It's hard to walk down the Rue Vieille du Temple in the Marais without pausing to gaze at these traffic-stopping medusa/gorgon doors on the Hôtel Amelot de Bisseuil at #47. But what does this landmar...
We have transformed old sweaters still in good condition into covers for throw pillows before, with no one the wiser, proud of our thrifty DIY. But this bedspread made from old sweaters proudly boasts...
Pieke Bergmans' series of one-of-a-kind crystal LED lamps for Royal Leerdam Crystal and Solid Lighting are what the designer calls "light blubs." And what exactly is a light blub? ...
It's always amusing to see how fashion and home decor echo and play off one another. Fashion magazines and department store catalogs are full of tartan prints this season and in addition to the usual ...
Marie Claire Maison, Elle Décoration and Côté Maison -- the online versions of some of France's top shelter magazines -- have recently launched house tour features with photos sent in by readers th...
Genuine Fake Bookshelves wallpaper by Deborah Bowness and available at The Collection fooled me the first time I saw it a few years back at the Christian Lacroix-designed Hotel du Petit Moulin in th...
Turn any old four-legged chair into a rocking chair with these clever "chair skis" from Paris-based designer Marie Thurnauer......
It's not only the familiar lamp posts that light the Paris night, but the glow from shop windows hoping to haunt the dreams of passersby who will come back in the morning and spend money they no lon...
The Time Square from London-based design company Black + Blum is a chalkboard, magnetic board and clock rolled into one......
Candy-colored striped wallpaper designed by Ich&Kar is made with phosphorescent ink that soaks up natural or artificial light by day and glows in the monochromatic night, lighting up hallways or stair...
Elle Décoration visits the home of Aurélie Mathigot, a Paris-based artist who makes enchanting crocheted furniture and accessories. Her penchant for all that is precious and retro is tempered with s...
The chambre de bonne -- or maids room -- is an under-exploited space in many French buildings, left unheated and used for storage or rented out as-is to students. But Elle Décoration has a feature on...
French company Domestic is never afraid to challenge conventional notions of taste or challenge traditional decorating comfort zones with their audacious artist-designed vinyl wall stickers and graphi...