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Nov 6, 2012

Duplex apartment renovation in Paris

A dream apartment in Paris, France, architects Isabelle and her partner Matthew from design studioL’Atelier d’Archi, met the challenge to transform the top floor of a building into a cozy house, with lots of bright ideas and dark colors. They gutted the small 753 square foot apartment and redistributed the spaces. They wish to expand gradually when neighboring apartments become available. Everything was custom made in the apartment, kitchen shelving, fireplace, stairs, and shelving in the lounge, the buffet under the stairs and the stair railing. The couple works hand in hand with artisans fulfills their unique desires. The architects infused dark colors in their design, they wanted to enhance their small space and felt that the darker tones would create warmth. Large windows illuminate the spaces with light throughout as well as skylights in the upstairs and glass panels in the floor.

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Photos: Louise Desrosiers

Cool Industrial Repurposed Lighting Fixtures

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tribeca Penthouse

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tribeca Penthouse in Vogue

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Gwyneth Paltrow is on the August 2010 cover of Vogue magazine’s annual “Age Issue.” Inside, the 37-year old Oscar-winning actress poses in the kitchen of her Tribeca penthouse.

The kitchen features lots of white marble, but it also has long, flowy white curtains framing the floor-to-ceiling windows that soften things up a bit:

Her apartment was designed by Roman and Williams, as seen on their website. They write:

For an actress, her musician husband, and their children, Roman and Williams completed a total stripdown to stud and redesign of what was fundamentally a drywall box (with good light). Designing and coordinating all interior architecture and custom decoration of the project with sheer energy and completely rule of everything mundane.

The swing in the living room was created from an old Indian door. Gwyneth told W mag: “Even the chains are like a work of art.”

The house is a little “chilly” for my personal taste, but it seems to suit Gwyneth. Rememberher house in the Hamptons? It had lots of white and pale pastels, too, and a similar style. (Seephotos of it here.)