Hélène Pinaud and Julien Schwartzmann of Heju Studio in Paris made their mark by coming up with pleasingly clean-lined, pale-wood-meets-pale-pink style. Take a look at their project in a classic Haussmann-style building in Montmartre for a young couple, both graphic designers, who have a one-year-old son.
“We approached this design like a graphic designer would do: with compositions of color and pattern,” Hélène tells us.
The ceiling is edged with floral plasterwork cornices that verge on Art Nouveau, all now painted in Heju’s go-to Middleton Pink by Farrow & Ball.
The architects redesigned the former dining room as the new eat-in kitchen and widened the link between it and the living room.
The room’s original red marble fireplace and gilded mirror now stand against a color-blocked kitchen.
The table, with an enameled steel top in pale yellow, is an India Mahdavi design called Parrot from French brand Petite Friture.
The cabinets were custom made for the space and painted “in the factory, so they’re strong and easy to clean.”
The main bedroom is cloaked in an ombre palette courtesy of Sunset wallpaper from Bien Fait.
Hélène and Julien tucked a work niche and an interior window into one corner.
The former kitchen in the back of the apartment was transformed into the baby’s room.