The Smallable Apartment: At Home with a Parisian Shopkeeper - Remodelista
Cécile Roederer’s giant online department store Smallable has been called the Net í Porter for kids. Photography by Pierre Rochand via Smallable, except where noted. She founded the site in 2008, when she was pregnant with her son... ...Charles, and she’s been on a roll ever since–in addition to fashion and toys, the store offers a full range of European children’s furnishings, from tepees to teen desks. Cécile and Charles on an Indian hand-embroidered leopard throw by Lindell & Co. from India Mahdavi, one of Cécile’s regular shopping haunts for her apartment. Photograph via Little Years. The apartment is in a late-19th-century Haussmannian building with original details intact. Photograph via Little Years. “You don’t need very much to decorate this type of apartment,” Cécile tells us. Hicks Hexagon, a David Hicks wallpaper design from Cole & Son, and a Jason Miller Modo Chandelier set a mod tone in the dining room. (Go to our parquet post to learn how to spot the difference between Chevron and Herringbone, and take a look at Atelier du Granges’s Geometric Wood Flooring from France.) An original glass-paneled door sections off the galley kitchen while allowing in light. Prints by Julien Colombier hang outside Cécile and Pierre’s room (and hint at the wallpaper to come). Cole & Son’s Palm Jungle, a seven-color wallpaper, creates a tropical headboard wall. An inset bookcase takes the place of a bedside table. Photograph via Little Years. Charles’s room holds a changing array of Smallable’s bestsellers, including Offi’s Woody Table with a chalkboard top and storage recess in the center. Photograph via Little Years. A bed by Leander of Denmark. She’s begun offering furniture for the whole family and hopes to make Smallable a familiar name in the US.