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Modern Haussmann apartment: keep the mouldings, dare the furniture

A Haussmann apartment already has its own period features: cornices, ceiling roses, generous ceiling height. Modernising it means letting them speak and setting frankly contemporary furniture against them.

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Contrast does everything. Against a backdrop of white mouldings and old parquet, a sofa with curving lines, a sculptural pendant light or a lacquered kitchen take on a presence they would not have in a neutral interior.

The difficulty lies elsewhere: walls are never straight, fireplaces sit awkwardly, windows impose their own rhythm. That is where furniture made to your measurements changes everything, because it adapts to the apartment rather than the other way round.

The hallmarks of the style

  • Light walls, picked-out mouldings

    Warm white or very lightly tinted, so that the cornices stay the stars.

  • Furniture with curved lines

    Rounded sofas, oval tables, capsule bookcases: they answer the ceiling roses.

  • A bold lacquered colour

    Sky blue, red, burgundy: on doors, a kitchen or a tall unit.

  • The fireplace marble, echoed

    On a top or an island, to link old and new.

  • Sculptural light fittings

    With ceilings of 3 m, a pendant light can be spectacular.

Signature pieces, made to your measurements

Two examples of the sheets as we send them to the workshop. Yours use your dimensions and your finishes.

Production order no. 0021

Piece
Curved sofa
Measurements
W 240 × D 100 × H 72 cm
Upholstery
Sky-blue velvet
Base
Recessed plinth, invisible
  1. In progress: Design
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Quality check
  4. Dispatch
  5. Delivery

Example sheet, illustration

Production order no. 0022

Piece
Striped pendant light
Measurements
Ø 62 cm, cable 120 cm
Material
Lacquered glass striped red and white
Compliance
Catalogue model, manufacturer's CE declaration
  1. In progress: Design
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Quality check
  4. Dispatch
  5. Delivery

Example sheet, illustration

Adapting it to your home

Every piece is drawn to your measurements, made directly by the workshop, then delivered: that is our Design & supply service. To prepare your measurements, follow our layout plan method.

Respecting the original features

We do not touch the mouldings, the fireplaces or the structure: the project is played out through furniture, light fittings, textiles and colour.

Working with walls that are not straight

Each piece of furniture is drawn from your real measurements, taken at several points. The approval for production you sign fixes those measurements.

Lighting a high ceiling

A strong central pendant light, then points of light at human height: wall lights, floor lamps, lit niches.

Questions about this style

Can you modernise without building work?

Yes: all our work concerns furniture, light fittings, textiles and colour. We do no building work and make no changes to the structure.

Should I keep the old parquet?

Almost always: it is part of the apartment's character. A large round rug lets you define a seating area without hiding it.

A Haussmann apartment to modernise? Describe your rooms to us.

What you would like, your measurements, a few photos: we reply with your free design quote and a first reading of the project.

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