ST GERMAIN

BRIEF WAS TO CREATE AN 18TH/19TH CENTURY STYLE PIED A TERRE, WHERE EVERYTHING WAS TO FEEL OLD AND LIVED IN, BUT WITH MODERN ERGONOMICS AND COMFORTS.

WE HAD EVERY ASPECT OF THIS RESIDENCE MADE NEW, ASIDE FROM THE ORIGINAL FRONT WINDOWS.

NEWLY ARRANGED WALLS, WITH OPEN ARCHWAYS, ADD MORE ROOMS BUT MAINTAIN SPACIOUSNESS.

BESPOKE SMALL SIZED VERSAILLES FLOORING IN FRENCH OAK.

IRISH JOINERY.

SOUNDPROOF DOORS THROUGHOUT.

CALACATTA VERDE MARBLE FROM ITALY.

HANDMADE BRASS AND NICKEL BATHROOM FITTINGS FROM FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

UPHOLSTERY, EMBROIDERY AND WALL FABRICS, CURATED AND MADE TO ORDER IN PARIS.

BRASS GRILLES CONCEAL INTEGRATED AC AND HEATING SYSTEMS.

CRAFTSMANSHIP:

- TWO MODERN BEAMS, MADE OF STEEL AND CRUMBLING CONCRETE, AND WHICH COULD NOT LEGALLY BE REPLACED, HAD TO BE CONCEALED.

- PRECISION-CUT OAK CAPPINGS WERE CUT INTO ‘SLICES’ AND KILN DRIED IN IRELAND BY A HIGHLY SKILLED CABINET MAKER.

- THESE CAPPINGS ENCASE THE UNSIGHTLY CONCRETE AND STEEL, MATCHING THE ORIGINAL JOISTS. THE JOINS IN THE ‘SLICES’ ARE VISIBLE ABOVE.

THE OAK CAPPINGS CREATE TWO ‘OLD’, BEAUTIFUL PERPENDICULAR BEAMS, WHICH APPEAR AS IF THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

FRENCH OAK FURNITURE, MADE BESPOKE IN FRANCE.

COPPER HOOD HANDMADE IN IRELAND

BESPOKE DINING FURNITURE, MADE IN FRANCE.

KITCHEN CABINETRY FROM ENGLAND