Séverine Balanqueux’s house, located a stone’s throw from the capital, where she has just opened her first shop, is as delicate as the jewelery and accessories brand she created ten years ago. With several timeless, classic or graphic collections and collaborations and, in recent months, a beautiful selection of decorative objects collected from Séverine’s meetings and travels, Title it is a light parenthesis like a butterfly. And that’s exactly what you feel when you enter the home of Séverine, Olivier and their two daughters, Romy and Suzanne: a subtle atmosphere, full of lovely details, carefully found or collected objects, beautiful design pieces, ingenious ideas and a nice choice of colors on the walls that punctuate the spaces and give life and warmth to the place. When she creates a jewelery collection, Séverine draws inspiration from her travels, images, colours, landscapes or illustrations… Inspirations that we find almost everywhere in her decor. She redid everything, from floor to ceiling, helped by a great interior designer, Caroline Geffriaud, who redesigned the ground floor, reversed the rooms, created an office area and a bathroom worthy of the name, not to mention the electricity, plumbing and windows that needed to be changed! In short, a titanic job well done. Plus it’s full of good ideas that I’ll let you discover. Happy visit and happy holidays to everyone!
On the dining room side, under a Danish pendant lamp by Fog & Morue, table and chairs purchased on Selency.In the living room, on the walls, a dirty white by Farrow & Ball. Straw pendant lamp La Redoute Interiors. Birch plywood bookcase, Atelier Barbier.
Above, Crista Sera vase and below, LRNCE vase. Caravan carpet. Sofa from IKEA.In the custom-made birch plywood bookcase, the Tidelight lamp, Petite Friture.On the left, Selency straw armchair, on the right Plastic Armchair by Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra.
Under the window overlooking the kitchen, a child’s chair found on Ebay and, next to it, another found on Selency. Painting by Little Greene.A mouse hole for the girls’ cabin…Sverine had the great idea of framing her family photos as small works and piling them on the wall of the staircase.Painting Lover by Jean-Luc Verna. Caroline Gomez lamp.Little Greene paintingAt the entrance, Carpates overview by Bienfait, Hague Blue paint by Farrow & Ball, Ferm Living pendant lamp.La Petite Papeterie Franaise Calendar.In the kitchen the Pez collection is positioned on the edge of the glass roof that borders the entrance. Black Anglepoise pendant lamps.On the walls, Borrowed Light painting by Farrow & Ball. On the furniture, Parma Gray paint by Farrow & Ball.
The kitchen furniture is IKEA boxes, the facades were made by Atelier Barbier. Superfront handles.
Zangra wall lamp
Upstairs, Sverine’s office was built from scratch with a glass roof (RS Design, Aix en Provence) that allows light to pass onto the landing.Furniture and desk made to measure by Atelier Barbier. Farrow & Ball Earth Green Paint.Armchair found on Selency.
Family painting. Bottom left, abstract drawing by Alma Charry. In the center illustration signed Edith Carron.
Above Sverine and Olivier’s bed, the Ts & Ts wall lamps. Injiri cushions.Painted signs featuring the Farrow & Ball breakfast room.
In the completely redesigned bathroom, custom-made vanity unit by Atelier Barbier. Zangra wall lamps. Eggshell painting, Peintures de Paris.
Mutina cement tiles, Ikea stool, Ferm living bath mat.
In Romy and Suzanne’s bedroom, a batipin bunk bed, made by Atelier Barbier. Milk Deco X Monoprix carpet.
In their reading corner, on the floor, an Injiri mattress on which the Maison Georgette, Merci and Bla Bla Kids cushions are placed.
Old chest of drawers that belonged to Olivier who owned it in his bedroom as a child.Ts&Ts wall lamp.
Homemade furniture on wheels from a salvaged box.
Photo credit Billie Blanket
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