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From a detached garden houseMoved to the penthouse apartment,

Changing with the environmentAnd the pace of life.

This elegant little home is located on the Ile Saint-Louis in Paris.

By Interior Designer

After the renovation by Nathalie Rives,

Rich colors andRich floral graphics

and FusionArtworks from Eastern and Western culturesIntertwined,

Together they built this unique and colorful little home.

It was as if a magic trick had been cast to stop time.

Nathalie Rives is an interior designer and gallery owner. Nathalie grew up in Paris and studied communications. She lived in Buenos Aires for two years and in New York for six years. While being inspired by different cultures, she also honed her vision through rich practical experience.

This large duplex apartment is located on the top floor of an elegant building on the Île Saint-Louis in Paris. In order to change the pace of life and environment, the owner replaced the original villa with a garden with a duplex apartment on the top floor of a building on the Île Saint-Louis in Paris. In order to make full use of the space, they invited interior designer and gallery owner Nathalie Rives.

In the living room, Silk Tree wallpaper (de Gournay) weaves a golden sky, and the oriental Oriente B chandelier is from Dimorestudio. Atelier Del Boca painted the walls in sky blue antique paint. Italian sofas and armchairs designed by Federico Munari are wrapped in elegant velvet, produced by Dedar. The Louver coffee table is designed by Rodolfo Dordoni and produced by Minotti. On the coffee table are Acropora candlesticks, antique brass shell plates and flower arrangements by Lara Ahdab. On the mantelpiece are Julien Barrault's Helios table lamps, Accolay pottery and paintings by Aurélie Mathigot. The Fern carpet is from Atelier Février. Between the golden Rapunzel curtains (produced by Dedar), there are Fragment Mini wall lamps in brass and alabaster from Studioparisien.

The light blue mottled walls in the living room are reminiscent of a decadent palace, contrasting sharply with the gilded wallpaper decorated with flowers on the ceiling. In the reflection of the oriental chandelier, the living room space presents a magnificent style of East-West fusion, where various effects, colors and materials complement each other.

The drop-shaped blown glass chandelier Balloon (Magic Circus) with a brass base hangs down from the stairwell. On the left is the Cépes glazed ceramic one-legged table, created by Emma Donnersbeg in collaboration with ceramicists Karen Swami and Galerie Gosserez.

After undertaking the renovation of this large duplex apartment, Nathalie also fully understood the owner's ideas and previous living conditions. She only retained the original windows and marble wall bases in the existing design framework, and took the garden of the owner's original mansion as inspiration, as well as the memory of the Italian decorative style. These decorations complement the second-hand furniture from the 1950s, forming a unique and colorful whole. The overall space after the renovation is full of charm. As soon as you enter the door, the magnificent French spiral staircase shows its grand momentum, the brass-based water drop-shaped blown glass chandelier hangs from the stairwell, and the elegant cast iron craft escalator brings a special artistic atmosphere to the space.

The master bedroom is based on the color of Argile verte paint. The bedside table is transformed from an antique Japanese suitcase, and the Accolay blue porcelain on the bedside table is from Galerie Nathalie Rives. There is also a bamboo chair from the 1960s, a Bambou table lamp, a Japanese painting and a modern painting from China.

Going upstairs, each room presents a different color combination, embellished with carefully selected decorations. Works of different periods and design styles build a bridge between Eastern and Western cultures, and are also poetic strokes of genius.

Nathalie designed a shelf in the dining room to hold an antique Chinese robe given by the owner’s great-grandmother. On the Ephemera rug (by Tai Ping), the Steel dining table, custom-made by Valentin Loellmann, is made of metal and black oak and fits perfectly with the space. The Kaki rattan chairs (by Feelgood Designs) are designed by Jamie McLellan, the Gravity metal chandelier is designed by Kateryna Sokolova (by Forestier), the Reflet vase is from CFOC, the bouquet is by Lara Ahdab, and the glassware is made by Marie-Victoire Winckler. The floral curtains are made of Palmeto fabric (by Pierre Frey).

The original marble wall base sets the stage for the spicy color palette of the restaurant, which is complemented by wallpaper designed by Dimorestudio. Facing the window, the marble protrudes from the wall to form a side table. The pattern on the grey rug evokes the flow of water - an ode to the nearby Seine River. The curtains are printed with floral patterns, bringing nature indoors.

In the dining room, the Oblio wallpaper is from Dimorestudio. Facing the window, the marble protrudes from the wall to form a side table, a group of colorful vases are designed by Marie-Victoire Wincker, and the artwork on the wall is by Aurélie Mathigot (Galerie Maison Parisienne). The Artès brass wall lamp is from CTO Lighting.

The kitchen bench, upholstered in Ida patterned fabric by Pierre Frey, and the Italian dining table from the 1950s, illuminated by the G1 wall lamps by Pierre Guariche, become the living source of this apartment. The bamboo fruit basket from the 1950s is from Galerie Nathalie Rives, and the walls are decorated with photographs by Santeri Tuori.

The kitchen’s design switches to a more modern style, and its mood and scale change: it is located in a more modest building, integrated with the rest of the apartment. Under a ceiling made of glass tiles, the kitchen, in white and wood, exudes a rustic elegance.

The white and wood Italian cabinets are from César. On the left is a Bouquet 07 ceramic work by artist Dainche and a bamboo basket from the 1950s (both from Galerie Nathalie Rives). On the right is a Solstice stoneware lamp designed by Aurélie Lecuyer (Chiara Colombini) and made by ceramic artist Benoît Audureau.

The study has a platform on the window side, on which is placed an Action Office desk designed by George Nelson & Robert Propst for Herman Miller and a G24 lamp designed by Pierre Guariche. The Hanko rug is from Atelier Tortil. The whole room is bathed in plant tones (Inchyra Blue, produced by Farrow & Ball). The Dalie Papaveri Tulipani silk curtains are from Dedar.

The study and library are dominated by green and are flooded with light, with large original windows offering a spectacular view of the Parisian rooftops. In the bookshelf area, the interior designer arranged a velvet-covered Steiner bench from the fifties and a coffee table from the sixties, both from Galerie Nathalie Rives.

Between the Seine and ancient buildings, Nathalie Rives interweaves artworks, books and unique creativity to inject warmth, joy and vitality into this elegant mansion, commemorating the past while giving it a new lease of life.

After seeing this colorful home, which corner of the space do you like best? Which design element? Feel free to leave a comment below to share your thoughts with us. DECO will select one of the best comments to give away a new issue.

Producer | Tango

Photography | Yannick Labrousse

By Audrey SchneuwlyTranslation | Tang Neng

Editor | Li Lingyun New Media Editor | Zhuzhu

Assistant | Yichen

Some pictures from the designer's official website

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