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Before and After, Part II – The Paris Apartment

September 24, 2014 by Huff Harrington

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The hallway, before

Our little Huffington world has been spinning!  We’ve just finished two fabulous trips to France (if you missed it, here’s a taste from one trip), we’ve turned our store completely upside down to make room for a boat load of new goodies, and some of us are back to France tomorrow for another two trips:  Painting in Provence and Paris and Provence.  So, given the whirlwind, and the kind comments we’ve gotten from our guests to our pied-a-terre in Paris, we hope you don’t mind part two of our Before and After series on the Paris apartment.

As a reminder, when we first saw the apartment there were three American students living there.  Luckily, the bones of the apartment were good … but everything else needed a change.  The front hall was the easiest, and all we did was add a little ceiling molding and some wall paper which was hand carried in a ubiquitous big bag from Atlanta, that, thank goodness, always eluded the customs agents at CDG!

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The hallway after (with the wallpaper we hand carried from Atlanta!)

The living room bones were all good too, and we made very few structural changes here.  Just a little decorating ….

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Living room before

 

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Living room after

… and some window dressing made a big difference.

Ikea was traded in for some divine antiques from the Paris flea markets.

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Corner of living room before

 

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After, with a painting by Nepo in the corner
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Living room, before

 

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Living room after

When we first visited the apartment, one of the front rooms was used as a bedroom for the three American students.

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It was a bedroom

 

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And now it’s a kitchen!

 

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The bedroom before

 

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The kitchen, after

Originally we were going to mirror the doors between the living room and the kitchen/dining room.  It was a huge expense and one that Sam Jones, my partner extraordinaire in this renovation, nixed almost immediately.  It wasn’t the first or last time I thanked her for saving me a boat load of money!

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I was going to mirror these doors ….
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… and Sam talked me out of it!

This lone little fireplace became the cornerstone of the new kitchen.

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The lonely fireplace before

And of course here are the infamous chairs with the pink check silk backs, for which Sam Jones practically mugged a pregnant woman in the remnants aisle of Lewis and Sherron fabric store (see our pretty in pink blog).

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… became the cornerstone of the kitchen, after

We were pretty excited that some shots from the kitchen were featured in one of our favorite blogs, Cote de Texas.

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The kitchen niche, with paint samples on the wall

 

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The winning color: Farrow and Ball Shaded White

Here’s the view from the kitchen in to the living room, with our little paint samples dappled on the wall.

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View from the kitchen, with paint samples

 

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The winning color: Farrow and Ball Slipper Satin

We’ve already covered one bathroom renovation in the previous before-and-after blog.    We really hesitated about renovating this one because it had just been done by the previous owners.  I actually like the tile … in small doses.  But this was overkill and there was no way of salvaging some of it without looking like it was half done. So we kept the same structure, and just tiled right over it.

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The guest bathroom before
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The guest bathroom, after

Finally, some discerning readers have noticed that we replaced a pillow in some of our pictures:

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The blank pink pillow

With a monogrammed pillow:

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The monogrammed pink pillow!

And they asked us the significance of the B de V monogram in such a prominent place.

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Our Beaumes de Venise monogram

I’m happy to say that when we are not using the apartment, we have entrusted it to the care of an outstanding rental company in Paris called Paris Perfect.  We use Paris Perfect apartments for all our trips to Paris, so it’s a natural fit.  If you’d like to continue the little journey, and visit the rest of our apartment online, you will find it listed under Beaumes de Venise in the beautiful Paris Perfect website.

And while we may bid adieu to the Paris apartment series, we are not shutting any doors to antiques, renovations and all the fun stuff we were exposed to during this Parisian journey.  In fact, we have another little project cooking in the south of France, with more before and afters (and lots of crumbly 17th century walls) along the way.  Stay tuned … a la prochaine!

Ta ta,

HH

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  1. Champagne Macarons says

    August 27, 2011 at 1:50 am

    >I love this apartment and I love Paris Perfect… I will keep it mind for our next trip to Paris!
    Wishing you a lovely weekend! xoxo, B

  2. Susan Roux says

    August 28, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    >It is spectacular! I love the kitchen and how it looks from the living room. I'd spend time there in a heartbeat!

  3. Karen says

    August 29, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    >What a beautiful apartment! I hope to stay there one day!

    Karen T.

  4. Karen a says

    June 2, 2015 at 10:01 am

    I live in Cincinnati and love to shop in Atlanta. Nice to know that a little piece of Lewis and Sherron now resides in Paris!

    • Huff Harrington says

      June 2, 2015 at 10:42 am

      Hi Karen- thanks for reading along! We’re thrilled to know there are Lewis and Sheron fans all over the US. We’re still very pleased with our Paris L & S selection!

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