This small apartment decorated with a great Minimalist style It is a dream come true of that life that we all dream of having in Paris: one afternoon with the sunset in the face, a good coffee and a beautiful view of the city.
Located in the quai of Valmy and with a view to the Saint-Martin channel, the small apartment who just acquired Meghedi Simonian and Houssam Kanaan, founders of Kann Design, is very busy. «We don't fall in love with the department, that's clear. We don't fall in love with small apartmentNo. I was very decorated, but it didn't look like what is now, «they say with some fun.» We fell in love with the location. We have lived in the neighborhood for a long time and we knew this building of 1980 very well. «So it will need a lot The 80s where everything is rationalized without losing space It occurs with the walls, also of cement, that reinforce the minimalist aspect that the couple wanted from the beginning, and they like to contrast this rude side with the furniture as they design and send to do especially.
Cement and wood
“We wanted a dialogue between mineral and wood. Okoume, present in the room and the two bedrooms, where cabinets are opened at all height with wooden shooters worked at simple vertical edges ”. Like the doors of the low furniture of the kitchen, which in turn are used in a different finish in the bathroom. The couple cultivates the repetition of lines and materials even in the furniture, with a single chair model that can be followed from the dining room to the Children's room With the exception of a Charles Pollock chair in the parents' room and a serener chair in that of the children. «We both like simple things, there is real elegance in the modesty of forms.»
It all starts with the big bank of the main room, complemented by the bank placed in front of the window to better admire the channel. «It is the channel and its light that have always been our reference point.» Designed by Meghedi, with a long shelf, the bank is very simple: only vertical legs are added to the horizont Geometric of the wooden elements minimalism And simplicity were the issues for the decoration of this small apartment.