Apartment in Paris 15 · colour and boldness

The brief

Colour is never gratuitous: it gives soul to a rigorously designed interior.

Still in the 15th, this project dares colour with control. An emerald-green tiled splashback lights up the kitchen, set over a pale-wood worktop and dark cabinets; elsewhere, a line-drawn jungle wallpaper and touches of brass carry this lively intent further. Colour is never gratuitous: it gives soul to a rigorously designed interior.

Location: Paris 15
Floor area: 85 m²
Year: 2023
Scope: Renovation & interior architecture
Materials: Emerald-green tile, line-drawn wallpaper, brass, pale wood
Photographer: Ercole Salinaro

The studio's response

Entrance painted in a deep green, a round brass mirror and a bench corner, apartment Paris 15

Building architecture through colour

In the entrance, a deep green dresses walls and ceiling in a single gesture and redraws the space. Colour does not decorate, it structures: it sets a threshold, wraps the bench corner and lets the brass of the mirror converse with the wood of the floor.

Kitchen open to the living space, emerald-green splashback and a wooden island, apartment Paris 15

A kitchen open to the living space

Open to the living space, the kitchen is framed in colour. An emerald-green tiled splashback, a wooden worktop, dark cabinets and ochre stools: you move from one space to the next without a break, from the dining corner to the table.

Detail of the jungle wallpaper and touches of brass, apartment Paris 15 colour

The wallpaper as a second movement

Beyond the kitchen, the line-drawn jungle wallpaper and the touches of brass carry the chromatic intent into the other rooms. Each space contributes to a coherent narrative, without the colour ever becoming overwhelming.