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I have found another french design firm that has knocked me off my feet. Daniel Suduca and Thierry Merillou of Suduca & Merillou share a love for furniture from the 1940s to the 1970s: Adnet, Arbus, Royère, Sornay, Jansen and it shows in their fabulously eclectic spaces. I wanted to share a couple of their projects with you. The first is a penthouse in France. This penthouse had been built by a Le Corbusier disciple in the late 60’s. Two floors and a 4300 square-foot terrace overlook the medieval churches roofs of Toulouse. Unchanged since its construction, Suduca & Mérillou have restructured this huge space for adapting to life today. They retained the 15ft high sloping ceiling in the living room and all the large sunny openings. For the materials, they brought clear and soft wood, warm wool flooring, modern painted concrete, sensual silks and velvets. Then, in a masterful way, paintings by Guy de Rougemont and Bruce Typpett coexist with works of Lalanne amd Vasarely, as vintage Jean Royère, Christian Badin and Paul Lazlo furniture united with French and German antiques pieces. “We designed this place as workshop, in order to live among books and art works of all origins in total harmony”.

The second is this family home in France. In this mansion of the XVIII century, Suduca & Mérillou found an unspoiled decor. They had the desire to preserve these precious relics while awakening them. The staffs and woodworks were passed in white or blue in the sunny rooms, bronze in the dark rooms. The floor was carpeted with timeless pattern created for the place by the decorators. Then a clever mix of furniture and objects, the Suduca & Mérillou signature. The magnificent furniture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were joined by pieces of twentieth century, creating an amazing set, sumptuous and impertinent.

bijou– noun – something small and delicately worked,  a trinket.

A cleverly crafted but tiny 11 m² seasonal rental in Paris’ 10th arrondissement. Because not all of us can, need or aspire to live in a mansion all the time. Marie-Joséphine by Batiik Studio.

Photography by Bertrand Fompeyrine

Mid century vibes with statement furniture and art in this East End Avenue apartment designed by Amy Lau. A perfect city oasis for a pair of art collectors to showcase their vast collection and to emphasize and enhance the natural beauty of the space through site-specific installations that highlight the unique features of each room.

Russian duo Nadya and Givi Ananiev of eponymous design firm Ananiev Interiors have created a colourful, elegant apartment with urban sophistication. A wall of windows may lead the eye out to the views but it’s the blue colour palette that makes it bright and breezy. A distinct mid century vibe as well as statement custom pieces  add the glamour and style.

Elegant, sophisticated and unmatched attention to detail is what comes to mind while I drool over the photos of this glorious Park Avenue residence by MR Architecture + Decor. That photo above has me completely mesmerized.

Want more? Jo featured the Hudson home of David Mann (the founding partner) recently here