The owner of this home style Art Deco He was looking for a sanctuary in this house of 260 square meters, with warm spaces and cozy made tailored to his lifestyle. But it also had a less direct request. Toubakaris remembers the message he received during his first visit to the house: “As soon as I entered, I imagined each plant as something completely different. 'And by the way, on the second floor I want a clandestine bar of the 30s'. When that is the first message for a new project, your brain goes crazy, «he says.
Francis Interior's designer's approach was: «Let's do it, come on, come on, come on! Our general contractor [EVGC Corp] He obtained the permits and began to hammer, and we designed while they hammer. It is almost like meditation and lighting, suddenly things come to mind. «
For his client, Tumbakaris devised a kind of time machine through disparate times as he rises in the house, all adding a feeling of modernity. There were many challenges, but also intelligent solutions. They retained the original floor, doors, windows and staircases, which wind up and whose walls are now covered with pHillip's manila ivory hempa -healing hellip chiefs to measure: «Imagine that you are taking a five -stroke meal in a restaurant with Michelin stars and that the staircase serves to clean the palate,» says Toubakaris.
The kitchen and dining room on the ground floor are inspired by the art nouveau of 1900, with a paper of gournay gold -painted birds flying around. At first, this envelope work was an exaggeration for the owner, who did not want to feel that he lived inside a golden cage. But when installing it, he changed his mind.