• Obumex Showroom – Paris, France
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    Obumex Showroom – Paris, France

    September 6, 2023 - By 

    Obumex, the Belgian studio known for handcrafted luxury kitchens as well as complete interiors and renovations has opened its first showroom in Paris. Located at 23 Rue de Lille in the 7th Arrondissement, the showroom joins the company’s other outlets located in Belgium: The head office and showroom in Staden and showrooms in Knokke and Ghent. Obumex also has representatives in New York, Toronto and Vancouver. The Paris showroom’s kitchen display is a gorgeously sublime study in textures in stone, wood and fabric. Like a perfectly executed bowl of café au lait, it invites contemplation and serenity instead of frantic…

  • A Swede’s Lovely Vintage-Inspired Home in the South of France
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    A Swede’s Lovely Vintage-Inspired Home in the South of France

    August 30, 2023 - By 

    Kristin Lagerqvist and her family divide their time between Varberg and Languedoc-Roussillon, South of France. You might recognise this already as I recently featured Kristin’s French home. However, they have now moved to an even more beautiful home (if that was possible!).  The story goes that Kristin was tasked with finding an Airbnb for one of her clients and stumbled across this townhouse. She instantly fell in love with it – telling her husband “if it ever comes on the market, we need to buy it”. Sure enough, some time later, the property became available – and true to her word,…

  • Socca restaurant feels like “a pocket of Southern France in Mayfair”
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    Socca restaurant feels like “a pocket of Southern France in Mayfair”

    July 7, 2023 - By 

    Local practice Fabled Studio has designed the interiors for London’s Socca restaurant, adding hand-painted murals informed by the French Riviera. Fabled Studio co-founder Tom Strother describes the eatery as “a pocket of Southern France in Mayfair,” with a playful and whimsical interior that complements the French Mediterranean menu. Socca is a French restaurant in London’s Mayfair “Both the menu and the interior are inspired by the Côte d’Azur and Nice,” Strother told Dezeen. “They have a laidback attitude but with French finesse.” Fabled Studio restored the original terracotta tiles on the facade of Socca‘s Grade II-listed building, as well as…