Maison Hollis

A family of five inherited a grand 1890s apartment that had been partitioned, painted and over-furnished for half a century. They wanted the generosity of the original rooms back — without living in a museum.

We removed eleven non-structural walls, restored the parquet de Versailles, and wrapped the new living hall in a single plane of book-matched walnut that hides storage, a bar and the television. Lime plaster in three hand-mixed tones carries the light from the courtyard deep into the plan.