NEVER TOO SMALL: Paris Architect’s 14th Century Apartment Makeover- 50sqm/538sqft
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Located on the second floor of a 14th century historic mansion, first converted into apartments in 1722, Appartement Haut Marais is home to architect Thomas Fournier of Concina, who completely redesigned the apartment, restoring it to it’s former heritage glory. One of the major reconstructions to the apartment involved removing a straight concrete staircase leading to the mezzanine and replacing it with a spiral shaped wooden staircase from the 1900s. Other restoration work included reinstalling ceiling cornices and replacing the old laminate flooring with solid oak parquet. In the living room, Fournier built two custom bookshelves into the wall and creatively hid the radiator behind a painted wooden cover that also serves as a display shelf; a large frameless mirror screen against the wall reflects the surrounding space. The bedroom, located on the mezzanine behind a system of sliding shutters, has no direct natural light, something that was combated by covering the wardrobes with mirrors, making the space feel larger than it is. For the bathroom, Fournier drew on his Italian heritage with tuscan glazed terracotta flooring, red marble and the hand-painted Tuscan tiles.
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Project Name: Appartement Haut Marais
Designer: www.concina.fr/
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Great video as usual. But the direction of the spiral staircase in the diagram is backward. Made me confuse for the first two viewing.
Excellent design.
However I wouldn’t have done sliding shutters for the loft bedroom, but would have put double panel glass to isolate the sound from downstairs and still have the natural light.
I think for American audiences the square footage will appear small. It’s fabled that native europeans are accustomed to doing the most with less and doing it in style
I love how he brings in richly colored vintage decor ,but spaced in a modern and airy way. Those vases/vessels/ and lamps are so charming!
rich colors -indeed, even for the dishware. Flamboyant shapes also.
The coloured marble! 😋
I'm completely lost for words as to how beautiful this place is. Rich in character and utterly tasteful, it really is a work of art.
Well, yes, the accent and prononciation is lost on some highly educated french people. They spend 8 years learning English and are unable to speak it. A Spaniard, Portugaise or Italian with the same education or age speaks fluent French. Ras-le bol. He must believe le ridicule ne tue point.
Hope he will spend a year in an Englishspeaking environment.
@@BE-bs8oe it seems you may have misunderstood me. What I was trying to convey was the fact that I lacked the requisite words to describe how beautiful the home was. Thank you for the comment, though!
@@BE-bs8oe your comment has nothing to do with (the most beautiful) design but goes on a personal level. One can perfectly understand him and it is not his obligation to speak any foreign language without an accent, he is an architect and he makes his job (judged from this example) amazing!
@@BE-bs8oe Rude
It looks like an art gallery but just to the point where I would feel comfortable living in it. Every single furniture, objects, wallpaper and tile is superb. They are gorgeous.
Would not said it better. :)
exactly! This guy clearly knows about art and design and history and thinks how to incorporate it very tastefully into everyday living spaces. Pretty sure I wouldn't suggest this for a family with small kids but otherwise it's perfection for a specific clientele who appreciates and pays for interior design such as this.
This is a huge flat compared to the average Parisian standards.
And gosh.. the accent of the architect, please, no
actually living in Paris and trust me you need to be quite financially confortable to be able to afford this apartment. This is luxury in central Paris! Situated right in the Marais quarter. Large windows with natural light. Well-equipped kitchen. Biiiig bathroom. And to top it up, the interior design et decoration bring out the charm of the combination of vintage and modern design. It shows the unique goût of the owner. I would love to live in an apartment like this!
yeah this guy probably never has to worry about money in his day to day life.......
At 1 million dollars/euro, that place can look good. I find it odd for the channel. Wayyyyyyy toooo biiiiiig, and barely any creativity. It s simply a nice fancy empty bachelor pad. Good for tbe owner, useless for small families trying to make a small surface work bc it s all they can afford.
Luxury, beautiful and probably not very affordable- well, might be true. Still not very functional and if the owner ever even adopts a an animal or finds a life partner it's going to feel cramped. What's the point then? Apartments and flats are supposed to serve one main purpose- provide a living space. Frankly I do not see much of it in here. It feels like art gallery, yes. But I cannot picture anyone living inside an art gallery.
Agreed, at least 700k euros just for the location. Insane
@@maclane7 700k to buy or rent? That would be similar to purchase in my condo area too.
As a Maximalist who always faces the problem with having a hard time finding inspirations for my small flat to reach my warm, cosy but elegantly tasteful standard, this flat is everything I have ever dreamed of. The colour scheme, the design, the decorative objects- simply incredible. I love the clever use of the mirrors to make the room feel larger and spiral staircase that won't make the flat feel clustered whilst not compromising on its character and any decoration and functions.
This is definitely my most favourite design on this channel!
@Late Notice no, I’m just a maximalist who happens to be a snob that enjoys interiors which are elegant and tasteful and always seek out inspirations.
Maximalist does not equal elegant and tasteful, I’m a bloody hoarder, trust me lol
@@gregpendrey6711 to be fair, lad had it coming for not completing his elementary reading course 🤛
Anyhow, cheerios, you have a lovely day, Greg!
This is absolutely a home. Most of the apartments you’ve featured before look like they’re intended to be overpriced AirBnBs, but this is clearly someone’s full-time home. I love those big swinging windows so much it almost hurts and I love the spiral staircase even more, but most of all I love that this is an achievable, realistically affordable flip of a space that feels like I could actually own something like it in my lifetime.
GORGEOUS!
He definitely knew how to respect the building's heritage.
This building in the Marais is simply breathtaking. Gorgeous apartment. The architect has incorporated or highlighted lots of interesting design features - the parquet floors, the mirrored frameless screen in the living room and the spiral staircase. Love the highly ornate bathroom featuring only Italian materials. By Australian standards the kitchen looks a bit cramped but I understand in Paris this would be considered a good size kitchen.
My kid lives in a 11 m2 studio in Paris with a kitchen measuring 115x 135 cm! Fully integrated fridge and a concealed microwave -oven- grill under induction plate and sink. Tight! We’re just finishing the renovation. It’s not a palace like this Marais appartement
@@deirdremacmahon8491 I would not consider this a 'palace' - it is quite small but the owner/architect cleverly used the ceiling height to double the space and the tall windows and mirrors make it seem very spacious.
Spiral staircases in tiny homes are beautiful to look at but most of the time it gives me anxiety using one. But since this vintage one has no gaps, I can actually see myself using this comfortably. so gorgeous too haha.
Feel exactly the same, this is beautiful.
Wow, one of the most elegant and warm spaces yet on this channel.
AFREE 100%.
This is one of the best apartments in this series. It has great personality!
gotta say, all my favourite designs are the Parisian ones. Really Inspiring:)
This elegant home in Paris lives up to the grace & dignity & history of the exquisite building in which it exists. Beautiful.
Beautiful and finally one appartement that looks like a home.
Beautiful! Nice to see more saturated colours on walls and furniture. Makes it really warm and inviting.
This is my favorite apartment you featured by far! Absolutely cosy, stylish, modern AND vintage. The architect has done a fantastic job.
One of the most beautiful apartments I have ever seen.
This might be the most books I’ve ever seen in a home on this channel and I absolutely love it!
my favorite one so far. I've been watching since the beginning. I love the classiness and comfort of this design. Also I really appreciate the opened inferring of the French doors.
Gorgeous! Utterly gorgeous! Proof that interesting furniture pieces can fit in a cleverly-designed small space. This is so elegant!
I love this. Who wouldn’t want to live in the Marais? I love the marble floor detail possibly linking different floor surfaces. I’m going to steal this idea!
Each room getting revealed felt like opening a gift after gift after gift. Truly a delight to watch!
The tile in the shower and orange marble are stunning. I wouldn't mind waking up to that and the sunny light from the window every day. The exterior of that building is gorgeous too.
Oh wow, this is beautiful - that staircase! The mezzanine shutters are so clever. And it doesn't feel like a small space - because it's been treated with the luxury and interesting, colourful pieces of a much bigger house.
Wow. Normally I hate vintage style because it's always looks so full and cluttered, but not this one. Not only everything is in adequate number and spaces, but also there's very detailed thinking about each of the room and furniture functionality. Very inspiring. Thank you for the video.
Definitely one of my favourite NTS showcases. So chic. Shout-out to the beautiful vases and glassware.
Elegant, sumptuous and opulent. Yet totally comfortable, warm and utterly divine! What an eye. I am besotted with his place. Superb. Quite frankly a sensoria feast of such beauty.
I just love this one! Like this one is so good! Really loved how this architect designed and incorporated everything so nicely. A really sophisticated one!
Brilliant design, magnificent fittings, and a quiet, calm atmosphere. European perfection.
Wow this apartment has so much character.. great taste and choices
Beautiful place !! Lots of human touch ...there is life inside ..just beautiful !!
So many of these small apartment are too minimal and lack soul. You have found the perfect harmony for living small in a great, exciting city of the world.
Wow, this is beautiful. I can't take my eyes off this appartment.
Le Marais is a very expensive neighborhood, very famous too. I love the big windows, the floors, everything is stunning.
The clear delineation between the lounge and dining room creating a completely different mood is brilliantly executed, especially in such a small space. Love the bench which defines the dining space. That window and staircase in combination is a knockout. Stunning apartment with my only wish list item being a bath below the window in the bathroom which seems like the only wasted space in the apartment.
I love the sense of luxury with the marble, parquet, antiques and other beautiful items.
What an elegant and sophisticated apartment! I like how bright and airy it is and having the large windows really helps open up what might otherwise be a small dark space. It really feels bigger than 538 sqft! I do love that the architect moved the staircase. I love a spiral staircase anyway, but I feel here it really makes the best use of the space and adds to the romantic atmosphere.
Finally, someone with taste and style!!! Lovely!!!
I’ve watched the most recent featured apartments but still coming back to this one. Just timeless ❤️
That staircase is gorgeous! Bring so much class and elegance to this apartment. Another inspiring episode from NTS.❤️🌹
Beautiful, Clever design allow plenty of natural light and plenty of storage 💜♥️💕 I hope he is hired by the people to cleverly design their apartments 💯🌟💜🌟💯
Spectacular Small Space Apartment! J’adore.
I just couldn't help but notice all of the storage spaces were filled with books even in the kitchen! Beautiful artistically designed home!
I love the sliding shutters for the second floor!!! Not being able to isolate the loft was always the only thing that I disliked about lofts and he basically solved it.
How beautiful! What a pleasant surprise to see the work of Jesus Soto in the living room!
What an incredible transformation! This apartment is so beautiful and functional! Thank you for sharing this wonderful home tour! 😊
What a beautiful apartment. Oozes class and elegant comfort. I’m always wary of spiral staircases but even I could manage those (not sure if the hips would get through the bedroom door though!) I think I’ve watched about every one of these videos and this must be up in my top three. Am a sixty nine year old but could happily see myself living there.
This is probably the most tastefully and beautifully decorated flat ever to be presented on this channel. Tiny flat that looks like the apartments featured in interior design magazines. It's such a nice departure from all the plywood thats usually used in these tiny flats.
Chapeau! What a beautiful, sophisticated apartment! A real small elegant treasure box, I'm in love with the spiral staircase..and just everything :-) The architect has done a fantastic job.
Italian origins? Oh, that explains this beautiful accomplishment! The blue sofa and orange shaded cushions is a homage to Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Thomas's native city.The detached kitchen with its abundance of natural light is thoroughly charming, whilst the foyer, albeit 'piccolo' is elegant and plays a very, very, very important role in dilineating the Stendahlian layout:at every turn one gasps, almost faints, from the joy the sights provide, at every turn of a corner there is as an unexpected morphing of the apartment's ceiling height, therein producing a flucating show of light. È una meraviglia!!! Complimenti Thomas & Alexander!!
It is a very pretty apartment! I love the spaces, the colors and the decoration as well! Congratulations!
An amazing elegant and light space. And in such a historic area of Paris. I have to admit i didnt absorb every word you said because I was mesmerised by your accent. I could listen to you all day!!!
This is by far my favourite apartment! 😍 Love every inch of it and how it is decorated - the use of Chinese vintage cushions at the dinning table, the Chinese traditional paintings, the Chinese vintage vase, the plates on the wall, the selenite crystals in the bathroom, the marble counter in the kitchen, and the marble and tiles in the washroom and of course the stairs 💖 And how it doesn't look like a 538sqft apartment!
This came together beautifully. Genius architect.
Yes! His message at the end is excellent. With good design, we can retain old/ historical buildings.
It's like a Wes Anderson set! I love it. And his voice and accent! 'Ow very french. What a joy to watch! Makes me want to hop on the Eurostar with a baguette 🥖🇫🇷
Trés chic- no expense spared on this one! Love the materials and the palette used throughout, but that cramped kitchen- especially the corner where the drawer barely opens- gives me anxiety. If the spiral staircase occupied the same spot as the former concrete staircase, then perhaps the kitchen could have been opened up into the dining area.
A beautiful space that is so unique, without compromising on functionality. One of my faves, that staircase is bellissima
Well, this place is nothing short of amazing! Wow.
A lovely apartment design that does not overwhelm with plywood and brown tones.
Thomas you are the best! Great space. Practical. Amazing staircase. It’s very much in keeping with the building. Tres chique!
The spiral staircase and the scalloped ceiling are the highlights of this unique apartment. Personally, I would have worked the kitchen into the main living/dining area and made a laundry and a pantry room where the galley kitchen currently is. Bedroom is amazing and the two floors always make a small unit more like a home. Thank you #NeverTooSmall for sharing this with us.
He probably doesn't cook much and the compact kitchen is just right. Having an open kitchen in the main living /dining area in this very small space is going to make it look even smaller.
One of my favorites so far. Beautiful design and finishes.
What a beautiful space! I love the colors used, and the floor.
Simply breathtaking! I really see the oldschool Italian heritage coming through. Every piece inside this beautiful appartement tells a story
What a wonderful space; a small treasure box. The details are well thought-out and beautifully realized.
I love everything about his style! Those golden pillows! That mirror screen! The book shelves around the sofa! The colors in the bedroom! Everything is a wow!
I love this, especially how everything is seperated into rooms. I hate open plan kitchens and love that this is so functional and seperate.
Well this is simply stunning. So many of the units featured on this channel are cold and sterile feeling, but this one has an elegant warmth to it. I think I found my Paris dream home! Bravo to Thomas!
I love everything about this space. Cleverly done and with a beautiful character
One of the most gorgeous homes your channel has shown. I love the set up, the accents, the color, all of it!
No minimalist vibe here. Feels like home, elegant and welcoming. Love it
Fantastic apartment. Originally saw this in Architect Digest. Glad to see a video of this amazing apartment.
A labour of love - exceptional taste and style ❤
Very beautifully done and doesn't have that sterile minimalism you sometimes find in modern apartments - especially in small spaces.
Stunning! I would live there in a heartbeat!
Few seconds in and I am in awe. Absolutely brilliant job, so beautiful and cozy.
Stunning! The fabric on the banquet cushions is amazing and I adore the apartment in amazing use of space.
This apartment is absolutely stunning.
His home is IMMACULATE! I loved everything about this space.
This looks so expensive! Which is not a bad thing, is an elegant show off apartment. Practical and so beautiful, love the attention put in the bathroom, for me bathrooms are super important. Even while the kitchen is small is very well used. Love this luxurious appartment.
I love to see a space that is not void of objects and colour.
I loved the way this apartment was created. It feels incredibly modern but also truly traditional and very liveable. Not an easy combination to get right yet here it has been apparently managed seamlessly. So impressive.
As much as I like the encouragement of utilising city spaces for tiny spaces, it's almost always in "trendy/artsy/highend/refined" areas - which leans on elitism. I'd like opportunities of tiny, beautiful spaces to be created in any kind of neighbourhood - the sleepy/young/low-mid/growing areas
This is likely because it takes quite a bit of money to renovate these spaces, including in some cases restructuring the layout.
It's a luxury to live in a "tiny" space with expensive furniture and renovation
I get what you mean, it came also to my mind that the architect is clearly well off in order to live there. However, maybe it is an example for people who have a certain favorite but expensive living area how it could be possible to live in such area. Generally speaking I would hope they would showcase apartments from Scandinavia as it is there not uncommon to have family apartments with the size of 55 sqm and 3 bedrooms. :)
You need money to renovate.
You did a wonderful job with this space. Love the warmth and functionality of your home.
This is my favourite apartment so far! Everything has been well considered, and nothing overlooked. A beautiful colour scheme, decor and that spiral staircase is heavenly!
This apartment is breathtaking, absolutely superb! Well done, it is masterful.
I love everything about this property. One of my favourite transformation since I have been watching this program. A big well-done to the architect.
This is absolutely gorgeous and so elegant. I feel like he has given me the permission to be as elegant and vintage as I want to be with my decor decisions, without fear of feeling too dusty or dated. This is timeless!
Wonderful project! So chic and stylish! My compliments to the architect!
So cohesive, warm, light & beautiful. Bravo.
My maximalist antique heart loves this not-maximalist, serene apartment. Beautiful. The bedroom shutters were not what I was expecting, however. My instinct is to create the same style of windows to mirror those opposite the shutters, at least for part of the shutters. I would want to see those beautiful windows from everywhere!
Oh my God , this is my favorite project, absolutely gorgeous ! Well done. This shows that with a budget and talent you can transform a medium size space 50 sim is not "small in Paris" in something truly special ..so refined and elegant. Must be extremely costly including this beautiful "raw" flat in a Hotel Particulier in Le Marais .
The windows make the apartment wonderful! Well done.
Eine sehr geschmackvolle und gleichzeitig praktische formschöne RRenovierung. Ganz besonderes Augenmerk u. Geschmack in der Auswahl der Materialien und auch Belichtung.Ein Traumappartment Komplimente an den Architekten!
The interior design is stunning. I absolutely love it.
The most beautiful tiny space. I love this it’s my absolute favourite
He is the master of small space! I love how he redesigned he apartment to utilize the space more efficiently while making it look far larger than it actually is. Love, love, love…
This is pretty big for Paris. A beautiful appartement
I came here to say this too! whilst the flat is beautiful , for one person for Paris this is a very large flat , we lived in 50sqm in paris as a couple - plenty big enough and until our daughter was 2 when our second daughter was born we escaped to the far distant suburbs for more room - best move ever in my opinion , but my husband has colleagues who live in approx 60sqm with 2 adults and 2 teenage daughters - so this is not "small" at all !!!