PERIOD DRAMA
Feb 22, 2022
4 minutes
Photography Francis Amiand
Words
Judy Diamond
Picture the scene: you’ve been commissioned to remodel an apartment in a 17th-century mansion in the middle of Paris. You’re expecting great things: elaborate cornicing, imposing fireplaces, parquet flooring at the very least – all the flamboyant details that come with an authentic slice of heritage living. You open the door… and nothing. There are no remnants of former glories, no reminders of the wealthy blue-bloods who must once have lived it up here, just bare, ordinary walls and floors.
That was the situation facing Emil Humbert and Christophe Poyet a couple of years ago when they were asked to turn the space into a home. If they were disappointed, they
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