If I was not an Interior Designer, Joseph Dirand would be the one designer who I would give complete authority to do my home. But of course I don’t own an apartment in a 19th-century Haussmannian building on Avenue Montaigne, nor am I heiress to an Eastern European
fortune, so I could never afford such a talent. Joseph Dirand’s latest project is a 6,500-square-foot abode with all the amazing details of French design such as perfectly restored moldings, parquet floors and 11-foot-high double doors. Details that the talented Architect knows how to enhance without letting them take center stage to create the ultra-modernist/minimalist designs he is well known for. Dirand was also in charge of assembling the art collection. Everyone of Joseph Dirand’s projects display refinement and sophistication in a very restrain way, a style characteristic of French Designers. As in this apartment can prove the attention to detail is in every space and furniture.
A Francois-Xavier Lalanne sculpture in front of the marble fireplace. The curves in the furniture harmonizes the square moldings and stone console and the soothing tones are elegant instead of chichi.
In the kitchen Warren Platner chairs surround a floating marble island. I’ve seen more and more of these floating island lately, especially in European design. How beautiful is the view from the kitchen window…
I absolutely love the enfilade of rooms. I also love the marble used on the island.
This desk above is cover in suede adding density and patina to the simple and elegant piece
In the bathroom the tub was curved out of a single block of marble where every single piece of marble seems to fit in like a puzzle.
A spacious dressing room with parquet floor with a view of the bedroom.
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