{"id":350474,"date":"2025-08-17T01:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/350474\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T01:17:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:17:34","slug":"this-paris-apartment-rivals-the-finest-five-star-hotel-suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/350474\/","title":{"rendered":"This Paris Apartment Rivals the Finest Five-Star Hotel Suite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parisian interior designer Kelly Boukobza has many influences: think furniture by Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand, and the art<\/a> of Keith Haring and Piet Mondrian. She also likes to keep up to date with what\u2019s happening in the hospitality world. “I love checking out hotels,” she says. “Even in Paris, I regularly go to spend a night in one.”<\/p>\n

In most of her projects, she integrates Art Deco interior design<\/a> touches, too. Several examples can be found in this modern home<\/a> she revamped on Paris\u2019 Right Bank. One is the travertine fireplace with its ribbed, rounded forms, which is the focal point of the sitting room.<\/p>\n

“When you think of stone, you imagine something rectilinear and solid,” Kelly Boukobza<\/a>, founder of KY Architecture, says. “With this model, I wanted to demonstrate that it doesn\u2019t need to be hard and cold. Its forms make it a lot gentler.”<\/p>\n

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The marble floor was conceived as a deconstructed version of a Versailles parquet.<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Stephan Julliard)<\/p>\n

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C-Chair Dining Chair by Marcel Gascoin<\/p>\n

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The owner of the apartment, Sarah, had been familiar with KY Architecture’s work for quite some time. “[Kelly] was one of the first people I started following on Instagram,” she recalls. “For me, she embodies Parisian elegance. I told her, ‘Decorate the space as if it were your own.’ I didn\u2019t want to direct or restrict her.”<\/p>\n

You can see the Parisian-style decor<\/a> throughout the home.<\/p>\n

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“We wanted an apartment where we would be able to entertain our families,” says Sarah. “We specifically asked for a large dining table.”<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Stephan Julliard)<\/p>\n

Kelly decided to keep the apartment\u2019s classical feel, but to give it a twist. Most of her interiors are characterized by the particular attention she pays to both floors and ceilings.<\/p>\n

The latter in the modern living room<\/a> was treated with a striking diamond pattern. A number of the floor motifs, meanwhile, were inspired by a trip she made to the Palace of Versailles while working on the project.<\/p>\n

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“When I see something that inspires me, I never copy it literally,” she notes. “I always want to transform it.” The graphic three-toned marble floor in the kitchen was conceived as a deconstructed version of a traditional Versailles parquet.<\/p>\n

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“I love onyx<\/a>, but didn\u2019t want to do the whole floor in it. That would have been too expected,” says Kelly. “Instead, I inserted bands of it into the parquet.”<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Stephan Julliard)<\/p>\n

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Kanta Marble Console<\/p>\n

Make like Kelly with a marble console \u2014 this one from Anthropologie is on trend with its rich burgundy hue.<\/p>\n

It is only one of the apartment\u2019s striking gestures. Others include the wavy mirror in the entryway<\/a>, placed on a textured, striped wall that was Kelly\u2019s own handiwork.<\/p>\n

“I did it with the glue you use to fix tiles<\/a>, which was then painted,” she says. “I borrowed the tiler\u2019s rake-like tool. It took me about five minutes.”<\/p>\n

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“The artistic door is the real focal point in this space,” notes Kelly of the modern bedroom idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Stephan Julliard)<\/p>\n

One common element in all her projects is the use of marble. “It\u2019s like a miracle from nature, which is never the same,” she enthuses.<\/p>\n

The shower in this white and green marble bathroom<\/a> resembles a swirling sea, while the guest WC has been fitted with bookmarked Panda White marble.<\/p>\n

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“For me, this room is very calming,” says Sarah. “I love the way the veins of the marble flow across the space. It\u2019s like a wave of serenity.”<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Stephan Julliard)<\/p>\n

The space she is most proud of is the girls\u2019 room, which has a bunk bed lodged in an alcove, with its very own staircase. It\u2019s not just playful but also very practical.<\/p>\n

A third mattress is hidden in the structure\u2019s base so the girls can invite a friend for a sleepover, and there is a storage drawer concealed in each of its steps \u2014 a very clever children’s room storage idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“The bunk bed<\/a> is my creation of the year,” quips Kelly. “I really wanted to design a cool space where kids walk in and go ‘Wow!'”<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Stephan Julliard)<\/p>\n

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Natural and Black Woven Cushion, – Barker & Stonehouse<\/p>\n

Style your bed or sofa with a pair of these natural and black woven cushions from Barker & Stonehouse.<\/p>\n

Her clients could hardly be more delighted with the overall result. While Kelly regularly checks into hotels, they can\u2019t wait to go home. “Nowadays, we\u2019re happy to get back from holiday,” admits Sarah. “It\u2019s better here than even a five-star suite.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parisian interior designer Kelly Boukobza has many influences: think furniture by Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand, and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,4022,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-350474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115041471715703491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}