Last summer, couple Sabrina Goldin and Stéphane Abby opened Carbón, an Argentinian restaurant in the middle of the Marais in Paris. Sabrina is an Argentine industrial designer and Stéphane comes from a family of furniture makers in the Côte d’Ivoire. The two have a passion for open-flame cooking and natural elements (Carbón, they say, is “an ode to nature”). The restaurant interior, from designers Patrice Daoud and Sveto Ekmescic, features Italian stone, brick salvaged from Serbia, custom furniture, swing-arm pendant lights, and more. Here’s a look.
Photography by Claire Cottrell for Remodelista, except where noted.
![over the custom oak door is a well glass bulkhead fixture from belgian company 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-restaurant-paris-claire-cottrell-remodelista-1-733x1032.jpg)
![a custom brass door handle set. 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-restaurant-paris-claire-cottrell-remodelista-2-733x1100.jpg)
![the restaurant is renovated with stone sourced from italy and red brick found i 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-restaurant-paris-claire-cottrell-remodelista-3-733x1185.jpg)
![the furniture is all custom: slatted benches with leather cushions, oak chairs, 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-restaurant-paris-claire-cottrell-remodelista-6-733x1066.jpg)
![vintage swing arm wall lights are kitted out with opal light bulbs from zangra. 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-paris-restaurant-interior-2-733x489.jpg)
![custom houseplant shelves hang overhead throughout the restaurant. 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-restaurant-paris-claire-cottrell-remodelista-13-733x1100.jpg)
![a reclaimed wood door and custom server station. 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-restaurant-paris-claire-cottrell-remodelista-4-733x1036.jpg)
![a bar with mutina rombini tiles stands in contrast to the original stone w 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-restaurant-paris-claire-cottrell-remodelista-8-733x1082.jpg)
![in a nook of the restaurant, a hanging brass bowl sees a daily rotation of flow 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-restaurant-paris-claire-cottrell-remodelista-9-733x1100.jpg)
![an arrangement of dried eucalyptus seen through the window. 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-restaurant-paris-claire-cottrell-remodelista-14-733x918.jpg)
![in typical parisian style, doors open out to the street in good weather. 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/carbon-restaurant-paris-claire-cottrell-remodelista-15-733x1032.jpg)
Visit Carbón at 14 Rue Charlot in Paris.
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