A few years back, Paris interior designer Marianne Evennou worked on a family house in Neuilly and along the way became friends with the owners. When their now twenty-something-year-old daughter and son, Lola and Joseph, went in on Paris apartment together, Evennou was again summoned. Having bought what the designer describes as “the rare gem at the end of a cul-de-sac in the 11th arrondissement,” the siblings—Lola is a medical student and Joseph is a musician— wanted to make the place their own. The request this time was decidedly more complicated than tackling their teen bedrooms: “They wanted to each have their own private space and bath, a common living area including a new kitchen, and a laundry and guest toilet,” says Evennou—oh, and they asked that it all have what she describes as a “holiday spirit.”
Able to commission a reorganization and remodel, the lucky duo enlisted exactly the right person: Evennou is a specialist in using space, color, and light in mood-elevating ways, and her work is always about joie-de-vivre with an underpinning of order. Join us for a look at one of the nicest starter apartments we’ve ever seen.
Photography by Gregory Timsit, courtesy of Marianne Evennou (@marianneevennou).
![the 90 square meter (968 square feet) flat is on the ground floor of a late \19 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marianne-evennou-design-lola-and-josephs-paris-kitchen-gregory-timsit-photo-2a-733x489.jpg)
The front door is off the hall on the left and the aforementioned powder room/laundry is tucked behind the door to the right of the fridge. Scroll to the end to see a Before and After floor plan.
![the bespoke cabinets are topped with zimbabwean black granite and the backsplas 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marianne-evennou-design-lola-and-josephs-paris-kitchen-gregory-timsit-photo-2b-733x1100.jpg)
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![a signature evennou design move: inserting interior windows to spread the sunli 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marianne-evennou-design-lola-and-josephs-paris-kitchen-gregory-timsit-photo-3-733x1100.jpg)
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![a view of the kitchen partition and the door to joseph\2\17;s room. the 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/marianne-evennou-design-lola-and-josephs-paris-apt-gregory-timsit-photo-11-733x1100.jpg)
![the kitchen opens to a central living area with a wood burning stove, a small b 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marianne-evennou-design-lola-and-josephs-paris-living-room-gregory-timsit-photo-1a-733x1100.jpg)
![the plywood music shelf was built for the space. the two bedrooms are situated 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marianne-evennou-design-lola-and-josephs-paris-living-room-gregory-timsit-photo-1b-733x1100.jpg)
![idea to copy: the simple wall mounted desk is made using clamp on metal legs fr 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marianne-evennou-design-lolas-paris-bedroom-desk-gregory-timsit-photo-6-733x1100.jpg)
![glazed steel framed doors separate the small bathroom. the bed linens are from 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/marianne-evennou-design-lolas-paris-bedroom-gregory-timsit-photo-12-733x1100.jpg)
![the zellige tiles used in the kitchen reappear in the bath. the black bakelite 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marianne-evennou-design-lolas-paris-bathroom-gregory-timsit-photo-7-733x1100.jpg)
![the playful floor tiles are the brasilia pattern from popham design. 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marianne-evennou-design-lolas-paris-bathroom-tile-gregory-timsit-photo-8-733x1100.jpg)
![joseph\2\17;s shades of navy bed has lampe gras model 304 sconces, \$380 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marianne-evennou-design-josephs-paris-bedroom-gregory-timsit-photo-10-733x1100.jpg)
![the bedside ledges are menu\2\17;s fungus inspired gridi fungi shelves; 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/marianne-evennou-design-josephs-paris-bedroom-gregory-timsit-photo-9-733x1100.jpg)
Before and After Floor Plan
![by taking down and rebuilding partitions, evennou was able to create two equal 32](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/marianne-evennou-before-and-after-floor-plans-joseph-and-lola-apartment-paris-733x520.png)
We are longtime fans of Marianne Evennou’s work. Here are three more projects:
- Blue Streak: An Inventive, Postage Stamp-Sized Flat in the Center of Paris
- Home at the Office: Designer Marianne Evennou’s Paris Work Quarters and Pied-à-Terre
- Steal This Look: A Bath Inspired by Hermès
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