
Collected vs Decorated
One is finished on the day it is installed. The other is never finished at all.

Beautiful bones, working hands
French Atelier borrows the proportions of the Haussmann apartment and the mess of the studio that took it over.
Gilt beside plaster dust. A marble console used as a workbench. Formality undone by use.
The most elegant rooms are always slightly interrupted.
Plaster Grey
Smoked Oak
Gilt
Charcoal Ink
Perfection ages badly. The atelier interior is the argument that a room should show evidence of the life being made inside it.
