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Jean Louis Deniot's LA home, 1930's architecture

Jean Louis Deniot’s Los Angeles home is nestled in the hills above Sunset Boulevard, and it’s a 1930’s fairy-tale.  “When the weather is nasty in Paris I jump on a plane and come to beautiful La La Land,” he told AD.  It took Deniot two years to complete the renovation of the over 2,000-square-foot home. The charming house has Tudor style exteriors, and Spanish-style interiors, many homes in L.A. share a Spanish-style interior architecture.  Jean Louis is known for his dramatic while livable interiors, but for his Los Angeles home, he kept things more on the relaxing side.

Jean Louis Deniot's LA home, living room with a moroccan rug

In the living room, a 17th-century Spanish chandelier hangs from a pointed vaulted ceiling.  Klismos chairs and Moroccan add to the eclecticism of the room.

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Interior Designer Jacques Grange’s Paris home is nothing short of perfection.  And I”m not only saying this because Grange is my top favorite designer.  The classic details of the 18th century architecture sings in perfect harmony with a mixed of Art Deco and contemporary furniture with 18th and 20th century pieces and Objects D’Art.  “Harmony is a question of eye and personal feeling; there is no recipe” says Jacques Grange.  And he sure knows how to accomplish that to perfection.  His book, Jacques Grange: Interiors, published in 2009 was one of the first International Interior Designers book I got and it’s still today a major sourse of inspirations for me.

Jacques Grange's Paris home, library

Jacques Grange’s Paris home overlooks the lush gardens of the Palais Royal and it used to be home to the novelist Colette.  Colette’s stepdaughter offered the apartment to Jacques Grange in 1990.  Grange, not having the money to buy the apartment back then, he instead rented and finally bought it in early 2000’s.  The oack paneled library above is warm and inviting.

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