What is your professional experience? I worked in advertisement, real estates and then decoration – a family heritage since my grandfather ran an antique shop and my mum was a decorator. When I was a student, I travelled a lot and learnt management, marketing, business and communication – it helps me a lot today. |
How did your travels help you with your job? While travelling, I have always paid attention to architecture and interior design. I lived for a long time in the USA. I now speak English more than 50 % of my time. |
Is it a plus to run a shop? At first, I opened the shop to give people ideas for unique gifts, to show them not too expensive objects and incite them to discover decoration. |
Nowadays, the real asset is the show room that allows me to present and stage objects, show my skills and display different models. But in the end, the ideal situation would be to work by appointment only.
How different is it to work for a garden? In a garden, there are technical difficulties such as the sun, the water, humidity. When you set up a living room outdoor, there is always the risk of a wet bathing suit or the watering.
Is there a fashion phenomenon in a garden? The garden used to be simpler but now it is a real living space especially in our region, you can see it through restorations because architects work a lot on the exterior. Pool-houses are real houses, summer kitchens are more comfortable and
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choices are wider whereas coatings are more performing. The garden is a real living space, a place to relax, meet friends and come closer to the nature.
As soon as the weather allows it, the place is pleasant to live in. It is like a new room that can be decorated in the same way as the house. Harmony and continuity are important in the decoration process. Terraces, swimming pools, gazebos and pergolas all need decorating. Living rooms are warm and comfortable, flexible materials have replaced plastic pieces of furniture.
It should be pleasing to the eye and comfortable enough to stay there as long as possible. In my childhood, the garden was the place of discoveries. Nowadays, it offers many amusements
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: water games, outdoor games, huts … while offering a feeling of serenity that invites you to relax and dream. Thanks to the creators’ imagination, the garden has become a living space. For fresh evenings, you can choose a Patio heater. Even cooking becomes more reasonable with the use of elaborated barbecues and planchas. You can also make the most of the night thanks to a great choice of decorative lights.
We try to be in harmony with the colors of the flowers in the garden. We start on a neutral basis and gradually add colors such as small tables, cushions on sofas. Outdoor furniture is very expensive and clients are sometimes not ready to invest as much as they would for indoor decoration. I love when you can create living places outdoor.
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