Let others bemoan the challenges of becoming a working kitchen right into a closet-sized area. To designer Marianne Evennou, c’est regular.
Marianne caters to a Parisian clientele who ask her to tackle all types of remodels, from first flats to historic townhouses. Celebrated for her creative use of colour and inside home windows—and for approaching every challenge as an project in making artwork sensible—Marianne has, alongside the best way, turn into the grasp of the mini kitchen.
She by no means repeats herself however typically deploys sure methods: To take advantage of every area, cupboards are customized constructed—now and again “if the measures permit it,” her contractors go along with money-saving Ikea cupboard skeletons. Cooktops are at all times induction for a streamlined look, and infrequently simply large enough for 2 pots. Ranges are normal dimension however ideally have twin operate as microwave ovens. Sinks shrink to 40 centimeter (15.7 inch) squares, “which is greater than sufficient,” Marianne says. Compact fridges—Marianne likes Smeg’s smallest—are hid below the counter. And vents (not legally required) and dishwashers generally need to be sacrificed—”however you could find some very tiny dishwashers.”
Area allowing, Marianne likes to distinguish the kitchen from its environment: “Every passage from one universe to a different have to be felt and provoke an emotion.” Right here’s a take a look at 10 of Marianne’s standout concoctions and a few classes to remove.
Pictures courtesy of Marianne Evennou (@marianneevennou). Most of the pictures seem in her latest ebook, Un Intérieur à Soi.
1. Cupboards needn’t be clean slates.
Normally, Marianne doesn’t just like the top-heavy look of over-the-counter cupboards, however for storage on this case, there was nowhere to go however up. So Marianne made the answer a focal point: she enlisted her sculptor/furnishings maker husband, Franck Evennou, to create the painted plywood bas aid on the cupboard doorways. The mixture oven-microwave is a Smeg Victoria. Notice the deVol Aged Brass Hanging Rail for suspending key instruments. DeVol can be considered one of Marianne’s favourite {hardware} sources and provided the Boho Handles and Traditional Knobs. {Photograph} by Grégory Timsit.
