Domestic Science With Margot Guralnick
Every time we look behind the scenes in French kitchens, we discover an arsenal of new (and not-so-new) must-haves. Here are a few of the things we're currently coveting.
Above: The Complete Shovel and Brush, €79 ($87.99), a beautiful broom and no-stoop dustpan combo designed by Mr. and Mrs. Clynk from Andrée Jardin.
Above: Studio Caroline Gomez's asymmetrical oak Cutting Board, approximately 13.5 by 9.5 inches, leans nicely against a wall at a tilt. It's available from the designer's small Web shop for €35 ($38.98). See more of her work in her Color-Blocked Family Loft in Bordeaux.
Above: A stainless steel and bone Sommelier Wine Opener made by La Forge de Laguiole for The Cook's Atelier, a cooking school and culinary shop in Burgundy run by an American mother and daughter.
Above: In addition to hanging laundry, Pincinox Stainless Steel Clothespins are useful as recipe or placecard holders. Made by a family factory in the South of France since 1969, they're $24 for a pack of 20 from Flotsam + Fork.
Above: A Milk Bottle made of recycled glass by Sebastien de la Soufflerie is €19 ($21.16) from Merci, home to some of the best housewares browsing in Paris.
Above: Formaticum Cheese Bags, $9.95 for 15 from Sur la Table, are made in France of a special two-ply paper that preserves flavor and allows cheese to breathe. Sheets of Formaticum Cheese Papers are also available.
Above: Papier D'Armenie is a classic French air freshener with a vanilla scent. Made since 1885 in the Paris suburb of Montrouge, it's sold as booklets of papers to be torn off and tucked into a drawer or folded into an accordion and burned to chase away kitchen odors; $6.50 per booklet of 36 strips, and $60 for a box of 12 (shown) from Flotsam + Fork. Papier D'Armenie is also available from Brook Farm General Store.
Above: For kitchen and bathroom, French Wall-Mounted Soap is $49 at Kaufmann Mercantile; replacement vegetable-based soap is $15.
For glamorous soap dishes, see Astier de Villatte's white-glazed terracotta designs.
Above: From Poterie Renault near Orléans, a Stoneware Vinegar Pot—for making wine vinegar from wine bottle leftovers—is £70 ($108.51) at Objects of Use in Oxford, England. Williams-Sonoma offers a cork-stopped Ceramic Vinegar Pot with a pine spigot for $39.96, marked down from $49.95.
Above: The French string bag is the compact precursor to today's reusable grocery sack. For a list of our favorites, see 10 Parisian-Style Net Bags. Photograph by Aurélie Lécuyer of Le Dans La.
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Offices With Margot Guralnick
Jean Prouvé's long-armed 1930s Potence light is one of the most copied designs of our day (see Five Favorites and High/Low for but a few examples.) And owning originals of the French engineer/designer's winged Standard chair and EM table is on every midcentury collector's wish list.
In the past decade, Swiss furniture company Vitra has reproduced a series of core collections of Prouvé's furniture available through DWR, among others. More recently, when jeans brand G-Star Raw needed fresh-looking office furniture to go with its Rem Koolhaus Office for Metropolitan Architecture-designed headquarters in Amsterdam, it teamed up with Vitra, whom it had worked with once before, on a new group of Prouvé's chairs, desks, and lights.
The collection comprises 13 pieces reissued with the blessing of Prouvé's family and tweaked to suit 21st-century heights (people are notably taller these days) and needs (yes, they're computer ready). And in addition to denim, G-Star is just starting to sell the pieces, as is Vitra. Inquire directly about prices and availability.
Photography via Dezeen.
Above: Known as the Prouvé Raw Office Edition, the collection is cloaked in industrial greens synonymous with classic machinery. Shown here, the Potence light.
Above: Most of the pieces were designed by Prouvé 70 years ago for French corporations and universities. The Fauteuil Direction Pivotant is available with leather or fabric upholstery, both in black.
Above: Prouve pioneered the use of lightweight folded steel In furniture and architecture. Shown here, the Bureau Métallique of olive powder-coated steel with a white melamine top. It has a hidden power channel for cable connections.
Above: The Fauteuil Direction in leather with wood armrests and Prouvé's signature folded steel legs.
Prouvé was the son of a ceramic artist and initially trained to be a metal artisan. He opened his workshop in Nancy in 1924, specializing in furniture made out of sheet steel—and went on to establish his own factory and later to design prefab architecture.
Above: The Bureau Présidence has a solid oak top (shown here in smoked oak); it's available in several color combinations, and with two drawers or three. An optional "electrification flap" in the back provides access to four power sockets.
Above: The Fauteuil de Salon Haut has an unmistakably Prouvé profile.
Above: The powder-coated Lampe de Bureau is offered in three greens: industrial (shown), olive, and antique.
Above: The Table Flavigne has a steel frame with legs positioned at 45-degree angles on the corners and an oiled solid oak top.
Above: The steel Bahut cabinet has sliding doors of diamond-patterned sheet metal and an oiled oak top and handles. The shelves on the interior are adjustable.
Go to At Home at the Top of the World to see Prouvé originals in Esprit cofounder Susie Tompkins Buell's SF aerie.
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Architecture & Interiors With Julie Carlson
Isabelle Dubois-Dumee and Hubert Bettan, the couple behind interiors brand Les Petites Emplettes, left Paris in 2013 to set up shop in a 12th century chateau with their three daughters in tow. Located near Angouleme, in the Charente region in the west of France, the chateau had fallen into disrepair when they discovered it on a holiday outing. Over the past two years, they've slowly brought it back to life, room by room. Stay tuned; Isabelle and Hubert will soon be offering guest lodging and dining events.
Photography via Chateau de Dirac.
Above: The two towers date to the 12th and 15th century, and the house itself was reconstructed in the 18th century.
Above: The couple stripped the interiors back to their original state, removing false ceilings and other unfortunate interventions, and hewed to a green and white palette.
Above: The interiors are outfitted with simple furniture and natural materials: linen, jute, wicker, natural fibers.
Above: Furniture is casually draped in lightweight cotton drop cloths.
Above: In the dining room, the couple allowed wallpaper remnants to remain in place.
Above: Whimsical tiles line the kitchen walls.
Above: A simple farm table anchors the kitchen and drying herbs add color.
Above: An installation made of wooden twigs by Vera Rybaltchenko is suspended in the couple's workroom/studio.
Above: A winding staircase leads to the upper levels.
Above: Linens from the Petites Emplettes line and a string of wicker lights adorn the master bedroom.
Above: The couple's three daughters share a gauze-draped bedroom and bath.
Above: Isabelle and Hubert host occasional pop-up shops and events; they plan to expand their offerings in the near future to include workshops, petanque tournaments, and more.
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