It took an open mind and sunny outlook to turn this warehouse with no windows into a leafy, light-filled home
who lives here?
Marie Montaud, founder and creative director of jewellery label Medecine Douce, her husband Gilles Ballard, the company’s general manager, their two children Gustave, 18, and Marguerite, 16, and Neko the cat.
Bijouxmedecinedouce.com | @ bijoux_medecine_douce
PARIS, THE CITY OF LIGHT. Think of Paris, and you conjure up images of Haussmann-style buildings with white facades and rows of French windows, with park views, sprung wide open. So it’s hard to imagine that when Marie Montaud and her husband Gilles Ballard were looking for a bigger home for their family of four and came across this old factory, it didn’t have access to natural light. Not even a window. Located on the ground floor of an apartment block, their home took almost two years to rebuild. But they had the vision and patience to see it through.
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