Margot Wellingtons shallow prep sink<\/a>.)<\/p>\nExtra chairs are\u00a0perched on top of storage structures throughout the high-ceilinged flat.<\/p>\n
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Navone\u00a0allows little color in the kitchen, except for the bright tomato red water taps. The color is in the food itself.<\/p>\n
Her dining table has a bold lazy Susan made of molded metal, like in\u00a0cuisine Asiatique<\/em>.<\/p>\nThe “volcano” tables she designed 2:30 each has a different surface pattern, including one wrapped with black cord.<\/p>\n
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She repurposed a huge chair in the shape of a hand as a tabouret (low table).<\/p>\n
She loves chairs (3:20) and has collected many of them. Some she refurbishes to her own design. 2:36. She took the “carcasses” of two chairs and created new seats out of green glass, festooned with bits of metal and pompoms from India. I love to give a second chance to objects.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The boards used by workmen became a table top. The boards are held into a slab with red staples.<\/p>\n
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The door to a bedroom is a large painted canvas\u00a0that she moves out of the way when she wants to come and go. (4:35).<\/p>\n
And that’s just to name of few of the ideas you’ll find if you watch very closely…<\/p>\n
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Using our rusty French to translate this video tour of designer extraordinaire Paola Navone’s Paris apartment, we’ve gathered a small trove of smart, original, inspiring and doable ideas.<\/p>\nRead More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":60089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93,6554,8,31,6,8362,800],"tags":[10467,10469,10466,6247,342,5900,122,136,10468],"yoast_head":"\nPaola Navone House Tour and Idea Factory - Improvised Life<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n