We decided to create a large 4.50m window opening onto the garden to replace two narrow French windows, and we created a cutaway in the living room to optimise the layout.

We replaced the old fireplace with a contemporary insert and created formwork with oak niches on either side. All the fittings and sliding doors were made to measure.

The kitchen has doubled in size and now communicates with the living room. We chose to work with a palette of warm, graphic materials and colours, combining natural oak parquet with cement tiles in the entrance hall and kitchen, black and a very deep blue/black paint to reflect the ‘box’ created in the entrance hall.