A villa in the Ville d’Hiver already has a strong character: tall volumes, wood panelling, windows that open onto the pines, sometimes a veranda. The temptation is to fill it with period furniture, or on the contrary to empty it out to modernise it. There is a third way: few pieces, but pieces with presence, which let the house speak.
Less furniture, more material. In a tall room, small pieces get lost. One strong piece per wall is better than a row of middling ones. Reclaimed teak lends itself to this: its deep grain, its dark patina, its knots and cracks give it the look of a piece that has already lived, without imitating anything.
- Lawas, a narrow console in reclaimed teak with an antique look, on trestles with slanting legs: it slips into a hallway or under a staircase.
- Nyaman, a tall, narrow glass-fronted bookcase in reclaimed teak, with two glazed doors at the top for the things you like to show.
- Timor, a very low coffee table in reclaimed teak with a grey patina, its turned legs recalling an old Indonesian bed.
Mirrors, to carry the light from the pines
Under the pines, the light arrives filtered. A large mirror set opposite a window sends it back to the far end of the room.
- In the living room, a full-length mirror against the wall: Jendela, 200 × 100 cm, framed with planks of reclaimed teak left raw, or Ombak, with a wavy, asymmetric outline.
- Above a fireplace or a console, a round mirror with a worked frame: Sinar, a sun made of small teak blocks, or Daun, rectangular, its frame carved with leaves.
- In a bedroom, Mekar, its teak frame scalloped like the petals of a flower.
All these mirrors are made for indoors.
Lighting, for the ceiling height
A high ceiling calls for a generous pendant light, one that fills the void without crushing it.
- Above the table, Soa 1, a woven rattan bell of 70 × 80 cm, gathers the guests in a single circle of light.
- In the middle of the living room, Helios 1, a 60 cm rattan globe bristling like a sea urchin, draws fine shadows on the walls and the panelling.
As a guide, leave about 70 to 80 cm between the bottom of a pendant light and the tabletop: enough to see each other, low enough for the light to stay on the table.
Keep the spirit of the house. The panelling, the parquet floors and the ironwork remain the first decoration. Choose the furniture for how it sits with them, not for its quantity, and leave some air between the pieces.
To judge the effect of a mirror or a pendant light before you choose, photograph your room: Balinaisa.ai places the pieces in it and sends you back the image with the quote, on the simulator.