Jean Louis Deniot | <i>Haute couture</i> interior design

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Never forgetting ”the client’s individuality and preferences”, Jean-Louis Deniot seeks showing the ”quality and exception” pairing in each of his works to make the image of a home transmit serenity and elegance. But above all, he wants the house to throb and show its essence beyond mere conventionalisms and passing fads.

A fresh style flows inside the designer’s mind, inspired by his neoclassical tastes and his deep love for France, his country, a land of wine harvest and great Historical passages that guide him and unveil him as a defender of ”discreet luxury”.

”I like emblematic interiors, full of archetypical furniture which one could consider New or Cool Classical. This ranges from Neoclassical to the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. The decors are never literal or featuring typical period rooms, but eclectic and very architectural, with mixed influences, and always focusing on the highest level of quality possible. I don’t do pure contemporary as to me, it has no soul. I need to have history in my work”. Jean-Louis Deniot explains.

Deniot loves making use of the wide range of existing materials, and plays with them according to the image he wishes to reflect on his works. Always faithful to maximum elegance, he opts for bronze, leather and marble, emphasizing the beauty of onyx or parchment for the details, and letting the mirrors play a starring role, as they are always so important when it comes to providing light and depth to the spaces.

”I consider lighting to be one of the most important aspects of my design. The electric floor plans that include a maximum of options and flexibility in the lighting display are key to me. A property worth 20 million can look cheap with bad lighting, where an IKEA apartment can look like it’s worth 20 million with good lighting”.

His passion for colour entices him to discover new colour schemes, his favourite being grey, that he combines with pinks, blues and greens. For example, we could find fifty shades of green in the same room.

An unconditional supporter of the portal 1stdibs.com, ”the largest antique dealer on the planet" in which he can spend hours searching for mood boards, for inspiration”, Deniot asserts that an object with personality is something that reflects the person who chose it. What is important is to pick an item that means something to each of us and that establishes a personal dialogue that reflects our feelings.

”People should be proud of what they like and what makes them happy, without them having to take into consideration whether it is in good or bad taste”.

An optimistic message to those who go for luxurious interior design without renouncing to their needs or personality.

Text by Laura Soto
Translation by Laura Noguera

Photography courtesy by Xavier Béjot